“I liked to rewind pickups with 42-gauge plain-enamel wire,” he said. “I’d also insert sand-cast Alnico magnets with a better-balanced magnetic field, which made the B and high E sound as powerful as the other strings. This modified pickup had more output and a higher frequency response.”
The Whole Lotta Humbucker set is a replica of those pickups, with 8.78k DC resistance for the bridge, 8.20k for the neck, custom winding pitch, and a calibrated sand-cast Alnico magnet. For more, visit www.seymourduncan.com.