Lollar Imperial Humbucker Pickups – F Spaced

Imperial Humbucker
The Imperial® Humbucker captures the airy top end, balanced mid-range, tight lows, and complex overtones of the classic original PAF pickups. We then improved on the design to give you a more balanced frequency response. Its medium output is in the vintage range with a hotter wound bridge pickup compared with a typical vintage set. Our unbalanced coils produce a tight bottom end that complements the pickup’s fullness and causes overtones to build after each note is played. Overall, it has a fuller bridge tone and a cleaner and brighter middle position. The neck is hot enough to play on the edge of amp distortion, or you can adjust your picking pressure to achieve a cleaner or dirtier sound as desired. Made with Alnico 2 magnets in the neck and Alnico 5 magnets in the bridge that are degaussed to specific levels unique to the neck and bridge positions. Covers are nickel silver. Sold as singles or as sets, and comes in a wide range of cover options. Single conductor braided shield lead wire and 4 conductor lead wire is available.

High Wind Imperial
Our high wind humbucker is similar in overall tone to the standard Imperial® but with a higher output that retains much of the airiness and balanced tone of the originals. It also pushes your amp into distortion harder and faster while still keeping a smooth tone. You also get a creamy treble tone and fat bottom end with softer attack and ample sustain. This pickup delivers the highest output we offer (while still considered “vintage output”) and works particularly well for playing distorted more often than clean. It’s also great for overly bright guitars lacking in fullness and sustain, or for light and thin body guitars such as an SG. Made with Alnico 2 magnets. Covers are nickel silver. Sold as singles or as sets, and comes in a wide range of cover options. Single conductor braided shield lead wire and 4 conductor lead wire is available.

The F-Spaced Imperial® features the same specs as our Imperial Humbucker but with wider pole spacing to accommodate the Fender bridge position or guitars equipped with a whammy bar. (Pole spacing is 2-1/16″ center-to-center of the two outside poles. Read more about F-spacing HERE). Imperial F-spaced pickups are available in a wide range of color options and wiring is 4-conductor only.

Avg. DC: Standard bridge 8.8K, Low Wind bridge 8.0K, High Wind bridge 12.3K