Mie Music ” Music is Everything “. Custom Hand / Scatter wound Boutique Pickups in a loaded 5-Way pickguard. True Left handed stock Also. All my pickups are Staggered, Beveled with a RWRP middle pickups. Some models have FLAT magnet option. Demo is shown in my store at the bottom of the page. Premiere Guitar did a article about my guitar builds and Vintage pickups in the APRIL 2023 edition of Reader of the month. There are 6 Choices of Vintage pickups that can be loaded into a 5 way pickguard. # 1 True 1954’s Vintage 42 AWG Heavy gauge Formvar wire with Alnico 3. 195 Diameter Flat magnets. Beveled are going to be a option. These pickups test on average 5.7k-5.8k. # 2 Pre CBS 50’s and early 60’s Black Bobbin Vintage 42 AWG Heavy gauge Formvar wire Model 5060VF. These are Alnico 5 magnets and average testing at NECK 5.6k, MIDDLE 5.7, Bridge 5.7-5.8k. # 3 1963 Pre CBS the highest output of the Pre CBS era. Black Bobbin 42 AWG Heavy gauge Vintage Formvar wire and average testing is 6.0to 6.3k.. This is the 3 Pre CBS choices. Here is your options for CBS. Testing on average at 5.6k to 5.8k. # 5 82 AVRI Very Rare White Top / Red Bottom Vintage 42 AWG Plain enamel wire, 1982 Fullerton AVRI Beveled or Flat magnets. #6 98 AVRI Black top / Red Bottom wound with 42 Vintage Heavy gauge FORMVAR wire. ” Fender changed to Vintage Formvar wire from the plain enamel “. Testing at 5.7k to 5.8k. My Stock pickguards are Black or White but I keep Mint Green, Red Tortoise, Vintage Brown Tortoise, Ivory, White Pearl, Cream Pearl and Parchment White. So send me a message to your choice of Pickups and color of pickguard. 047 Capacitor: Oil and Paper, Orange drop or Ceramic, Depends on inventory. POTS: CTS or Fender. Stock Pickguards: Black and White, check for other colors. Covers and Knobs: Fender Aged White Complete accessary kit included. New guitar JACK included. 2- I dip the finished bobbin in lacquer. This does 2 things. # 1 This is where 90% of Vintage Fender pickups fail. The coil wire rubbing against the magnets, the lacquer protects against this. # 2 This glues the Flatwork to the magnets, eliminating the use of super glue. 4- I install lead Vintage push back Cloth covered wires directly to the pickups. 5- Perform the initial testing, k ohms, Henries and pf capacitance. 6- Waxing- I use 80% Paraffin and 20% Bees Wax, heated to 140-150 degrees for 10-15 minutes. 7- I wrap the coil with fabric tape for 3 reasons. #2 Helps high gain feedback. #3 Some guitarist while recording will sit in my control room with the AMP in the ISO room, while others like to sit or stand by their amp. I started to notice that most Gibson guitars did not have that high squeal and after checking those guitars they had Fabric tape on their pickups. So I put Fabric tape on a few of my Strats and was floored that this worked and I take the extra step to build all my pickups this way. Back in the 50’s there was no need for it because the AMPS was not as high powered as today’s. NO change in TONE. 8- Perform second round of testing, confirming the correct specifications are met. 10- Assemble and solder pickguard. I have a 5 way Stew mac Template finished and all I have to do solder in the pickups you choose to the pickguard you choose. I been playing Strats for over 50 years and have a pretty good idea of how a Vintage Strat should sound. 80% of the Strat players are ok or happy with their tone. Now for those 20% picky players they also know what to do with that vintage tone. These pickups are hand made one at a time, by me in my small USA Shop. I use USA Remington Wire and have made my pickups as affordable as possible, using the highest quality parts from USA suppliers. My pickups have that true Vintage tone that only fine made hand /scatter wound pickups can bring. All my pickups are Vintage spec’d to the correct pre CBS or early CBS years. My pickups are made to last, and come from the result of listening to my vintage guitar collection, and taking apart a bucket full of DEAD FENDER pickups, studying them, painstakingly un-winding them on video and taking very detailed notes. This is how I came up with my proprietary way of hand winding my pickups. I started BETA testing in 2020 on every kind of neck and body wood made. Plus I tested on Tube and solid state amps, pedals, digital devices, and software in my recording studio, that I opened in 1999 with fantastic results. I have built numerous partcasters, and have installed my pickups, and they are highly comparable to my vintage collection. The work has been done, so install, and you will have complete NIRVANA for recording and playing live. MIE MUSIC ” Music is Everything “. Thank you for supporting a small USA Company.
