Mersey Guitar Handwound Strat Set - Cream

Note: These pickups are all made to order - expect a 1-2 week lead time (they're worth the wait!)

Mersey Strat pickups are the simplest way to achieve the tone of a 60's Stratocaster.

They're uniquely voiced as a combo of early and late 60's examples, meaning they combine the classic quack of the late 60s at lower volumes (think Hendrix) with more woody warmth than you would expect from those pickups (think pre-CBS examples) at higher volumes. They're two pickups in one.

All Mersey Guitar pickups are hand-wound in our Bristol workshop in the UK. Hand winding leads to non-uniform coil structure in the pickups, which lets the harmonics push through in the sound profile and give it a feeling of airiness machine-wound pickups consistently lack.

They use AlNico V like most Stratocaster pickups, but we specifically de-gauss them by 10% to replicate the magnetic properties of the rough cast and chemically inconsistent magnets of the 60s. This eliminates any potential "ice pick" effect, smooths out the response and increases sustain by reducing the magnetic pull on the strings.

Unlike other boutique winders, the bobbins and covers are manufactured in-house, providing a unique window into the inner workings of a guitar pickup.

Specs: 

Bridge: AlNiCo V, ~6.2K ohms
Middle: AlNiCo V, ~5.9 ohms
Neck: AlNiCo V, ~5.8K ohms

Wire:  - 42AWG enamel

Stagger - Right handed stagger (left available from our website)

Colour options - Black, Cream, White

Lightly wax potted as standard.