Important: Please contact us before ordering to agree the specs of pickguard that suits your guitar as installation holes may vary. Also, the color of pickguard and knobs.
  • Vintage 42AWG for the Neck 5.3k resistance, 2.0 Henry inductance
  • Thinner 43AWG for the Middle 5.9k resistance, 2.3 Henry inductance
  • Vintage 42AWG for the Bridge 6.1k resistance, 2.4 Henry inductance
THE STORY BEHIND THESE PICKUPS
Wound with salvaged 1963 USSR 0.063mm (42AWG) coil wire, the neck pickup produces the most amazing vintage sound imaginable. The very first notes you play will reveal you're dealing with the single coils of your dream. And for those of you who've been chasing that Stevie Ray Vaughan tone... look no further. The SRV power you're craving is right here. The neck position delivers that bluesy, buttery smooth, fat tone with a deep woody resonance that'll make you close your eyes and feel like you're in a Texas roadhouse at 2 AM. It's that authentic, that real.Explosive attack that makes lines that are quick or complex easy to read. Funk strums are absolutely distinctive and sparkling. Definitely more than the greatest funk pickup. It will reveal new features in every musical genre. In blues it provides unbelievably delicious grease with lavishly creamy, thick and warm tone. If you kick in some gain and go into rock mode the riffs will sound as lethal as a thunderstorm from heaven, hit the Bridge position and get fatal aggression with a deadly "bitbull-bite."
We engineered this premium pickguard to merge our incredible Neck and Bridge – crafted from rare USSR 1960s 0,063 mm coil wire – with a fantastic Middle from 0,060 mm wire.
This exceptional blend unlocks superior contrast, diverse tonal textures, and magical combinations in the 2nd and 4th positions.
The result is an extraordinary product offering a completely unprecedented sonic palette previously unavailable on the market.
If you're chasing that truly vintage Strat tone, and also want pickups that let your guitar actually “speak”… this is it. Straight up, no BS, these are the real deal.
Maximize your Strat’s performance with our flagship ultimate build. This upgrade will completely transform your guitar into the new beautiful voice with unique lavish vintage tones.
PICKUPS THAT CAN MAKE YOUR GUITAR SPEAK
Now here's where it gets really interesting. You know those human vowel sounds, the Ko-Ko-Ko, Ka-Ka-Ka, Pa-Pa-Pa sounds? Well, there's so much more to it than just those. Think about the full spectrum of how we express ourselves vocally. There's the bright, biting Ba-Ba-Ba that cuts through a mix like a knife. The warm, rounded Do-Do-Do that wraps around you like a blanket. The pleading Ma-Ma-Ma that tugs at heartstrings. The sustained Oo-Oo-Oo that creates that haunting, ethereal wail. The aggressive Ga-Ga-Ga that screams raw emotion. The sultry Wa-Wa-Wa that whispers seductively. The powerful Ra-Ra-Ra that pounds with relentless energy. And let's not forget the dreamy La-La-La that floats effortlessly through the air.
These pickups capture every single one of those vocal nuances and translate them through your strings. The moment you play a bending note, you'll hear your guitar singing back to you with human-like articulation. Each vowel sound emerges naturally from the way your fingers attack the strings, creating an expressive vocabulary that goes far beyond what standard pickups can deliver. It's like your guitar finally learned how to talk, and trust me, it has a lot to say.
Prepare to lose yourself for hours as you discover fresh artistic talents and unlock a whole new world of guitar playing.
Great vintage pickups breathe. There is no other word for it. They open up and let the instrument speak, warm, full, dynamically honest. The warmth isn't just a frequency curve, it's a quality of harmonic presence that makes notes feel complete rather than skeletal. The fullness isn't about volume, it's about how the pickup captures the full spectrum of string vibration rather than just the fundamental and a few select overtones.
After a lot of testing and real study of how magnets behave over time and under string tension, the goal here was to recreate that quality: clear, immediate, expressive. Not a simulation of vintage tone but a faithful reconstruction of what actually made those pickups feel so alive.
When you play, you want the note to bloom the way it does when you hear a great acoustic guitar in a good room. That bloom, that sense of the sound expanding and then slowly decaying, that's what vintage tone means to us.
That's what we were after.
THE NECK PICKUP
The low E string forms the foundation of your sound, and when it's right, you feel it. Tight and controlled, with a solid "Thump" instead of an overwhelming "Boom."
If you love Strats, you've probably heard that amazing "Bottle Sound" in the 12th fret position. Since this sound depends not just on pickups but also on instrument quality, some exceptional Strats exhibit this "Bottle Sound" practically throughout the fretboard. That's the target we're aiming for.
SOME TIPS ON HOW TO CHECK A STRAT'S SOUND
The Middle Strat pickup is widely considered not as Iconic as other positions and is the most overlooked and underutilized pickup. This isn't the case with this model; it will be quite inspiring to discover what the Middle pickup might actually sound like when it's done right.
Our Middle in this unique pickguard is where the secret sauce lives. It's coiled with a little different thinner wire than the Neck and the Bridge, creating a better tonal contrast.
We also discovered that the middle position benefits most from the authentic 1963 USSR 0.060mm coil wire.
It's very responsive and reacts beautifully to your individual playing style.
It sounds so tasty, with plenty of tiny peculiarities that the more you play, the more you notice them and love.
