The Pickup is basically a regular humbucker with some alterations to the casing and bobbins.
The idea was to produce a pickup which would give full output when played through an amp, yet leave the soundboard undisturbed. This is ideal for a player who wants a good electric sound when playing a full-bodied archtop. (Slimmer pickups with lower output are also available for a more acoustic or 'lightly amplified' sound.)
The pickup is currently neck-mounted with a small bracket. In order to maintain the correct neck angle, the thickness of the pickup casing needed to be reduced by 1 millimeter. Therefore the normal moulded-plastic bobbins are replaced with slightly smaller hand-made ones. The centre 'block' is made from ebony or rosewood and the top and bottom retainers from carbon fibre. The new bobbins are 1mm smaller in height and have the same winding capacity as the plastic ones.
After the bobbins are made and the bracket attached to the pickup cover, the lot is sent to the UK, where the pickup is hand-wound by Aaron Armstrong (Kent Armstrond & Son).
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