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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Wanted & Wishing => Topic started by: jerryme on January 09, 2008, 11:08:01 AM

Title: Wanted: Alembic Humbuckers (2)
Post by: jerryme on January 09, 2008, 11:08:01 AM

I may be in the market for a set of Alembic guitar pickups to stick in a guitar I am thinking of buying. If anyone has a pair that work plaese shoot me an email. Colin
 
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Title: Wanted: Alembic Humbuckers (2)
Post by: lbpesq on January 09, 2008, 12:04:10 PM

Colin:
 
Alembic doesn't make humbuckers per se.  They make single coil pickups for use on Series instruments.  For non-series instruments Alembic employs a hum cancelling design.  This differs from a standard humbucker in that the standard design is essentially two single coil pickups wired together.  The Alembic design features a single coil pickup wired together with a dummy coil - a coil of wire without a magnet in the middle.  Alembic strat and tele sets appear on ebay every once in a while.  I have added these to several guitars.  Alembic also makes a humbucker shaped version, such as appears on some Electrums.  I'd call Mica if that's what you're looking for.  I can't recall ever seeing this shape guitar pickup appear on ebay.
 
Bill, tgo