THE MIDDLE PICKUP
The Bridge is essential for rock/blues, especially lead solos, and the best sounding pickup is crucial in that position. It's quite inspiring to discover what our bridge pickup can unleash the true power and force.
It's a phenomenal choice for many styles: hard rock, blues, country or funk. It drives overdrive pedals harder, smoothly translating into a sweet singing lead tone with long sustain.
Wound with salvaged 1960s USSR 0,063 mm (42 AWG) coil wire, this is most likely our finest Bridge pickup yet – and our top pick in most situations.
THE BRIDGE PICKUP
This pickguard model was specially designed to get the full and unique advantage of the 2nd and 4th positions.
The Middle is coiled with that authentic 1963 USSR 0.060mm wire, and let me tell you, when you flip between the 2nd and 4th positions, the tonal mix you get is just absolutely perfect. But it doesn't stop there. When you stack the middle with either the neck or bridge pickup, the contrast and harmonic expression hits different. It creates this beautiful interplay that makes your playing feel alive, dynamic, full of movement and surprise. Every note becomes a story.
Designed in a hum-canceling configuration, these positions retain their signature tone without the typical volume drop or excessive phase thinning found in standard setups.
It's amazing how these positions show different shades depending on the style of music you play. It's a unique situation where the pickups evolve into their own instrument that you can learn to play and use.
If you're looking for an authentic-sounding Strat pickguard to pair with your vintage Strat, or to provide a premium and professional quality upgrade for your instrument, this is it.
If you're chasing that truly vintage Strat tone, and also want pickups that let your guitar actually “speak”… this is it.
The moment you play a bending note, you'll hear your guitar singing back to you with human-like articulation.
The use of mixed coil wire gauges in this pickguard delivers unique highly usable tones, enhancing your expressive tonal options.
The idea behind these pickups is that so many guitar players spend years trying to nail that iconic Stevie Ray Vaughan sound. Well, consider your search over. The entire pickguard configuration and pickup design recreates that legendary tone with stunning accuracy. From the first note, you'll understand why players obsess over this sound.
It’s a professional quality upgrade that seamlessly integrates with any legacy or current-production instrument.
Replacing the entire pickguard assembly completely transforms your guitar into the new voice, and brings the sound in your head to life.
These aren't pickups built to sit in a drawer with other unused pickups. They're built to stay in the guitar. Because once you've played them, once you've felt what that combination of vintage wire and hand-wound coils and proper magnets actually does to your tone, going back isn't really an option. You can still hear what you're missing.
THE 2ND & 4TH POSITIONS
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CONCLUSION

Complex Vintage Pickguard

Lavish Retro Tone
Mix of 1960s 42 and 43 AWG Wires
COMPLEX VINTAGE MODEL FEATURES:
VINTAGE SOUND CHARACTERISTICS
This is the part that makes the limited runs genuinely limited. Sourced from Soviet stockpiles from the 1960s, coil wires 0,063 mm (42 AWG) and a little thinner 0,060 mm, which positioned between 42 and 43 AWG, they provide a character that modern equivalents don't fully replicate. The insulation is different. The copper has a different grain structure from how it was drawn and processed decades ago. The result is a tone that's impossible to fully measure but immediately recognizable once you've heard it.
The classic twang is there, the bottle-like bloom, the kind of tonal texture that players describe and struggle to define. It's in the way notes decay, the way a chord hangs in the air slightly longer than you expect, with more harmonic detail hanging on in the fade. It's in the way single notes respond, the way a bend or vibrato seems to carry more information, more texture, more of the instrument's actual voice.
The twang isn't just about brightness or attack. It's about how the note responds when you dig in, how it has that slightly compressed quality that makes overdriven tones feel singing rather than harsh. The bottle-like bloom is how the sound seems to open up as it sustains, as if the note is finding more room to exist in the air. These are qualities that describe experience rather than measurements, but they're real and they're consistent.
Because the supply is finite, the pickups wound with these wires are a short run. If that's what you're after, you know what to do. And if you're not sure, you should try to find out. Once you hear what this wire does, you'll understand why people talk about it the way they do.
Combined with vintage 1960s lead wires and specially manufactured magnets that recreate the original magnetic field, these pickups produce wonders.
This isn't some mass-produced recreation with marketing hype attached. This is the real deal, and we guarantee this model will give you the most authentic vintage tone imaginable.
VINTAGE SOVIET 1960s STOCKPILES
Type: Single-Coil Loaded Pickguard
Function: Classic Strat Tones
Coil Wire: 42AWG for Neck, Middle and Bridge
Magnets: Staggered Special Order with respect to authentic 1954’s specs
Pole Spacing: Neck (1.89"- 48 mm), Middle (1.97" - 50 mm), Bridge (2.05" - 52 mm)
DC Resistance: Neck 4,5k, Middle 6,7k, Bridge 9,6k
Output: All 3 pickups are ear matched and balanced by output characteristics.
Inductance: Neck 2,2 Henry, Middle 2,3 Henry, Bridge 2,5 Henry
Covering Color: Cream or any other upon request
Pickguard Color: Strat 3 Ply Cream or any other upon request
Knobs: Cream or any other upon request
Switch: 5 Way Pickup Selector Switch
Pots: CTS Type 250k
Capacitors: 022uf Vintage 50-60s we could salvage
Lead wire: Vintage 1960s wire