Pickup Parts

Base Plate - Nickel, pickup component
Nickel baseplate used for building your own humbucker pickups or repairing vintage originals. Vintage style spacing will accommodate many production pickups as a replacement.
  • 50mm/1.95” vintage style spacing (outer holes center to center)
  • .03 stamped nickel construction
  • Compatible with our pickup covers (P-GP-COV-1C and P-GP-COV-1N)
  • Sold individually
$10.98
Baseplate - Humbucker, 49.2mm, Center Hole, Short Leg, USA
Original, made in USA, humbucker frame with center holes for making single coil pickups in a humbucker footprint. This premium baseplate has a 49.2mm spacing and is made of raw nickel silver.
$6.88
Baseplate - Humbucker, 49.2mm, P.A.F., USA
Original, made in USA, P.A.F.-correct humbucker frame with long legs. This premium baseplate has a 49.2mm spacing and is made of raw nickel silver.
$6.54
Baseplate - Humbucker, 49.2mm, Universal, USA
Original, made in USA, humbucker frame with universal holes for multiple configurations. This premium baseplate has a 49.2mm spacing and is made of raw nickel silver.
$7.16
Baseplate - Humbucker, 50mm, Universal, USA
Original, made in USA, humbucker frame with universal holes for multiple configurations. This premium baseplate has a 50mm spacing and is made of raw nickel silver.
$6.88
Bobbin - Humbucker, P.A.F., 49.2mm, Screw Side, Butyrate, USA
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Original, made in USA, P.A.F.-correct bobbins for making humbucker pickups. These screw side bobbins are made of butyrate molded in casts of the originals and feature a 49.2mm spacing.
$3.03
Bobbin - Humbucker, P.A.F., 49.2mm, Slug Side, Butyrate, USA
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Original, made in USA, P.A.F.-correct bobbins for making humbucker pickups. These screw side bobbins are made of butyrate molded in casts of the originals and feature a 49.2mm spacing.
$3.03
Cover - Humbucker, 49.2mm, Nickel Silver, USA
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Original, made in USA, covers for humbucker pickups. These premium humbucker covers are made of nickel silver and have a 49.2mm spacing.
Starting at $6.54
Cover - Humbucker, 50mm, Nickel Silver, USA
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Original, made in USA, covers for humbucker pickups. These premium humbucker covers are made of nickel silver and have a 50mm spacing.
Starting at $6.54
Cover - Humbucker, 53mm, Nickel Silver, USA
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Original, made in USA, covers for humbucker pickups. These premium humbucker covers are made of nickel silver and have a 53mm spacing.
Starting at $7.63
Cover - Humbucker, No Holes, Nickel Silver, USA
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Original, made in USA, covers for humbucker pickups. These premium humbucker covers are made of nickel silver and have no holes.
Starting at $8.75
Cover - Humbucker, Open, Nickel Silver, USA
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Original, made in USA, covers for humbucker pickups. These premium humbucker covers are made of nickel silver and have no holes.
Starting at $8.75
Cover - Humbucker, P.A.F., 49.2mm, Nickel Silver, USA
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Original, made in USA, P.A.F.-correct covers for humbucker pickups. These premium humbucker covers are made of nickel silver and have a 49.2mm spacing.
Starting at $15.33
Keeper Bar - 10 Hole, 49.2mm, Raw Steel, USA
Original, made in USA, 10-hole keeper bar for 49.2mm spacing. This P.A.F. correct keeper bar is great for humbucker and P-90 pickups. Made of raw steel.
$4.35
Keeper Bar - 9 Hole, 61.2mm, for 7 String
Metal spacer for building or repairing 7-string humbucking pickups. This spacer is found under the adjustable screw side of the pickup and is compatible with our 7-string baseplate (P-GP-PLATE-3) and screw-side bobbin (P-GP100).
$1.75
Machine Screw - 3-48 x 1-1/4”, Phillips, Pan Head
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Original, made in USA, 3-48 x 1-¼” machine screws. These premium screws are perfect for mounting humbucker pickups.
Starting at $0.33
Machine Screw - 3-48 x 1”, Phillips, Pan Head
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Original, made in USA, 3-48 x 1” machine screws. These premium screws are perfect for mounting humbucker pickups that need a shorter screw.
$0.37
Magnet - Bar, Alnico, Cast, 2.444", for pickups
Alnico cast bar magnets for use in humbucker and P-90 pickups. These are fully magnetized through the width and measure 2.444” x .5” x .125”.
$4.25
Pickup Cover - 50 mm, vintage-style spacing
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Nickel pickup cover used when winding your own humbucker sized pickups or for covering previously uncovered pickups to give them that sleek nickel look. These covers are plated and polished to a beautiful shine and feature a vintage style spacing.
  • 50mm/1.95” vintage style spacing (outer holes center to center)
  • Overall measurements:70mm/2.76” Length x 39.7mm/1.56” Width x 16.8mm/.66” Height
$9.25
Pickup Cover - Nickel, Brass construction
Nickel pickup cover for building or repairing Filtertron style humbucking pickups.
  • Nickel plated brass
  • Overall measurements: 71.9mm/2.83” Length x 35.3mm/1.38” Width x 16.2mm/.63” Height
  • 63.6mm/2.50” center to center mounting screw holes
  • Sold individually
$10.80
Pickup Kit - Build Your Own Humbucker
Includes all parts but the magnet wire, all sets are ready for winding. Kits include Alnico 5 magnets, bobbins, poll screws, slug screws, baseplate, and coil lead wires.
Starting at $19.75
Pickup Kit - Filtertron, Nickel Cover
Includes all parts but the magnet wire, all sets are ready for winding. Kits include Alnico 2 magnet, bobbins, poll screws, slug screws, baseplate, and coil lead wires. These humbuckers feature two rows of adjustable polepiece, in bridge and neck position spacings. The neck pickup is warm and buttery, with a clear, present top end. The bridge pickup is fat and honky, with a rich low end and great clarity. Great choice for rock, rockabilly, blues, country and more!
  • Resistance(Kohm) : 4.8K
  • Magnet : Alnico 2 Bar

This kit builds one pickup.
$26.95
Pickup Mounting Ring - Gretsch, FilterTron, Silver
Gretsch® Original Filtertron Pickup Ring, for bridge or neck.
$7.50
Pickup Part - 7-String Base Plate, Nickel
Stamped nickel baseplate for building or repairing a 7 string pickup.
  • 61.2mm/2.40” spacing(outer holes center to center)
  • 88.9mm/3.50”mounting screw hole spacing (center to center)
  • .03” stamped nickel construction
  • Sold individually
$7.50