Elite Humbucker Series - Design Your Own Humbucker
Handmade in the USA to order!!
Wound exactly to your specs!
Read the description below to design your own humbucker!
Custom handcrafted humbuckers begin at $100 each
Choose Neck, Bridge or add both for a Custom Calibrated Set
The Elite Series Humbucker by Planet Tone. A humbucker for the next generation of tone lovers! Designed to offer warmth, growl and a super luscious top end. The pickup is extremely dynamic with a tonal response that is articulate and defining. It is for the player who loves vintage warmth but wants a modern response and articulation from their pickup.
Unlike most pickups and pickup manufacturers, we've allowed you to customize your humbucker to provide exactly the tone you wish. Choose the amount of drive vs. sustain by varying the strength of your magnet. Choose your mid-range response by varying the output. Higher output means more mid-range response. This allows you to cater your tone, especially at the bridge. Choose how much treble or top end response your humbucker offers by varying the design from a single pole piece design to double pole pieces. Each option slightly adjusts the tone of your pickup giving you the tonal response from your guitar that you desire.
Choose your Magnet:
- Alnico II (80% Sustain / 20% Drive)
- Alnico III (60% Sustain / 40% Drive)
- Alnico IV (40% Sustain / 60% Drive)
- Alnico V (20% Sustain / 80% Drive)
- Alnico VIII (100% Drive - Heavy Mids)
Choose your Output (6K - 20k):
- Please note lower outputs tend to have more signal room and treble response with a punchy feel
- Higher outputs tend to have a higher gain and push amps more. They also tend to have more midrange response with a softer or less than punchy response on the low end
- Ideal Neck Outputs are around 8.0 for traditional tone and clarity
Choose your Pole Piece configuration:
- Single Pole Pieces - Traditional look and top end (treble) response
- Double Pole Pieces - Double screw look at bobbins. Max top end (treble) response; ideal for hotter pickups
Features:
- Natural Enamel Wire
- Alnico II, III, IV, V, VIII or Ceramic magnets
- All mounting hardware included
- Neck or Bridge
- Single or Double Pole Piece options available
- Wax Potted
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Got my custom Elite Clearvoyant today....
Wow, that was fast! Popped it into the '86 Kramer I got recently. Wired it up to the parallel/series switch on the S1 pot, directly replacing the almost 40 year old Duncan Invader. Reassembled the guitar, adjusted the pickup height and poles, and what a great sound! I got the 14k "Sanctorum" pickup wind, so it's a little spicier than the Clearvoyant normally is. In parallel, by itself, it is roughly in the tonal ballpark of a 7k Strat bridge pickup - just a little hotter than stock - still clear and bright, but with a touch more mids. It really plays nicely with the pickup height set low and the poles raised in a Strat-esque staggered height arrangement. Clear and bright, and perfectly balanced - and not ice-picky like a Strat single at the bridge often is! Poke the S1 switch and put it in series, and it's perfectly spicy-hot - still with good clarity and nice, fat mids. I have a 2p5t single-wafer Super Switch in the guitar, and a mini-toggle to swap out the middle only spot to bridge+neck, so I get to enjoy some great Tele-like tones in there also! Clucks and quacks with the best of them when combined with neck or middle, respectively. If you have an HSS Strat or Strat-oid guitar that you want to sound a bit more like a real Strat on the bridge+middle switch position, this pickup will do it....
Elite is right
I ordered a bridge pup for my birthday, and I am so happy with it. About to order a neck pup ASAP. No need for duncan, dimarzio, or BKPs. Jose will get you dialed in with a phone call. Planet tone is fantastic!
great pickups at a great price and excellent customer service!
I was in the market to find a company who makes custom pickups and allows the customer the ability to select all the different specs and am very glad I found Planet Tone. I was able to choose everything I wanted in a pickup for my guitars and their customer service is excellent. I highly recommend checking out Planet Tone! Christopher Hone, Hone Guitars