Creamery '72 Telecaster Custom - Handwound, Calibrated Pickup Set. Made with good volume balance as you switch through the positions.

Creamery Vintage 2 (Broadcaster) & Classic '71 Wide Range Humbucker Neck - CLEAN

Creamery Vintage 2 (Broadcaster) & Classic '71 Wide Range Humbucker Neck - Clean

Creamery '72 Telecaster Custom - Handwound, Calibrated Pickup Set. Made with good volume balance as you switch through the positions.

Creamery Vintage 2 (Broadcaster) & Classic '71 Wide Range Humbucker Neck - OVERDRIVEN

Creamery Vintage 2 (Broadcaster) & Classic '71 Wide Range Humbucker Neck - Overdriven

Custom Designed Skinny, 'Scooped Mid-Range' Strat Pickups

A custom designed vintage staggered or flat pole Stratocaster pickup with the classic bright Strat tone - tight, snappy with clean highs, a tight bass response and with the added, custom feature of more of the classic Scooped, Hollow & Woody Mid-Range.

There are a couple of different ways to achieve the unique 'Scooped Mids' tone from custom magnet design & stagger to specific winding patterns and I've tried and tested a number of different designs & prototypes to create a unique Scooped sound I was happy with, finally settling on this custom design of thicker 41AWG plain Enamel wire with a custom scatterwound pattern around a custom set of staggered or Flat-Pole Alnico 5 magnets.

The thicker coil wire gives a seemingly low output but don't let that fool you into thinking these pickups don't work as hard as the more classic Strat pickups. Although seemingly much lower in output, they're on a par with my '69s in terms of brightness and output, they just have that added distinction of more glassy, clean, hollow scooped mids-range sound.

Skinny Strat Pickups - Scooped Mid-Range Tones

For me, the sightly thicker 41AWG coil wire helps to emphasise the naturally 'scooped' sound of those late '60s, lower output Strat Pickups whilst keeping the perceived 'volume' or 'loudness' at similar levels. The winding pattern and magnets I use help to stress this even more. I know there a few other people making similar pickups using different designs but for me, and ultimately it is a personal thing, I settled on this final design after much testing and prototyping.

My own take on the Big Dipper 'Scooped Mids' Pickups

Essentially the Fender® Big Dipper Custom Pickups are strong Alnico 5 Lower Output pickups which give you that great hollow tone, I've just tweaked the specifications to emphasise this woody, hollow 'scooped' sound by a different design for a little more unique voicing.

Vintage style cloth covered lead wire, a great pickup to play clean or funk - the tone can be rounded out a little by selecting flat stagger magnets. 

NOTE: Due to the nature of Strat Bridge pickups in general, The Skinny 'Scooped Mids' Strat Bridge is a very cutting, bright pickup and I personally like to use one of my Classic '64s instead in this naturally bright bridge position but I do know many do like the more brittle, bright scooped sound here - Its a personal thing really, just thought I'd mention my own preference. If you'd like this bridge option instead, just leave me a note at the checkout stage (or email me) and I'll know to make it a custom order for you.

The Middle Pickup can be RW/RP for hum cancelling in positions 2 & 4.

Available in Flat-Pole, Vintage Staggered or Reverse Staggered for Left-Handed Players.

Creamery Handwound Skinny Strat Pickups - Demo

Creamery Handwound Skinny Strat Pickups - Neck

Creamery Handwound Skinny Strat Pickups - Middle

Creamery Handwound Skinny Strat Pickups - Bridge & Middle

Custom Designed Skinny, 'Scooped Mid-Range' Strat Pickups

A custom designed vintage staggered or flat pole Stratocaster pickup with the classic bright Strat tone - tight, snappy with clean highs, a tight bass response and with the added, custom feature of more of the classic Scooped, Hollow & Woody Mid-Range.

There are a couple of different ways to achieve the unique 'Scooped Mids' tone from custom magnet design & stagger to specific winding patterns and I've tried and tested a number of different designs & prototypes to create a unique Scooped sound I was happy with, finally settling on this custom design of thicker 41AWG plain Enamel wire with a custom scatterwound pattern around a custom set of staggered or Flat-Pole Alnico 5 magnets.

