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6T8 Humbucker Set

$254.00 $844.00

This set came about for players looking for that ideal pickup to match with hollow and semi-hollow body guitars.  For me, that is the 68 T-Top in an ES-335.  I wind it with a #42 poly wire and use a long magnet instead of the original short magnet.  And for those solid bodies that just seem to sound dead, no matter what you do to it, these will bring it back to life, no problem.  I build every single one by hand with nothing but the finest material, the attention to detail, and the time it takes to do it right. They will be the last set you ever buy.  Unless, of course, you own more than one guitar.

  • Aged nickel plated 1959 Spec German nickel silver cover without the copper layer for transparent tone – just like the originals
  • Rough finished, degaussed alnico 5 magnets for articulate notes and wide dynamics
  • My own proprietary butyrate bobbins insure a coil and tone consistent to the originals every single time
  • 42AWG poly wire wound to my specific number of winds and tension is what really sets mine apart from the others
  • Vintage spec’d German nickel silver baseplates with long feet accommodate even the biggest height adjustments
  • Vintage braided wire to stay true to the authenticity of the originals
  • Standard Gibson P.A.F. style 49.2mm pole spacing
  • Resistance may vary from set to set since the winding process goes strictly by the number of turns of wire but DC resistances tend to be around 8.0k for the bridge and 7.6k for the neck
  • Lifetime craftsmanship warranty against manufacture's defects.  Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Specs

Name Magnet DC Res Wire Type
Sheptone 6T8 - Bridge Alnico 5 7.8K 42 SPN (POLY)
Sheptone 6T8 - Neck Alnico 5 7.4K 42 SPN (POLY)

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Claudio Gabriel Escobar
Really vintage tone 335

Both 6T8 have a fast, dynamic response at any volume. Both overdrive and distortion work equally well. Warm and harmonious sound. Great.

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Edin A.
Wow! So much better!

Replaced 498T in my Gibson SG Standard 2010 with 6T8 bridge. Wow! So much better! Most dynamic, touch sensitive, detailed, harmonicaly rich pickup I have ever played! Suits my SG perfectly.

Thank you very much for the kind words

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Tom G.
Build quality is excellent

I haven't put these in my guitar yet, but I tried them out on my test mule. Sound good, but as they way, tone is in the ear of the beholder... so I can comment on the way they LOOK... which is awesome. Nickel covers are perfect, no blemishes, no scratches, look untouched by human hands. All appears. Got the unpotted version... heavy. Solid. Excellent so far. Would recommend these to anyone.

Thank you very much for the kind words.

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Jeffrey D Asch
Sheptone 6T8 Neck Humbucker

I was trying to get a big hollowbody jazz tone on my solid body and this pickup did the trick. The process was great. A special request I had was accommodated and the turn around time was still super quick. A1 experience, highly recommended.

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Jinsu K.
Nice !!!!

This is the sound I was looking for