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                                      VALCO STYLE

This pickup is based on a pickup made by the Valco company in the USA during -50's and -60's. The pickup is not meant to be a true copy even if the inside structure of the pickup is pretty close to the original. This is not a humbucker or a half humbucker, as it may look. This is a single coil pickup and the pickup's coil is a different size compared to the standard humbucker coil. The sound is unique, more like a P90 than a humbucker. Great pickup for a slide guitar.
The pickup uses Alnico2 bar magnets and Awg 43 magnet wire.
Large slotted set screws are used for the pole screws as in the original Valco pickup. Nickel-silver cover and base plate.

Neck: 8.5 K           Bridge: 9.8 K          

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Two standard size Alnico bars are mounted between steel plates.
The other plate works as a magnetic return pole.

Sound samples:
1: Clean & dirty
2: Clean with reverb
3: Blues (Pickups connected out of phase)
Price 130 € / pickup       240 € / set  (includes VAT 24%)     Currency Conventer

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                                                                Specifications:

_ Magnets available:
-Alnico2 bars
          
Magnet wire:
-Polynylon      
Mounting screws available:
-2,5 x 30 mm Phillips Head, Nickel, gold or black

Lead:                                                        
-Two-conductor shielded wire or single conductor shielded push-back wire

_Bobbins:                                                                        
-Cast plastic

Baseplate:
-Nickel-silver

Pole piece spacing:
-49.2 mm 
_ Potting:
-Lightly or fully potted  (paraffin and beeswax mix) 

Cover colors:
-Nickel or Chrome plated nickel-silver cover

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