The thicker coil wire gives a seemingly low output but don't let that fool you into thinking these pickups don't work as hard as the more classic Strat pickups. Although seemingly much lower in output, they're on a par with my '69s in terms of brightness and output, they just have that added distinction of more glassy, clean, hollow scooped mids-range sound.

Skinny Strat Pickups - Scooped Mid-Range Tones

For me, the sightly thicker 41AWG coil wire helps to emphasise the naturally 'scooped' sound of those late '60s, lower output Strat Pickups whilst keeping the perceived 'volume' or 'loudness' at similar levels. The winding pattern and magnets I use help to stress this even more. I know there a few other people making similar pickups using different designs but for me, and ultimately it is a personal thing, I settled on this final design after much testing and prototyping.

My own take on the Big Dipper 'Scooped Mids' Pickups

Essentially the Fender® Big Dipper Custom Pickups are strong Alnico 5 Lower Output pickups which give you that great hollow tone, I've just tweaked the specifications to emphasise this woody, hollow 'scooped' sound by a different design for a little more unique voicing.

Vintage style cloth covered lead wire, a great pickup to play clean or funk - the tone can be rounded out a little by selecting flat stagger magnets. 

NOTE: Due to the nature of Strat Bridge pickups in general, The Skinny 'Scooped Mids' Strat Bridge is a very cutting, bright pickup and I personally like to use one of my Classic '64s instead in this naturally bright bridge position but I do know many do like the more brittle, bright scooped sound here - Its a personal thing really, just thought I'd mention my own preference. If you'd like this bridge option instead, just leave me a note at the checkout stage (or email me) and I'll know to make it a custom order for you.

The Middle Pickup can be RW/RP for hum cancelling in positions 2 & 4.

Available in Flat-Pole, Vintage Staggered or Reverse Staggered for Left-Handed Players.

Creamery Handwound Skinny Strat Pickups - Calibrated '64 Bridge

Sweet '14 Rich Coil Set - Gibson/PAF Humbucker Size Pickups

Direct drop-in replacement for standard Humbucker Pickups - Sweet yet clear, rich yet defined, bright single coil sounds in customisable covers

Creamery Sweet '14 Rich Coil Pickup - Bridge - Clean

Creamery Sweet '14 Rich Coil Pickup - Neck - Clean

Creamery Sweet '14 Rich Coil Pickup - Middle - Clean

P90 Sized 12-Pole 'Fat' Humbucker - Bridge | A bar magnet style humbucker pickup inside a P90 that requires no modifications to your guitar at all. Its essentially the standard humbucker design of two coils with bar magnet and steel pole screws. The slight difference, other than the size & look, is that I use a series of 5 magnets designed to fit around the 2 central fixing screws. I do this to make the pickup a completely direct drop-in replacement.

Unlike other P90-sized PAF style humbuckers, there's no need to drill new mounting holes into the body of your guitar with mine. No modifications necessary to your guitar.

P90 12 - Pole Humbucker - Bridge - Drive

P90 12 - Pole Humbucker - Bridge - Crunch

P90 12 - Pole Humbucker - Bridge - Clean

P90 12 - Pole Humbucker - Bridge - Clean Sharp Blues

P90 12 - Pole Humbucker - Bridge - Clean Warm With Delay

Here's a quick audio demo of my Creamery '59 Humbucker (Bridge Position). Its played through a Line 6 Pod HD 500 modeller with the clean & crunch sounds modelled after a Fender Blackface. 

*Demo courtesy of Fanis Ploumis of PNOI & NYKSI Musical Instrument Repair Services, Greece*

Creamery Handwound Pickups, Made in Manchester - http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk

Custom Guitars, Handmade Pickups - Made in Manchester

Creamery '59 Humbucker (Bridge Position) - Crunch

Here's a quick audio demo of my Creamery '59 Humbucker (Bridge Position). Its played through a Line 6 Pod HD 500 modeller with the clean & crunch sounds modelled after a JCM800.

*Demo courtesy of Fanis Ploumis of PNOI & NYKSI Musical Instrument Repair Services, Greece*

Creamery Handwound Pickups, Made in Manchester - http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk

Creamery '59 Humbucker (Bridge Position) - Distortion

<h2>PLEASE NOTE: Payed using 250k Pots rather than the usual 1meg or 500k Pots - This makes for a warmer, darker tone</h2>

Demo played by Duncan Betts.

