These are brand new Collins Steel Town II - model T-161 Modern Vintage Humbuckers
- For those that like the feel and sounds of early PAF but want a little hot sauce on it these are your ticket Steel Town II. Built to kick the tubes into overdrive for that gritty Texas Blues. But can be rolled back on the volume and clean up nicely. These are not a one trick pony and can produce a myriad of tones by rolling the volume and tone knobs up or down.
- This custom set over-wound hand-wound modern vintage Steel Town II feature vintage styling with modern tech and the same winds as Steel Town Blues pick ups but with Alnico II magnets instead of Alnico V. Made with the finest materials. The scale is 49.2mm like vintage PAF fits Les Paul style and two humbucker type guitars. Can be used on imports but check scaling will fit most mounting rings without any modifications.
- The neck pickup is wound to spec and is smooth as butter, full of woman tones while the bridge pickup is overwound 16% to bring out the punch in the mids and sings with vintage tone. Pinch harmonics ring with ease and effortless taps. Wound with a beautiful red modern single poly wire, taped and double potted to silence microphonics. The highs are a little rounded off and the bottom end is a bit loose with Alnico II
- Steel Town II have a 4 wire shielded cable and can be hooked up for traditional humbucking, or for coil tap or phasing.
Design your hookups with the color code.
Wiring color code diagram:
Red = +
Black = -
White = finish screw side
Green = finish slug side
Bare = ground
(Solder white and green together for traditional humbucking)
- Full strength Alnico 2 magnets oriented South to screws and North to vintage bullseye slugs.
- High quality short leg Silver Nickel baseplates and Gold plated Silver Nickel Covers not plated brass.
Made in the U.S.A. Hand wound in my shop in Texas
Though ohms are subject to change in temperature these read:
- Neck 7.54 K (4.34 Henries)
- Bridge 8.84 K (5.13 Henries)
measured around 70 degrees
- If you want to breathe life into an old guitar, make repairs or build a new project these pickups are the ticket for classic modern and vintage tones. Want to capture the sound of hot Texas Blues dial in your sound and nail it. Will work in almost any genre of music. Rock, Blues,Country or Jazz.
Attention: Texas residents a 8.25% sales tax will be applied