Alegree Texan Hailstorm single coils - single or set


Every purchase includes 30 day swaps to a different models, and a lifetime warranty.

These come stock with white covers, please ask for another colour if you want them.
These are built to order, so despatch time can vary from 2 days to 2 weeks.

My take on the hotter vintage 'Texas' style single coils.


These pickups take the typical vintage 42 Stratocaster wind to the max. They are wound until they can be wound no more - giving you an extra kick to push your amp into a beautiful bluesy overdrive, whilst preserving the chime and clarity that can only be achieved by 42 gauge wire.


A higher wind gives the pickups a more prominent mid range, but not to the extent that it is overbearing. The hollow, woody EQ we've come to know and love in a great Stratocaster pickup set is still present - the 42 awg wire and handwinding technique  contribute to keep the mids from dominating the sound, allowing a wide spectrum of notes to be heard with the ultimate level of clarity when complex chords are struck. Because of their recipe being very similar to a low output vintage Strat pickup, rolling off the volume knob will give a very convincing imitation - of course with the added versatility to open the volume full and have that Texan sizzle at your beck and call.


Specifications (neck/middle/bridge):


Resistance (ohms): 6.5k/6.5k/7.4k
Magnets: hand beveled alnico 5 rods
Lead wire: push back vintage cloth
Pole spacing: 52mm all positions
Wax potted


All my own brand pickups are handwound in the UK. I take extra care to ensure craftsmanship and attention to detail is the greatest that can be found. Handwinding (scattering the coils by hand) reduces the capacitance of the coils, allowing greater detail and treble response to be achieved compared to a machine wound pickup. This prevents the pickups from getting muddy. Scatter winding by hand also gives the impression of a louder pickup by the increased sound detail. This allows a lower output handwound pickup to balance with a higher output machine wound pickup.



Soundclips for most of my pickups can be found at alegree.co.uk

 

Supplied with screws & springs/tubing (tubing for Telecaster & Stratocaster pickups)

 

Check my other listings for an array of different boutique handwound pickups.