Wired as per original schematic but using 250k pots (both audio taper because I like to get as much range as possible from the vol and tone controls) and a sprague orange cap .22.
 
Amp used is Egnater Rebel 30 with 1x12 closed back Egnater cab:

• Clean (vol 11 o'clock, bass’ 12 o'clock, treble 11 o'clock in EL34 mode with bright switch on)

Most importantly, using a Trainwreck  Z Air Break attenuator so the valves are driven but the volume contained.

Creamery Classic '71 Wide Range Humbucker (True Spec/Design) - Bridge - Clean - 250k Pots

Creamery Classic '71 Wide Range Humbucker (True Spec/Design) - Middle - Clean - 250k Pots

Creamery Classic '71 Wide Range Humbucker (True Spec/Design) - Neck - Clean - 250k Pots

A flat-pole hotter-wound Stratocaster pickup for a warmer, more 'Bluesier' twist on the classic Strat tone.

Still with snappy highs, a fatter mid-range and rounded bass. Scatter wound with wax potted coils and flat Alnico 2 magnets. Higher output. Vintage style cloth covered lead wire.

A great Stratocaster pickup if you want to balance the early '60s Strat tone with a more bluesier feel.

The Bridge pickup has a copper baseplate to slightly shift the resonances toward the lows which combined with the hotter wind, helps to create a warmer bridge tone.

Creamery Handwound 'Extra Width' Stratocaster Pickup - Bridge

After looking at modern variants of the old Filtertron style pickups, and wanting to design my own range of Humbucker sized Filtertron style pickups, I came up with these - introducing the 'Swing-O' - Humbucker sized Filtertron style pickups. A reduced number of offset winds on each coil provide the extra brightness. The Alnico 5 magnets help keep the attack but being stronger due to their 1/4" height, the magnet boosts the output of the lower windings on each coil to give great volume & brightness. A real spank & twang to these Humbucker sized Filtertrons. The H-gate chrome covers give that 'retro' look.

Magnets: 1/4" Alnico 5
Coil Wire: 42AWG
Lead Wire Vintage Braided
Bridge Output: 5.1k
Neck Output: 4.2k

Played on a 1979 Greco Les Paul Custom, .22 caps, CTS Pots through a Fender Champion 600 with 12" Eminence Governor speaker. Played by guitarist James Deane.

Currently, the brightest pickup in the whole Creamery range. The Humbucker sized Filtertron style bridge pickup is Jangly & bright, but designed to break up the amp at gain for a biting attack. My modern interpretation of the old classic Filtertron pickups of yesteryear in a standard humbucker size. 12 Pole screws for individual string balance give you the option to follow your neck radius and define your own tone.

The Neck pickup has a sweeter voice due to its position but still with the brightness needed from this kind of pickup.

PLEASE NOTE: These pickups are a direct drop-in to fit a standard humbucker size cavity/scratchplate.

You can find more details here:

http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/

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Creamery Swing 'O' - Humbucker Sized Filtertron Pickups

The standard humbucker sized versions of my Classic '71 Wide Range Humbucker pickup - Designed true to the '70s original with individual threaded magnets & ferrous internal reflector plate - http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk

I've had both the nickel silver covers and baseplate custom manufactured to my own specifications for a unique pickup set.

They received a 5-Star/Best Buy review in Total Guitar Magazine.

Magnets: Threaded Pole
Coil Wire: 42AWG Plain Enamel
Lead Wire: Vintage Braided or Modern 4-Way
Bridge Output: 8.7k
Neck Output: 7.6k

Played on a 1979 Greco Les Paul Custom, .22 caps, CTS Pots through a Fender Champion 600 with 12" Eminence Governor speaker. Played by guitarist James Deane.

Classic fat "Doubled-Up" single coil tones - Great clarity and string definition with a bright chime & warmth. Individual threaded pole magnets charged to around 2/3rds capacity allow you to dial in each string. A warmer mid-range than standard single coils and with a higher output, they're great for breaking up an amp. With a great fat bridge tone sounding akin to a "doubled-up" Tele and a neck with a warm, sweet brightness, these Wide Range / Thinline Humbucker style pickups are a great if you're looking for something more to replace a standard humbucker.

Slightly brighter with a tighter bass response that my full-size Classic '71 Wide Range / Thinline Humbucker repros due to the slightly narrower coil and lower output.

