Stratocaster 50s "Ocean Clear" hidden

Stratocaster 50s "Ocean Clear" hiddenTonally based on the exceptionally open and rich sound of the classic mid 50s Strat, this hand scatterwound set is carefully constructed with Heavy Formvar Coated wire, a mix of Alnico 3 Poles in the Neck and Middle alongside an Alnico 4 loaded bridge pickup.

It quickly became clear that we shared many things in common when it came to tone-chasing and the fine details of pickups

This set of PAF Inspired humbuckers was envisaged as the ideal Goldtop-bucker tone

While this is far from an easy task to pin down and of course the pickups loaded into those historic guitars varied a fair amount

This considerable change in dimensions necessitates a number of tweaks within the design of the pickup internally

coil tensions

The Firebird pickup takes a totally different approach by instead orientating a bar magnet within each of its two coils and orientating them vertically across the full width of the pickup

Based around the wind style of the earliest Geo Stevens winder used during PAF production in Kalamazoo

A classic Humbucker

you can head to the pictures on this page to read considerably more detail about this from a Guitarist Magazine interview I did with Jamie Dickson

Not only that but to offer it with a choice of bridge pickup specs that run the gamut from classic to contemporary and with the option to go with flat

solid body guitar tones

the originals live in my own favourite guitar