Out of the ashes of Wizard Pickups, Please welcome Hot Rod Pickups.

xJonnysixstring

Doodle and the Armadillo have a "special" relationship, The Tele is our test bed guitar and a lovely beast, completely hand build and finished at the workshop, and of course sporting a trio of Hot Rod beauties Ill put up a decent pic.

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TheGuitarWeasel said:

Great we can start a special section ... pickup winders pets!

What a lovely pussy

xJonnysixstring

Hang on is the cat smoking a fag?

johnnyurq

I thought the cat was part lizard and that was its tongue. Could be sparking up a tab for Ash whilst busy working though.

OilCityPickups

Got em well trained

xJonnysixstring

Lovely set of lightly aged Revelations on there way to top UK blues man Ramon Goose, video to follow. Beveled mags for more focused tone.

GuitarMonkey

Dear All Pickup Makers:

Why do you put the rubber tubing on the screws? We only have to take it off again and it's a real pain to do so.

xJonnysixstring

Keeps the covers in place in transit, Don't want little bits of metal rattling about and damaging delicate coils

GuitarMonkey

Couldn't you put an elastic band around them to hold the covers in place and pack the tubing and screws separately in a small zip-lock bag?

And/or just use a better design of box?

imalone

I suppose at that point you're weighing messing about with bands and separately packed screws with the fairly elegant solution of using the components to hold themselves together, at the unpacking end as well as the packing end.
Though until you asked that was exactly what I thought.:)

ThePrettyDamned

Do bevelled magnets actually make any difference, or is it just a looks thing?

It does look quite cool.

xJonnysixstring

Also the flatwork material is not threaded, I would rather we started the thread off to finish the job so to speak, rather than someone get them wired in and then risk damaging things when wires are soldered and get tight, Although all comments taken on board and will be submitted to the comity.

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ThePrettyDamned said:

Do bevelled magnets actually make any difference, or is it just a looks thing?

It does look quite cool.

I agree it does look cool, but in our opinion does actually focus the the tone by putting out a more directional magnetic field, It is an incredibly labour intensive process though adding at least double the time to a build. Heres a quick demo of a set, please forgive my dodgy Hendrix impression

OilCityPickups

Beveled magnets originally came about because of Leo Fender having difficulty in getting the sharp-edged magnets through his flatwork ... it's easy to get slack magnets that way. Also the magnets used then were very brittle grinding the edges hid the chips that ruined the look of the pickups. it's much more comfortable for the player as the edges of the mag don't slice his finger tips if he plays without a pick ... and it may have a slight focusing effect by changing the shape of the top end of the flux.
I agree beveling is a pain in the bum ... and does put a hell of a lot on a build time ... ruin the odd magnet doing it too :-)
Looks good mind.

Van_Hayden

Good luck guys!

streethawk

Rubber pickup tubing>springs.

xJonnysixstring

We are very proud to announce that the amazingly talented Jess Lewis (Eternal Guitars Endorsee) will be appearing at our launch on monday evening at The Vestry in Chichester, She will be playing from 8:30pm so get there early. Full range of Eternal guitars loaded with Hot Rod Pickups available for you jam with the house band on too.

xJonnysixstring

Lots of photos and lovely comments on our Facebook page about the launch, as well as some beautiful Eternal guitar, please check out

https://www.facebook.com/hotrodguitarparts?ref=hl&ref_type=bookmark

mike257

Lovely stuff, I have a set of Wizards in a bass (Thumper and custom wound 84 bridge) and they're bloody marvellous.  Was sad to hear Andy was retiring as he was always my go-to for this kind of thing so great to hear his work is being carried on!