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Hello dear members!
I wonder if you guys know anyone inside the EU who is making custom floating pickups for jazz guitars? If you have any experience with him/her, and can post sound sample, dont hesitate . Im googling but still didnt find anyone who is expert on this area of pickup making in the EU. I already got a tele/strat pickup maker to build me floaters, he made me 3, but I can say none of them I liked, they are all very noisy. So I prefer a technician with experience on making jazz floaters.
Please feel free to share the info with me here.
Thanks a lot!
MrBlues
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02-08-2024 03:55 PM
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If I remember correctly, Kent Armstrong's son (Aaron?) makes custom pickups and is located in England. Not sure of website/contact info but google would get you started in the right direction.
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Originally Posted by jim232777
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Originally Posted by jhbpa
The other makers suggested above all have excellent reputations; I've never had a chance to play any guitars with those pickups on them, unfortunately.
I know nothing about taxes, duties, etc. importing into the EU. I just installed a floating Pete Biltoft humbucker on my archtop and I am really happy with it. Based on my experience with two of Pete's pickups, I can recommend them very highly (the other one was a floating Charlie Christian style pickup, which was just too noisy in my old house with bad wiring but it sounded wonderful).
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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One of the more private, though even more knowledgeable pickup experts is Helmuth Lemme.
He's a physisist, so if you happen to believe in widespread "pickup tales, daydreaming and moonpricing", I wouldn't dare to contact him.
From his (German) website Pickups zum Experimentieren (gitarrenelektronik.de) - roughly translated:
I'm actually not a pickup manufacturer. The market is already completely oversaturated, not only with products, but especially with the most flowery advertizing slogans. I'm not at all interested in outdoing the latter...
There is no need to fear comparison with the commercially produced types. The only thing missing is the "halo". I would have to put in an incredible amount of marketing effort for that; I'll save that....
The important technical data are mentioned in each pickup. The inductance is measured with a “PeakTech 2165” at 120 Hz, the Q factor with the pickup analyzer, the output voltage with an eccentrically rotating steel axis (see Praktische Infos zu Technik + Sound von Elektrogitarren + Elektrobassen fur Spieler, Liebhaber, Sammler, Hersteller, Bastler, Freaks, ... - GitarrenElektronik.de - Home /elektronik/17-messtechnik/106 ; comparison: Fender Strat 25 – 30 mV, Gibson 490R 55 – 65 mV.) Anyone who asks about the DC resistance or the magnetic material has not understood anything.
The vast majority of the first series were sold very quickly. But there are always a few new ones at irregular intervals. So check back often!
Helmuth Lemme makes humbuckers just now and then as individual pieces or for own "experimental purposes". I got one of these personal floating Jazz HBs, really good value, after telling him preferences. It looks a bit like the more known Flat-Jazz HBs from Häussel, and "sounds" as good (or bad) as any of much more expensive "boutique" pickups I've ever come across, whose price-performance-ratio is anything but high. The wonderful world of guitars... Lemme has published two informative e-books also in English. After plodding through them and reading Prof. Manfred Zollner's scientific approaches to guitar electronics, the brands of pickups become a minor matter.
Last edited by Ol' Fret; 02-11-2024 at 06:57 AM.
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Originally Posted by RJVB
Pete's in the US, if that helps.
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Originally Posted by Ol' Fret
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Originally Posted by Bop Head
This guy had more alias names than a secret agent...
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Finnish luthier AJL (Ari-Jukka Luomaranta) has specialiced in Rhythm Chief type of floaters. (And damn beautiful guitars!)
AJL-Guitars | 17" Archtop
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Thank You all guys for the infos! Have a nice weekend!
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There are also Surdo pickups made in Italy. They have a website and advertise on FB. Popular with gypsy jazz players, but they make a range of pickups.
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Hello, I am pickup maker based in EU. I make mostly custom floating pickups, but also other types. You can contact me, what are you looking for.
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Micro-Stealth PAF-Style Pickup for Archtop Jazz Guitar
I have been to Oregon. Almost had me believing I was someplace in the EU...like, I don't know, Istanbul?
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