Kent Armstrong® Icon Series Vintage 54 Single Coil Pickup
A pedal friendly replication of the 1954 Strat® single coil pickups with all the tone and character of the originals. Middle position reverse wound/reverse polarity to achieve noise cancellation when utilizing a 5 way switch. 42 gauge Formvar wire and Alnico III magnets. White covers.
DONT FORGET that if you're going to go put these great pickups in your guitar to try the new oil-filled WD Tone Caps and custom made CTS pots. We have these made special and you can't get 'em anywhere else!
[SKU:TVST54]
- Magnet Type = Alnico 3
- D.C. Resistance = 5.67k Ohms
- Inductance (henrys) = 3.15
- Wire Type = Formvar AWG 42
- Lead Type = cloth insulated 2 conductor
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Kent Armstrong Icon Series Vintage 54 Single Coil Pickup
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Review By Kent Armstrong Icon Series Vintage 54 Single Coil Pickup
Kent Armstrong Pickups: wire, sounds, magnets, and mojo
Last year (2022) one of our guitar-building customers dropped us a line. He had a "remark" on WD's Kent Armstrong Pickups. He roared: "Why the heck can a lower priced pickup sound so great!? Or have I been paying too much for other brands?"
We thought this is the best commercial a manufacturer can get. And we agree with the guitar builder. Kent Armstrong's Icon Series 54 sound great, containing warm jangly tones with tight midrange and good bass response, while retaining "the classic Strat-style sparkle". Fair's fair, they do not sound like the famous and top-notch expensive brands, but Armstrongs come close. Very suitable pickups for early rock and roll.
WD: lots of popular brands of pickups are not always easy to come by for smaller companies, guitar makers or repairers. Would it be an idea to add a couple of famous brands to your already impressive line of brands? Or just a few handwound treasures: handwound pickups for hand-made guitars.
Texas & Tweed - Netherlands
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