- This custom set of mismatched coil hand-wound modern vintage Silverland Trails feature vintage styling with modern tech. 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 screw coil is over-wound 8% and the slug coil is under-wound 4% the bridge screw coil is over-wound 20% and the slug coil is over-wound 8% this brings out the highs and makes the mids light and airy is smooth as butter, the mis match in the coil windings causes a bit of comb filtering and sings with the vintage tone late '50's humbuckers are known for. Pinch harmonics ring with ease and effortless taps. Wound with a beautiful red modern single poly wire, taped and double potted to silence microphonics.
- Silverland Trails have a 4 conductor shielded wiring and can be wired for standard humbucking or as coil tap or for phasing use color code to design your hookups
Wiring color code diagram:
Red = +
Black = -
White = finish screw side
Green = finish slug side
Bare = ground
(Solder white and green together for traditional humbucking)
- These Alnico 4 magnets oriented South to screws and North to vintage bullseye slugs are set at 1,000 gauss.
- High quality short leg Silver Nickel baseplates and 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 7.57 K (4.36 Henries)
- Bridge 8.57 K (5.36 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 a '57 Gold Top or '59 Burst dial in your sound and nail it.