Available with either Vintage Braided or 4-Way wiring, the cover options are Nickel logo cover, Chrome H-Cover, Black, White, Cream or uncovered with black, zebra or B&W bobbins. You can also purchase the pickup with a Gold cover though please remember that the magnets will remain the same colour.

PLEASE NOTE: These pickups are a direct drop-in to fit a standard humbucker size cavity/scratchplate.

You can find more details here:

http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/

Creamery Baby '71 - Wide Range Humbuckers (Standard Humbucker Sized)

The standard humbucker sized versions of my Classic '71 Wide Range Humbucker pickup - Designed true to the '70s original with individual threaded magnets & ferrous internal reflector plate - http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk

I've had both the nickel silver covers and baseplate custom manufactured to my own specifications for a unique pickup set.

They received a 5-Star/Best Buy review in Total Guitar Magazine.

Magnets: Threaded Pole 
Coil Wire: 42AWG Plain Enamel 
Lead Wire: Vintage Braided or Modern 4-Way 
Bridge Output: 8.7k 
Neck Output: 7.6k

Classic fat "Doubled-Up" single coil tones - Great clarity and string definition with a bright chime & warmth. Individual threaded pole magnets charged to around 2/3rds capacity allow you to dial in each string. A warmer mid-range than standard single coils and with a higher output, they're great for breaking up an amp. With a great fat bridge tone sounding akin to a "doubled-up" Tele and a neck with a warm, sweet brightness, these Wide Range / Thinline Humbucker style pickups are a great if you're looking for something more to replace a standard humbucker.

Slightly brighter with a tighter bass response that my full-size Classic '71 Wide Range / Thinline Humbucker repros due to the slightly narrower coil and lower output.

Available with either Vintage Braided or 4-Way wiring, the cover options are Nickel logo cover, Chrome H-Cover, Black, White, Cream or uncovered with black, zebra or B&W bobbins. You can also purchase the pickup with a Gold cover though please remember that the magnets will remain the same colour.

PLEASE NOTE: These pickups are a direct drop-in to fit a standard humbucker size cavity/scratchplate.

You can find more details here:

http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/

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Creamery Baby '71 Bridge - Wide Range Humbuckers (Standard Humbucker Sized)

he standard humbucker sized versions of my Classic '71 Wide Range Humbucker pickup - Designed true to the '70s original with individual threaded magnets & ferrous internal reflector plate - http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk

I've had both the nickel silver covers and baseplate custom manufactured to my own specifications for a unique pickup set.

They received a 5-Star/Best Buy review in Total Guitar Magazine.

Magnets: Threaded Pole 
Coil Wire: 42AWG Plain Enamel 
Lead Wire: Vintage Braided or Modern 4-Way 
Bridge Output: 8.7k 
Neck Output: 7.6k

Played on a 1979 Greco Les Paul Custom, .22 caps, CTS Pots through a Fender Champion 600 with 12" Eminence Governor speaker. Played by guitarist James Deane.

Classic fat "Doubled-Up" single coil tones - Great clarity and string definition with a bright chime & warmth. Individual threaded pole magnets charged to around 2/3rds capacity allow you to dial in each string. A warmer mid-range than standard single coils and with a higher output, they're great for breaking up an amp. With a great fat bridge tone sounding akin to a "doubled-up" Tele and a neck with a warm, sweet brightness, these Wide Range / Thinline Humbucker style pickups are a great if you're looking for something more to replace a standard humbucker.

Slightly brighter with a tighter bass response that my full-size Classic '71 Wide Range / Thinline Humbucker repros due to the slightly narrower coil and lower output.

Available with either Vintage Braided or 4-Way wiring, the cover options are Nickel logo cover, Chrome H-Cover, Black, White, Cream or uncovered with black, zebra or B&W bobbins. You can also purchase the pickup with a Gold cover though please remember that the magnets will remain the same colour.

PLEASE NOTE: These pickups are a direct drop-in to fit a standard humbucker size cavity/scratchplate.

You can find more details here:

http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/

The standard humbucker sized versions of my Classic '71 Wide Range Humbucker pickup - Designed true to the '70s original with individual threaded magnets & ferrous internal reflector plate - http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk

I've had both the nickel silver covers and baseplate custom manufactured to my own specifications for a unique pickup set.

They received a 5-Star/Best Buy review in Total Guitar Magazine.

