Standard Humbuckers All
standard Gemini humbuckers have single coil style sounds as well. The
difference with Gemini pickups is that the single coil sounds were
designed to sound as good as the full sound. Only
the highest inductance Gemini humbuckers have a
conventional centre tap, as these have enough output and are not too
bright. The others have asymmetric coil taps (ACT) that provide single
coil style
sounds with enough bass and mids to be great sounds of their own and a
variety of different humbucking sounds.
Most
models are also available on request in double standard polepiece,
double slug, with matt black hex polepieces or matt black large head
poles.
Gemini
pickups are made to order. Expect to wait at least a couple of weeks to
receive your order. At busy times, you may have to wait longer. If
waiting times increase generally, we will keep you informed via the
website. If an order is likely to be substantially delayed, we will
inform you via email.
Vintage Phoenix
The
Phoenix is a rich, creamy vintage humbucker. The humbucking sounds hark back to the times before cascading
pre-amps and ultra gain. Sweet and warm, the Phoenix provides
beautiful, soulful sounds all the time. The tapped sound provides
more clarity but combined with a unique warmth and smoothness.
Wire AWG 42, Alnico V magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC Resistance: Neck 7.5k (5.2k tapped), Bridge 8.4k (5.7k tapped).
Pegasus
The
Pegasus is a raw vintage humbucker that wants to rock. It has an
aggressive, edgy sound that is slightly dark, ideal for blues and
classic rock to old metal. The ACT tapped sound is is warmer,
smoother and fatter than a conventional centre tap.
Wire AWG 42, Alnico V magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC Resistance: Neck 7.8k (5.5k tapped), Bridge 8.5k (5.8k tapped).
Nightwolf
It's
well after midnight, the stage is dark. Out front, a sea of faces are
waiting for you to perform. It's time for the Nightwolf. Some
pickups are made for guitars, some pickups are made for studios. The
Nightwolf is made for guitarists and for the stage. It has the soft
focus and creamy mids typical of pickups with alnico II magnets. Dig
in hard and it produces that clean but dirty sound that typifies
Chicago blues and southern rock. Turn up the gain and it's a Texas blues and classic
rock pickup without peer. The Nightwolf is ready for you, but are you
ready for the Nightwolf.
Alnico
II magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC
Resistance: Neck 7.4k (5.0k tapped), Bridge 7.9k (5.3k tapped).
Barghest
A vintage alnico II humbucker with unbalanced coils. Same great sensitivity as the Nightwolf with a rockier edge. Still a great blues pickup but the extra mids and slightly edgy feel make rock the prime target for this pickup.
Alnico II magnet, 3 conductor wiring
DC Resistance Neck 7.7k (5.3k tapped), Bridge 8.2k(5.6k tapped).
Shred & Fusion
Vampyra
The
Vampyra
is designed for maximum clarity while retaining enough power to rock.
Finer wire provides extra highs and bite. This provides
clarity at all gain levels. Suitable for a wide range of uses but
particularly where responsiveness and clarity are at a premium.
Wire
AWG 43, Alnico V magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC
Resistance: Neck 8.1k (5.0k tapped), Bridge 9.2k (5.4k tapped).
Vampire
The
Vampire
has an almost universal humbucker sound with an ideal mix of
smoothness, power and bite. The detailed top end provides
clarity at all gain levels. The Vampire is the most open and warmest of
the three high clarity humbuckers. The ACT tapped sounds of the
Vampires are like overwound strat pickups and match
perfectly with Chimeras in HSH or HSS sets.
Wire
SWG 46, Alnico V magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC
Resistance: Neck 8.9k (6.1k tapped), Bridge 10.4k (6.8k tapped).
Vampire Lord
The
Vampire
Lord completes the trio of high clarity humbuckers. The most powerful
of the three, the Vampire Lord has the maximum power available with
good clarity. Slightly fatter than the Vampire of Vampyra, drives an
amp harder, providing the hardest rocking variation of the three.
Wire
AWG 43, Alnico V magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC
Resistance: Neck 8.7k (5.4k tapped), Bridge 12.2k (6.9k tapped).
Gholem
Vintage
wound pickups with ceramic magnets are very bright, right? Not this
one. The Gholem has a very open sound but is warm and dark with a
strong attack. Despite this, it has more output than a standard PAF
type. It uses unbalanced coils (around 20%) with a small ceramic
magnet to achieve a combination of tone and volume not found
elsewhere. Dark chocolate with firm edges. The tapped sound is firm and
crisp but not too bright.
