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.

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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.

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).

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).

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).

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.

Wire AWG 42 (Neck), AWG 43 (Bridge), Alnico V magnet, 3 conductor wiring.

Classic Humbuckers

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).

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).

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).

 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.

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).

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).

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).

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).

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.

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).