Elite Humbucker Series - Design Your Own Humbucker
Elite Humbucker Series - Design Your Own Humbucker
Elite Humbucker Series - Design Your Own Humbucker

Elite Humbucker Series - Design Your Own Humbucker

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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 

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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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03/18/2023
Peter W.
United States United States
I recommend this product

Great pickups, great price!

I ordered 2 Elite humbuckers, letting me customize my specs. Jose reached out to me to clarify my request (because my specs were odd), and that alone means a lot to me! It took about 4 months to deliver, which I've found is pretty standard for boutique custom pickups, so if you're in a hurry, I recommend you find an off-shelf model that may be pre-made in quantity. The build was high quality, with gold covers and 4-conductor wire. As per my request, the super hot alnico 2 bridge humbucker has a strong, sweet output with good detail and excellent dynamics. It plays very sweet, with slightly muted attack and it compresses nicely when I dig in. Palm mutes are thick...not necessarily appropriate for metal, but right in the pocket I asked for (great for blues, rock, hard rock). The super cool alnico 5 neck pickup likewise has good detail and excellent dynamics, but with a little less mids, really balancing out the sound of the neck position. There is a little stronger attack in this one, as I'd hoped, and while it doesn't sound like a Strat, it very much does stay clear, even in legato runs in the low notes. Together, the pickups play well, with a bit of snarl and a lot of body to each note. These are the last set for this guitar but not the last set I'll buy from Planet Tone!

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02/10/2023
Anonymous
United States United States
I recommend this product

Exactly what I needed

Sound and look great, huge upgrade to my guitar

BH
10/10/2022
Bryan H.
United States United States
I recommend this product

Wow!

I have a Road Pro IV and love it but was curious about the Elite series humbuckers. I talked to Jose about getting a thicker and hotter Alnico 4 pickup and he guided me along the way. We ended up winding the Alnico 4 to a 17k! Clear covers with gold screws, copper and gold! This goes with with the Heritage Cherry burst on my LP. These pickups freaking Drive! The clarity still remains too. Very happy with how these turned out. Hot, Clear and well defined with more bottom end. I think I'll call it the "Hammer". I'll definitely be purchasing more pickups in the future! Thanks Jose and Planet Tone team.

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