Push your neck-position tone into thicker, more saturated territory with the Golden Age Overwound Neck Humbucker. Featuring extra coil windings for increased output and enhanced mid-range warmth, this pickup provides a smoother, fatter lead tone that sings without getting muddy. Encased in a classic nickel cover, it pairs traditional vintage aesthetics with modern, high-output power. It is an exceptional upgrade for custom builds, heavy blues or rock players, or anyone looking to add more body and punch to their neck position.
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Brand: Golden Age
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Type: Overwound Humbucker Pickup (Neck Position)
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Finish: Nickel Cover
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Output: Overwound (Higher output for increased warmth, fat mids, and smooth sustain)
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Ideal for: Custom guitar builds, nickel hardware upgrades, blues/rock players, and anyone seeking a fatter, higher-output neck humbucker tone.
The overwound versions of our classic Golden Age Humbuckers! The same Alnico 5 magnets, but overwound to 12K ohms for high output, powerful midrange and driving tone.
The AWG43 coils are wound on fabric-taped bobbins, mounted on a brass baseplate, and wax-potted for microphonic suppression.
The output wire is 4-conductor plus ground, enabling versatile custom coil-tapping, series/parallel, and phase switching options. 12K ohms. Bridge model polepieces have 2.015" spread; neck models have 1.97" spread. Mounting screws, springs and wiring diagrams included.
Inspired by great guitar pickups of the 50s!
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Alnico 5 magnets (aluminum/nickel/cobalt) as used in the originals, for classic tone.
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Vintage dimensions for easy installation in standard pickguards and bodies.
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Wax-potted for microphonic suppression.
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Wiring diagrams included with each pickup.
Length: 2.75" (69.85mm)
Width: 1.5" (38.10mm)
Height including mounting tabs, bridge pickup: .840" (21.34mm)