Magnets: Threaded Pole 
Coil Wire: 42AWG Plain Enamel 
Lead Wire: Vintage Braided or Modern 4-Way 
Bridge Output: 8.7k 
Neck Output: 7.6k

Played on a 1979 Greco Les Paul Custom, .22 caps, CTS Pots through a Fender Champion 600 with 12" Eminence Governor speaker. Played by guitarist James Deane.

Classic fat "Doubled-Up" single coil tones - Great clarity and string definition with a bright chime & warmth. Individual threaded pole magnets charged to around 2/3rds capacity allow you to dial in each string. A warmer mid-range than standard single coils and with a higher output, they're great for breaking up an amp. With a great fat bridge tone sounding akin to a "doubled-up" Tele and a neck with a warm, sweet brightness, these Wide Range / Thinline Humbucker style pickups are a great if you're looking for something more to replace a standard humbucker.

Slightly brighter with a tighter bass response that my full-size Classic '71 Wide Range / Thinline Humbucker repros due to the slightly narrower coil and lower output.

Available with either Vintage Braided or 4-Way wiring, the cover options are Nickel logo cover, Chrome H-Cover, Black, White, Cream or uncovered with black, zebra or B&W bobbins. You can also purchase the pickup with a Gold cover though please remember that the magnets will remain the same colour.

PLEASE NOTE: These pickups are a direct drop-in to fit a standard humbucker size cavity/scratchplate.

You can find more details here:

http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk/

The vintage Wide Range Humbucker sound

A true replacement for the modern Wide Range / Thinline Humbucker reissue pickups. Classic fat single coil tones - Great clarity and string definition with a bright warmth. Individual threaded pole magnets charged to around 2/3rds capacity allow you to dial in each string. A warmer mid-range than standard single coils and with a higher output, they're great for breaking up an amp.  With a great fat bridge tone sounding akin to a "doubled-up" Tele and a neck with a warm, sweet brightness. Handcrafted vintage nickel-silver baseplate, handcrafted ferrous reflector plate, full-size handmade bobbins with medium scatterwound coils - The Creamery Wide Range / Thinline Humbucker, a direct replacement for those modern reissues.

My vintage take on the original pickups have either 6 threaded magnets or a combination of 6 threaded magnets and 6 Alnico 2 rod magnets. With the threaded & Alnico 2 rod magnets the tone is ever so rounder, warmer with a few less highs - Great if you want to take a little 'spank' out of the bridge.

PLEASE NOTE: These pickups are a direct drop-in replacement to fit the modern reissue & original Wide Range Humbuckers.

http://www.at-the-creamery.co.uk

Creamery Classic '71 Wide Range Humbucker (True Spec/Design) - Neck - Clean - 500k Pots

Creamery Classic '71 Wide Range Humbucker (True Spec/Design) - Neck - Overdrive - 500k Pots

The Classic Bluesier Humbucker Sound

A slightly higher output than the Creamery '57 with a little more in the mids and slightly smoother in the highs but still with that classic rich warm tone with great harmonics. A real creamier humbucker sound when overdriven.

As with all my humbucker pickups, the coils are asymmetrically wound giving more dynamics, clarity & string definition. A rich, vintage tone.

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Creamery '59 Humbuckers - All Positions

The Classic Clean Humbucker Sound

A classic humbucker sound, rich and full of warmth with great harmonics. A real creamier humbucker sound when overdriven.

Brighter than the Alnico 2 Humbucker but warmer than the Alnico 5, the Alnico 4 humbucker pickup has a darker low, more clarity in the mids and a wider extended range than the 2. A sweet humbucker tone with more snarl when overdriven, this is a great lead pickup.

The Alnico 5 Humbucker. Balanced mids, snappy lows and a top-end with room to breath. The Alnico magnet is brighter sounding than the Alnico 2 or 4, giving this humbucker pickup more of a snappier tone.

As with all my humbucker pickups, the coils are asymmetrically wound giving more dynamics, clarity & string definition. A rich, vintage tone.

Available in Chrome, Nickel covers or open with black or zebra bobbins.

Creamery '57 Handwound Humbuckers

I make Custom Guitars & Handwound Pickups from my workshop in Manchester, UK.

My Pickups have garnered 5*Star/Best Buy reviews in Total Guitar Magazine.

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