StewMac Alnico 5 Single-Coil Pickup, Neck position, Black Exposed Coil

Inspired by legendary pickups of the '50s, our single-coil pickups are built for the modern player to bring out the best in your tone.

Many stock single-coil sound weak, microphonic, and aren't even built right! Ours are built with real Alnico 5 magnets with staggered polepieces just like the best vintage Strats and custom shop creations.

Alnico 5 magnets produce a clear tone with more pronounced highs and a tighter low end. It's the right combination for defined clean tones and overdriven sounds that don't get lost in the mix.

They're custom-wound for each position for a perfectly balanced tone. The middle-position pickups are reverse wound, reverse polarity, for hum cancellation at the #2 and #4 switch positions.

Low noise - Each pickup has a copper shield surrounding the coil, a modern feature for 60-cycle hum suppression not found on vintage pickups.

Specs

Medium output single-coil pickup

Polepiece spread: 2.063" (54.4mm)

Poly-coated Formvar 42 AWG coil wire

Potted and shielded to suppress noise

Alnico 5 magnets

Push-back cloth-insulated lead wires


Neck Position

Output: 6.0K range

Polarity: South

Winding: Standard


Middle Position

Output: 6.0K range

Polarity: North

Winding: Reverse (RWRP)


Bridge Position

Output: 6.4K range

Polarity: South

Winding: Standard


Overwound Neck/Bridge Position

Output: 7.6K range

Polarity: South

Winding: Standard


Dimensions

Length: 3.30" (83.82mm) including mounting tabs

Mounting screw spacing: 3.04" (77.12mm)

Width: 0.95" (24.2mm) including bottom flatwork


Mounting screws, compression tubing, and wiring diagrams are included.