Custom pickup companies. Handwound pickups for strats, tele’s and all forms of Humbuckers. Hand wound pickups are not for everyone and sometimes not cheap. The advantage is you can have a craftsman create a pickup to get exactly the sound you’re looking for
| Lollar Pickups | For more than a decade Jason Lollar has designed and built some of the most sought-after pickups for electric guitar, bass and steel guitar. If you’re on a quest for tone, we can help. Also offers pickup rewinding |
| Wolfetone pickups | WolfeTone Pickups first saw the light of day early in 1995 when I was doing small pickup repairs and got its real start in 1996 while I was employed at Warmoth Guitar Products. While at Warmoth, my interest became an obsession. Strat & Tele style pickups from $90 each, Humbuckers from $130. |
| Smit’s Handwound | SHGP offers a wide variety of base model humbuckers, single coils, and limited edition specialty pickups to choose from. It’s simple…. choose the sound you are going for and we will make it happen. |
| BG Pups custom | Has some reviews and lots of videos featuring his pickups with various sounds. From the site: All pickups are made with the highest quality parts and the utmost care is given to the creation of my pickups. All of my pickups are hand wound and assembled by myself in my Northern California workshop. Strat Vintage 60′s style from $69. Humbuckers $76. Worth a look and listen |
| Manlius Guitar handwound | All styles of pickups. We took a look at the Chicago Blues Strat pickup set for $165 said to give a fuller more complex tone. |
More to come as we add to this list each week.
