Description
Overview
The Alumitone Single Coil by Lace Music Products represents a radical departure from traditional pickup architecture. Moving away from conventional copper-wire-heavy designs, the Alumitone utilizes an aluminum-based “current driven” design. This innovation results in significantly less resistance and higher output compared to voltage-based pickups, delivering a massive frequency response with huge top and bottom end.
Featuring a water-jet cut aluminum exoskeleton mated to a micro-winding that uses 90% less copper wire, this pickup creates a unique low-impedance/high-impedance hybrid. The result is a high-fidelity sound that maintains the essence of a single coil while eliminating the thinness often associated with traditional designs.
Key Details
- Aluminum Exoskeleton: A precision water-jet cut frame that serves as the primary conductive element, reducing noise and increasing efficiency.
- Current Driven Design: Unlike standard pickups, the Alumitone focuses on current rather than voltage, providing a more powerful and consistent signal.
- Enhanced Frequency Response: Delivers more bass than traditional single coils and slightly more pronounced mids, while keeping the highs clear, smooth, and naturally equalized.
- Micro-Winding Technology: Utilizes a fraction of the copper wire found in standard pickups, allowing for a more streamlined internal construction and unique tonal characteristics.
- Versatile Tonal Palette: When used in a 5-position switch configuration, these pickups produce authentic, “stratty” in-between tones.
Use Cases
- Modernizing Vintage Guitars: Ideal for players who want the look and feel of a single coil but require more volume and a fuller low-end response.
- High-Gain Environments: Because of the current-driven design and reduced resistance, these are excellent for players who need a clearer signal that doesn’t lose definition under drive.
- Studio Recording: The smooth, equalized high end makes these pickups easier to mix, reducing the need for aggressive EQing to remove “ice-pick” frequencies.
- Custom Builds: A striking visual choice for boutique builds looking for a sleek, black anodized industrial aesthetic.
Installation
Installation of the Alumitone Single Coil is straightforward but requires a specific modification to the guitar’s pickguard. Because of the unique aluminum frame, a rectangular cutout is required. Most standard single-coil routings will need a simple modification to accommodate the Alumitone’s physical footprint.
Compatibility
- Positioning: Compatible for use in the Neck, Middle, or Bridge positions.
- Switching: Fully compatible with standard 5-position selector switches for traditional “quack” and in-between tones.
- Hardware: Designed for electric guitars requiring a single-coil format (with the aforementioned pickguard modification).
Additional Details
- Manufacturer: Lace Music Products
- Resistance: 2.5k
- Peak Frequency: 2343
- Inductance: 3.0 henries
- Finish: Black Anodized
- Weight: 0.16 lbs
- Dimensions: 5.5″ x 4″ x 0.09″
- Fulfillment: Physical
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