Mr H Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 A guitarist friend of mine likes to tinker. A year or so ago he fitted one or two Oil City pickups to his Telecaster, and has now ordered a set for his Fret King Corona - he rates them. Oil City hand-wind their kit to order in Leyton, East London. They have a website - http://oilcitypickups.co.uk - and the pickups are apparently very good value. No bass models yet! I have no connection except knowing a happy customer. If you're looking for UK-built replacements then they seem to be worth consideration. EDIT: title changed to reflect replies - thanks gents! EDIT II: title changed again, same reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Arkadin Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Lots of UK handwinders nowadays - always good to add another. http://www.adeson.co.uk/ http://www.armstrongpickups.co.uk/ https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/ http://www.bulldogpickups.com/ http://www.catswhiskerpickups.co.uk/ http://www.creamery-pickups.co.uk/ http://deacci.com/ (formerly RD Pick-ups) http://www.geminipickups.co.uk/ http://heavyairpickups.com/ http://www.hotrodguitarparts.com/ (formerly Wizard Pick-ups) http://www.houseoftonepickups.com/ http://www.irongear.co.uk/ Ironstone http://www.kentarmstrong.com/ http://www.melvynhis...om/pickups.html http://www.mojopickups.co.uk/ http://oilcitypickups.co.uk/index.html http://ox4pickups.co.uk/ http://www.radioshoppickups.com/ http://www.regentonepickups.co.uk/ http://www.thelittle...nd-pickups.html http://www.voltageguitarpickups.com/ Of these I have used Bare Knuckle, Catswhisker and Mojo. I am finding Creamery and BK a bit expensive these days. I will certainly look at Oil City and others in the future. Any more UK winders I have missed? [edit]Added some more I found plus some mentioned later in this thread. Didn't realise there were so many to be honest.[/edit] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Off the top of my head: Crash Pickups Adeson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 http://www.hotrodguitarparts.com/ claim to be hand wound too, formerly Wizard, which had a good rep for bass pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr H Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 House Of Tone pickups, handwound in Chester - saw their stall at the Northwest Guitar Show last weekend. http://www.houseoftonepickups.com Guitar and bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I use Armstrong PIckups and they custom wind. They also have massive experience in making for other manufacturers so if you are seeking a specific pickup they'll know how to replicate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Arkadin Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Added some more names I found plus the ones mentioned by others. Always good to promote UK winders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 After a few days of review reading / watching I've just ordered a set of Bare Knuckle Painkillers for my Schecter C7... Hoping to add a bit more mid crunch through the ton of gain I'm using in my new metal band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 The little guitar shop in Hockley, Birmingham do hand wound pickups. I had a set made by Martin to replace the Seymour Duncans that were in my Rob Williams CSM guitar. http://www.thelittleguitarshop.com/hand-wound-pickups.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswilliams666 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 +1 for Hot Rod Pickups. I have a couple of their Thumpers and an Original Wizard thumper, both oustanding and identical sound/spec. Very reasonable prices too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Rod (Wizard) Pickups Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 http://www.hotrodguitarparts.com/ claim to be hand wound too, formerly Wizard, which had a good rep for bass pickups. Certainly are hand wound, By my hand funnily enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethFlatlands Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Got a pair of Mojo Jazzmaster pickups after a chat with the owner via email. Nice guy who seems to know his offset guitars very well and the pickups are great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikem8634 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Check out Alegree https://www.alegree.co.uk/ He's very active on the fretboard forum and his pickups are held in high esteem over there. I've got a Texan Dustdevil tele bridge and a Sea Smoke P90 neck in my Fano type build and they are truly excellent. Great clarity and definition, tons of bite but never shrill, lovely flutey warmth from the P90. His best pickups are his handwound custom shop ones which are pretty reasonable, but he also does a more budget 'Old Time' range that are wound elsewhere to his exacting specs. The PAF replicas, in particular, are getting rave reviews on the fretboard although I haven't tried them myself. Well worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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