Wire AWG 42, Ceramic
magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC
Resistance: Neck 7.3k (5.4k tapped), Bridge 7.8k (5.7k tapped).
Rock & Metal
Leviathan
The
Leviathan
is a classic rocking pickup. The neck is fruity and creamy, retaining
enough clarity for good clean tone but fat enough for great overdrives.
The bridge pickup offers extra hot vintage sounds with extremely well
balanced tone.
DC Resistance: Neck 8.0k (4.9k tapped), Bridge 13.5k (8.0k tapped).
Gryphon
The
Gryphon is a pickup that gets right in your face. Muscular and powerful
without
becoming ugly, and still able to take wing when you need it to.
Played clean, it has a warm, rounded sound that still retains enough
highs to remind you that it's not an ohm monster. Played dirty, it's
huge tight bass can churn out low down riffs with the best of them.
Move up the register a couple of octaves on ultra gain and discover
fat stable tones that let your playing shine through. ACT tap a
Gryphon and get a big, muscular single coil sound.
Wire
SWG 46, Alnico V magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC
Resistance: Neck 10.7k (7.2k tapped), Bridge 11.9k (8.2k tapped).
Basilisk
The
Basilisk
is aggressive, loud and nasty. No apologies and no
compromises, just a health warning. This pickup is not suitable for
persons of a nervous disposition. This is the pickup I designed to
put in my own Gibson Les Paul. It adds huge power to the aggressive
edge of the burstbuckers fitted to LP standards. Hit the coil tap and
your LP suddenly thinks that it's a 56 Gold Top with P-90's. The
Basilisk is also the best generator of musical feedback I've ever heard.
Wire
SWG 46, Alnico V magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC
Resistance: Neck 11.0k (7.9k tapped), Bridge 12.4k (8.3k tapped).
Swamp Witch
The
Swamp
Witch is a high impedance pickup with medium output. It has very strong
mids, good highs and a fairly tight bass. This is the fattest of the
fat.
With
an Alnico II magnet, the Swamp Witch has a definite southern feel
played clean, always hinting at a dirty sound. Played with distortion,
it seems to tighten up, producing overdrives with a well defined sound,
excellent single note definition, rich harmonics and smooth sustain.
Due to the high impedance coils, it works well at any gain level.
Wire AWG 46, Alnico II magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC Resistance: Neck 19.8k (9.85k tapped), Bridge 24.7k (12.35k tapped).
Mountain King
This is one of smoothest
operators around. Rich creamy vintage style humbucker sounds but with
more girth and a bit less presence. Sounds a lot like a bigger version
of the Phoenix. Overdrives more smoothly than a vintage wound pickup
but retains almost all of their other desirable characteristics.
Wire AWG 46, Alnico V magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC Resistance: Neck 19.3k (9.65k tapped), Bridge 22.4k (11.2k tapped).
Behemoth
The
Behemoth is extremely loud but with a distinctly vintage voice. It is
designed to provide the largest possible signal (more than double the
output of a standard PAF type) without having the thick, nasal tones
that come from many hot wound pickups. It is strong in the upper
mid/lower treble area and has a huge bass. This is not necessarily just a
pickup for ultra gain, but much more for driving the power stage of a
vintage amp into meltdown.
Wire SWG 46, Large
Ceramic (5mm) magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC
Resistance: Neck 11.4k (7.9k tapped), Bridge 12.7k (8.2k tapped).
NB Behemoths are only available open as they are around 3mm taller than normal and covers don't fit correctly.
Titan
The
Titan
is even louder than the Behemoth, with a warmer, well balanced tone.
This is a surprisingly versatile pickup. It may be outstanding for
metal but it's great for a lot more than that.
Wire AWG 44, Large
Ceramic (5mm) magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC
Resistance: Neck 14.5k (7.3k tapped), Bridge 17.9k (8.9k tapped).
NB Titans are only available open as they are around 3mm taller than normal and covers don't fit correctly.
Juggernaut
The
Juggernaut
is not quite as loud as it's brethren (Behemoth and Titan). It's a much
more relaxed sounding pickup. More at hme with heavy rock and classic
metal than newer styles. Has extremely rich harmonics and exceptionally
smooth decay.
Wire AWG 46, Ceramic magnet, 3 conductor wiring.
DC
Resistance: Neck 29.8k (14.9k tapped), Bridge 35k (17.5k tapped).
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