Lace Alumitone Humbucker Pickup

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With an aluminum-based design, the Lace Alumitone humbucker delivers more output than traditional copper pickups and uses 90% less copper wire.

The first pickup from this century. Huge top and bottom end. Huge passive design. Cool looks. This radical departure from pickup design is aluminum based, rather than copper. Result: less resistance, higher output coupled to a "current driven design" as opposed to conventional voltage based pickups.

The aluminum water jet cut exoskeleton is then matted to a micro winding using 90% less fine copper wire, a low impedance/high impedance pickup is then created.

Sonic Evaluation
More bass then traditional single coils, more volume, mids are slightly more then conventional pickups. Highs are clear yet smooth, nicely equalized.

The Lace Alumitone Humbucker has the broadband response of their single coil version, but voiced for the classic mid range response humbucker tone. Installing two of these Alumitones on your guitar will save you 1/3 pound of weight and increase your guitar's resonance!

Specifications
Resistance: 3.4k

Peak frequency: 2343

Inductance: 1.4 henries

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Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (1 ratings)
Submitted June 10, 2015 by Paul McFarland in Timberlake, NC

"Alumitone is a great pickup."

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Lace Alumitone pickups came on my HeliArc B-52 guitar and I am so glad they did. I probably would not have experimented with putting these odd looking, but attractive pickups on another guitar. People ask what they sound like. First, they don't sound like other humbuckers pickups. They definitely don't sound like single coils. I think they have their own sound and they sound great. You can make them scream with a lot of gain or they can sound almost like an acoustic guitar. Mine are gold tinted aluminum which is an option that matches my guitar.

Musical Background:

I have played guitar since 1967. I have played bass guitar and harmonica since 2013.

Musical Style:

Christian, Rock, Country, Blues
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