Playmaker humbucker set NZ$379 for NZ customers, if you’re overseas they’re GST free; NZ$329.57 Playmaker humbucker Single NZ$199 for NZ customers, if you’re overseas it’s GST free; NZ$173.04 Cover NZ$20 ($17.39) extra each pickup Bridge 11.9 KOhms Alnico IV – Neck 7.1 KOhms, Alnico II The Playmaker humbucker set is a clear sounding guitar pickup ..read more

Extreme metal pickup Single NZ$199 for NZ customers, if you’re overseas it’s GST free; NZ$173.04 Pair NZ$379 for NZ customers, if you’re overseas they’re GST free; NZ$329.56   Ceramic x2 – Bridge 9.5KOhms, 6.74H, Ceramic- Neck 8.2KOhms 5.58H The Warwolf is a brutal, hard hitting guitar pickup set designed for extreme metal in drop tunings. Immediate ..read more

Single – Blue 90 NZ$189 for NZ customers, if you’re overseas it’s GST free; NZ$164.35 Pair – Blue 90 NZ$369 for NZ customers, if you’re overseas they’re GST free; NZ$320.87 Alnico V, Neck- 6.5 KOhms, Alnico V, Bridge 7.46 KOhms The Blue 90 is a dynamic, clear, balanced P90 pickup set. It has a little less low ..read more

I was contacted by a customer recently wanting a 2 string pickup. Was it for a 2 string guitar? Maybe some other sort of instrument… Why would you want a 2 string pickup? The idea behind this pickup is for it to be mounted to a conventional electric guitar for it to just ‘hear’ the ..read more

Single Musicmaster Bass Pickup– NZ$149 for NZ customers, if you’re overseas it’s GST free; NZ$129.57 Alnico V – 6.8 kOhms – ’51 Telecaster Bass spec Or Alnico V – 5.7 kOhms – Original ‘70’s Strat spec From its humble beginnings the Musicmaster Bass has become a classic. Beloved of Indie bands, studio engineers and offset fans ..read more

Strat Wiring must be the most modded wiring of all. It’s not that the original wiring isn’t great, there are just so many other possibilities. When I worked as a guitar repairer I re-wired a lot of Stratocasters. There are so many options, so many things that can be changed. A lot of players have their favourite versions of wiring up these fantastic guitars. Table of Contents Strat Wiring Diagram How Strat controls work What is SSS, HSS and HSH? Do I turn it all up full? What I did find when I as modifying other peoples guitars is they would often come back to something close to standard wi ..read more

Pickup string spacing is something you need to be aware of when you’re buying guitar pickups, particularly humbuckers. Guitar bridges come with different string widths so pickups need to match that. In this blog post I’m going to explain what It’s all about and how to measure it. Table of Contents What is a Pole Piece? What you don’t need to know Pickup String spacing – what you need to know How to measure string spacing What is F spacing? What is a Pole Piece? Pickups have pole pieces, think of these as magnets mounted in the pickup listening for string movement. Sometimes they are actual ..read more

Draig doom set NZ$379 for NZ customers, if you’re overseas they’re GST free; NZ$329.56 Draig doom single humbucker bridge NZ$199 for NZ customers, if you’re overseas it’s GST free; NZ$173.04 Bridge covers are $20 for NZ customers, if you’re overseas they’re GST free; NZ$17.39 Draig doom single P90 neck NZ$189 for NZ customers, if you’re overseas it’s GST free; NZ$164.35 buy Draig set buy Draig single Draig doom set specifications: Alnico VI – Bridge 9.18 KOhms, 7.42H, Ceramic 8 – Neck 6.96 KOhms The Draig doom set is a pickup set designed for all the genres encompassed by Doom Metal. It has ..read more

Single The Duchess Tele – NZ$129 for NZ customers. If you’re overseas it’s GST free; $NZ112.17 Pair The Duchess Tele – NZ$249 for NZ customers. If you’re overseas they’re GST free; $NZ216.52 Alnico 5; Bridge 7.28KOhms, Neck 7.1KOhms buy The Duchess set Head to store buy The Duchess single The Duchess Tele set is for the Telecaster player in need of that distinctive smooth Tele twang but with none of the ice pick cut. The neck pickup is warm and balanced with a full clarity and string separation. This a medium powered set that sits nicely in my range between the Silver Lady and Cruel Mistress ..read more

What could cause a Dirty guitar jack ? The season is changing, old guitars are coming out of cupboards, if your electrics are crackly or your guitar keeps cutting out it might just be a Dirty guitar jack – don’t blame your pickups. At least not yet.  It’s pretty simple really, if you’ve got a crackly guitar the jack may just need cleaning. Don’t blame your pickups straight away. Jack sockets, switches and pots are more likely to cause problems than your pickups. Of course, when you eliminate all the other possibilities you might be needing a repairer. Here’s a list og repairers in NZ: htt ..read more