The Shell is basically similar to a vintage Rickenbacker pickup, and the physical footprint exactly covers a Dearmond Dynasonic. While the mounting holes may not always be a perfect match for you Gretsch fans- the baseplate covers the hole completely, so you can upgrade and then revert back to your stock pickups without seeing any telltale holes. This was a tough pickup to engineer- We had to start with totally new and proprietary bobbins forms, wind them as hot as we could with Plain Enamel Formvar wire, then find a way to fit them into the shell. Once installed we put two Alnico III magnets on either side of the polepieces, and placed a reversed Alnico V Helper” magnet in the middle. It’s kind of a complicated structure- and all of the assembly is done totally by hand. BUT- what you get is the coolest vintage Filtertron jangle and crunch- DEAD QUIET, and it fits right in the footprint of most old Dearmond style pickups. On a Gretsch you’ll probably have to do a very slight amount of trimming on the body rout to accommodate our magnets and polepieces- especially on the neck pickup. But the shell completely covers the work- and you can even revert to your stock pickups and it LOOK STOCK. They’re wound like good, firm PAF’s- WAY hotter than old Filtertrons- Bridge is around 8.4K, neck is 7.6K. I’ve put these on old hollowbodies, bad 80’s Rickys- even on a melody Maker- They really sound fabulous. The difference between a pair of these and stock (Even Vintage) Dearmond Dynasonics is huge. The shell sits 5/8” high at the bridge, 3/8” high at the neck. Hey- where else can you buy THIS MUCH TONE for under $100 a pair?? Who loves ya baby? |
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