Category: Pickups

Utilizing the same thought process as the Peerless Precision set, we’ve opted for the “dual pole” idea that Leo introduced us to decades ago. Still unrivaled for THE Jazz Bass tone, this magnet system, wound for authenticity and original tone, nails that original sound and feel. These are NOT double coil or hum cancelling and…

Bassists who actually remember the sound of a Precision Bass (think Jamerson) aren’t thinking of Quarter Pound anything. The real magic of the original pickup (and Js for that matter) is that it did NOT have huge magnets and they didn’t have what some call “booster magnets”, which are bar magnets glued to the back…

In 1950, if you were one of 50 lucky customers to get one, the original Telecaster (the two pickup version we think of today) sold for $189.50 ($1,761.89 in today’s money) and you were the proud owner of a guitar that started a revolution, in guitars anyway. The Redfish designers are in love the Original…

When we at Redfish Pickups think about The Stratocaster® Sound, you need to keep in mind that we came up in the Pre CBS era. Which I suppose should be called The LEO ERA! Overwound coils, mass production, hot magnets… Yatta yatta… No thanks. We just want a Strat to SOUND like a Strat®. Looking…

Description: At Redfish when we say “humbuckers” we don’t mean hot, high output, or overwound or anything of the sort. We think about articulation, smooth frequency response, quiet operation, grit when you want it, sweet and well behaved and lady like when required. “Humbucker” has become a size rather than a style of pickup. But…