AC2 SCATTERWOUND ALNICO II HUMBUCKER SET NICKEL
NECK & BRIDGE Pickup with NICKEL-SILVER COVER
Model: AC2N neck + AC2B bridge
Magnets: Alnico II Bar
High-quality Nickel-Silver covers.
DC Resistance: 7.5 k Neck; 8.3 k Bridge
Inductance: 4.1 k Neck; 4.9 k Bridge
Hookup wire: 4-Conductor
Scatter: Neck- very high ; Bridge - high
Baseplate: Nickel Silver
THE "IMPROVED" 50S HUMBUCKER
The Alnico II Classic is a superb set for guitars that need more warmth, fullness and sustain. The earliest Gibson Patent-Applied-For (or "PAF") pickups used a range of magnets, but PAFs made with Alnico II have always held a special place in many a guitarist's heart.
Superb set for guitars that need more warmth, fullness and sustain !
If you have ever heard someone describe a PAF as "flute-like" or "more like a single coil than a humbucker" - that's the Alnico II working its magic.
At higher gain settings, the Alnico II Classic really nails the fluid distortion sound of players like Slash, who use the smooth attack and longer sustain of the neck to great effect during solos, and the tighter, fizzier tones available from the bridge for rock rhythm work.
The Alnico II Classic set in Nickel is currently our bestselling humbucker.
DESIGN NOTES
The Alnico II Classic began life as a custom OEM order for a high-end UK guitar company, and we worked with their techs to get the wind just right.
Cries of "more scatter!" were heard over and over again, until we got down to less than 30 turns per layer for the neck and bridge pickups - about half the number of turns per layer on vintage PAFs, but much more in line with the current best in class handwound PAF clones.
OPTIONS & SPACING
Covers: Highly-polished silver nickel covers.
Spacing: All AC-series humbuckers use 50 mm spacing, as measured from the center of the low E to the centre of the high E polepieces.
Baseplate: All Tonerider humbuckers are built with medium-length 9mm baseplate legs for easy installation in a wide variety of instruments.
ALNICO II Vintage PAF Sound in SCATTERWOUND QUALITY !
