Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
CREAMERY PICKUPS Alt '88 Mid Range pickups in my FENDER JAGUAR, I'm impressed! Custom Handwound in the UK. Nice.
Let me know what ya think.
Dunsy
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#creamerypickups
#handwound
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#jaguar
Creamery Pickups Website: creamery-pickups.co.uk
"From my small workshop in Manchester I make classic, vintage & custom guitar pickups - and craft one-off individual, custom guitars by hand from reclaimed or sustainable wood. Each guitar is unique; no two alike. Each pickup is custom made to order and I often modify the specifications to suit the individual player."
Fatter, Fuller with more mid-range. Designed for more modern Indie/Alternative styles & sounds
The Alt '88 pickup was inspired by the alternative music scene of the mid-to-late '80s and after feedback from Jaguar players the design has now been split into two distinct versions. Whereas the "Alt '88 - Treble" uses thicker 42awg coil wire and taller, stronger rod magnets for a brighter, more cutting sound, the "Alt '88 - Mid-Range" uses the same taller, stronger rod magnets but is wound with thinner 43awg coil wire for a fatter, fuller, more mid-range voice. Both have been designed to have similar, higher, more powerful outputs - the difference comes from how they're voiced.
With less in the higher frequencies the "Alt '88 - Mid-Range" sits in the band mix better, not as dominant as the 'Treble' version, a little sweeter, less brittle, a little fuller, a little darker - the more melancholy side to its brash alternative.
Alt '88 Jaguar Pickup - Magnet Choices
With magnets, Alnico 2 is that bit weaker so āholdsā the strings a little less, allowing them to vibrate that little more to add a little more warmth & resonance to the overall sound. Alnico 5 is slightly stronger so therefore āholdsā the strings that little more for slightly more attack, focus, brightness and a little increased output. Magnets donāt have ātoneā but they do have strength to varying degrees which has an effect on the overall sound, all other things being equal. Alnico 2 can be great to tame a bright bridge sound whereas a stronger magnet can help to keep clarity & definition in the naturally darker neck position.
The Alt '88 range has been a real labour of love and these pickups and have gone through numerous changes before launch just to get them right. A great Jaguar rhythm or lead pickup if you want more bite with more of an an alternative/left field sound. The Alt '88 Jaguar Neck can also be RW/RP if required.
CREAMERY PICKUPS Alt '88 Mid Range pickups in my FENDER JAGUAR, I'm impressed! Custom Handwound in the UK. Nice.
Let me know what ya think.
Dunsy
#fenderjaguar
#creamerypickups
#handwound
#guitarpickups
#jaguar
Creamery Pickups Website: creamery-pickups.co.uk
"From my small workshop in Manchester I make classic, vintage & custom guitar pickups - and craft one-off individual, custom guitars by hand from reclaimed or sustainable wood. Each guitar is unique; no two alike. Each pickup is custom made to order and I often modify the specifications to suit the individual player."
Fatter, Fuller with more mid-range. Designed for more modern Indie/Alternative styles & sounds
The Alt '88 pickup was inspired by the alternative music scene of the mid-to-late '80s and after feedback from Jaguar players the design has now been split into two distinct versions. Whereas the "Alt '88 - Treble" uses thicker 42awg coil wire and taller, stronger rod magnets for a brighter, more cutting sound, the "Alt '88 - Mid-Range" uses the same taller, stronger rod magnets but is wound with thinner 43awg coil wire for a fatter, fuller, more mid-range voice. Both have been designed to have similar, higher, more powerful outputs - the difference comes from how they're voiced.
With less in the higher frequencies the "Alt '88 - Mid-Range" sits in the band mix better, not as dominant as the 'Treble' version, a little sweeter, less brittle, a little fuller, a little darker - the more melancholy side to its brash alternative.
Alt '88 Jaguar Pickup - Magnet Choices
With magnets, Alnico 2 is that bit weaker so āholdsā the strings a little less, allowing them to vibrate that little more to add a little more warmth & resonance to the overall sound. Alnico 5 is slightly stronger so therefore āholdsā the strings that little more for slightly more attack, focus, brightness and a little increased output. Magnets donāt have ātoneā but they do have strength to varying degrees which has an effect on the overall sound, all other things being equal. Alnico 2 can be great to tame a bright bridge sound whereas a stronger magnet can help to keep clarity & definition in the naturally darker neck position.
The Alt '88 range has been a real labour of love and these pickups and have gone through numerous changes before launch just to get them right. A great Jaguar rhythm or lead pickup if you want more bite with more of an an alternative/left field sound. The Alt '88 Jaguar Neck can also be RW/RP if required.
