VALCO STYLE (Vistatone 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 Alnico5 bar magnets and Awg 44 magnet wire. Large 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          

 
Two Alnico5 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 140 € / pickup       270 € / set  (includes VAT 24%)     Currency Conventer

​I accept payment through Paypal and a wire transfer inside EU area. (EU payment)
Orders by email: HERE

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                                           P90VISTA 

Same pickup built inside nickel-silver P90 cover. Alnico2 magnets, 43 Awg magnet wire. Nickel and Chrome plated cover available.
Aged cover: +15€
​Available also with Dog Ear cover.
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​Bridge: 9.8K   Neck: 8.5K

​​Price 140 € / pickup       270 € / set  (includes VAT 24%)     Currency Conventer
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I accept payment through Paypal and a wire transfer inside EU area. (EU payment)
Orders by email: HERE

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                                                                Specifications:

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Magnets available:
-Alnico5 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

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Bobbins:                                                                        
-Plastic
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Baseplate:
-Nickel-silver

Pole piece spacing:
-49.2 mm (Humbucker size)
-49.2 mm and 52 mm (P90 size)

 Potting:
-Lightly or fully potted  (paraffin and beeswax mix) 

Cover colors:
-Nickel or Chrome plated nickel-silver cover
​-Black or cream Dog Ear cover

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