Description
Brand new set of three black single coil ‘special wind” pick-ups for Strat style guitars or as we call them Warman Texas Triple Hots. Single coil upgrade pickups with staggered pole pieces help with the classic look . Supplied with screws and springs for fixing.
Although a single coil design these are specially wound and calibrated with the magnetic field to produce double the output inductance of our regular single coils. This special winding also has the added advantage of keeping the Ohms roughly the same as a vintage wound single coil. Further down the page I’ve listed the actual specs.
Please note this is a proper matched set of 3 pickups, each different, not just a set of three of the same pick up that you may find on offer cheaply elsewhere. Each pickup is designed for a specific location to match up with the increasing width between strings and produces the ideal power for that tonal position. The mid position pickup is reverse wound and opposed magentic polarity to ensure true hum cancelling properties in switch positions 2 and 4. All pickups are wax potted to reduce unwanted noise.
Neck Position.
String span = 50mm
Magnets are North upwards.
Inductance = 3.34 Henries
Resistance = 5.68 kOhm
Frequency range………
with 220 pF capacitor, 4500-10,000 Hz
with 470 pF capacitor, 3400-8200 Hz
Middle Position.
String span = 50mm
Magnets are South up and coil is reverse wound.
Inductance = 3.31 Henries
Resistance = 5.79 kOhm
Frequency range……..
with 220 pF capacitor, 4900-9600 Hz
with 470 pF capacitor, 3600-7781 Hz
Bridge Position.
String span = 52mm
Magnets are North pole upwards.
Inductance = 3.81 Henries
Resistance = 6.02 kOhm
Frequency range……..
with no tone control in circuit, 3000-10,000 Hz
with 220 pF capacitor, 3990-10,000 Hz
with 470 pF capacitor, 3200-7780 Hz
To give you some idea and comparison of their power a US-Strat ( 72 ) has an inductance of 2.2 Henry on the bridge and a noiseless Strat of around 2.5 Henry so expect these pickups to have a fuller sound with increased mid and lows whilst retaining the clarity and bright tone of the trebles as you would expect from single coils.
Warman pickups use very high quality ceramic magnets as these are even brighter than Alnico V or III, and in higher output pickups help to counterbalance the treble lost by the higher resistance (remember higher resistance means more midrange, but less highs).
Don’t justtake our word for it how great these pickups are and sound. Here’s what one of our customers Mariu Oosthuizen from South Africa had to say about them.
Hi Josi
I have installed the Warman texas pups I bought from you. I compared your Warman texas pups with my US Strat with Texas specials, and with a hand made strat with MIJ pups, and with Fender modern Noiseless pups.
Here is my comments;
1) The Warman pups have a higher volume output than the Fender texas specials. This surprised me a bit.
2) The Warman pups have a similar volume output than the Fender noiseless pups.
3) The Warman pups have the correct string spacing for a US Strat, as the pole pieces are directly beneath the strings, creating a true, natural and balanced sound. This is unlike the Fender texas specials, where the pole pieces are all over the show, at least on a MIA Standard Strat, resulting in poor sound. This causes uneven volume across the different strings, which is undesireble. To solve this with the modern US standard 2 point bridge is almost impossible. The pole piece spacing on the Warman pups was the first thing attracting me to them.
4) The Fender noiseless pups have the correct pole piece spacing like your Warman pups.
5) The balance of the Warman pups in any of the 5 positions (using the 5way switch) is by far superior to any of the other pups. In fact when comparing the 5 options it became clear that the Warman pups not only had the best balance, but sounded way better than the other pups. Normaly the bridge position is too bright, but the Warman pups have a nice balance in all positions. Another problem with the Fender pups was that positions 2 and 4 had too little treble, again the Warman pups sounded better.
Overall I rate the Warmans the best by far, then the Noiseless pups, and last the Texas specials. The US standard pups has the same problems than the texas specials in that the pole piece spacing is all wrong.
As to why these Warman pups sounds so great I dont know. Can you explain this? They appear very well made, but I would be surprised if you tell me that they were not made in Asia somwhere.
This was the best purchase I ever made as far as pups are concerned. Being able to compare it to so many pups shows you that I bought several sets, and until now were disappointed.
Another great thing about your Warman pups are that they are much cheaper than the other pups i tried.
Thanks for ending my search for great pups.
Regards
Marius
While you have your soldering iron out then you might want to match it up with one of our new 5 way switches.
If you get stuck on wiring them please feel free to ask for a wiring diagram ( in pdf format ) for either standard wiring or we can advise you on how to get a bit more bold and squeeze some more tones out of your guitar with alternative wirings and tips – please just ask us as we don’t charge for advice.
Warman® Guitars produces high-value humbucker and single coil pickups designed for guitarists who want powerful tone, reliable electronics, and upgrade-level performance without boutique pickup prices.
Benny Van Damme (verified owner) –
These puppies are smoking hot.
I bought them to upgrade my Cort G-series strat, and I’m pretty happy with the result. These are high output pickups so I had experiment a little with the height but once I hit the sweet spot they sound awesome. Also thumbs up for the delivery 😉
Josi Warman –
Thanks Benny, Glad you’re enjoying being Warmanized
Simon Thomas (verified owner) –
This is a superb set of pickups! I use them to upgrade my 90s Japan Squier Strat, and they work excellent. The Guitar has now the classic iconic tone you hope to get from a Fender style, but with a beefy plus of output and girth. The guitar is remarkably more lively, fun and addictive to play with, the notes seem to wait to jump out, and boy, those coils can shred, yet having beautiful dynamics! Positions 2 and 4 for the sultans of swing are also spot-on, and neck and bridge parallel in pos 3 are also a nice combo with softer highs and and a rich, hazy 70s vibe. All three coils are very well matched. Setting up the pickups takes a bit of try and improve, the coils react very sensitive to height adjustments, but you quickly tweak the sweet spot once you are aware of that. These are 100% keepers for me.
Jon Hulse (verified owner) –
Bought these to replace the standard ones on my squire stratocaster. What a difference. So much better in every way, highly recommend. I have warman pickups in 4 of my guitars now and am very happy with them all, easily as good as much more expensive ones. Thanks warman people 😃
Joseph Brown (verified owner) –
I bought these as part of a total overhaul of an old Wesley-brand strat copy. For the price, the sound quality is incredible and even thru my cheapie digital amp (with my lacklustre playing) it’s hard to make them sound bad. I’m also using this with a Tele-style master volume/tone, and this really unlocks some useful sounds out of the bridge PU – rolled off a bit it sounds more humbucker-y than you’d expect.
munta1 (verified owner) –
bought these Texas triple hots after watching Milehouse studio’s on YT as i bought the same brilliant eastcoast ST1 guitar previously..seen the Warman link and took the chance, ordered some..Jesus! they are brilliant pick up’s..the £100 guitar that was 100% on quality received now sounds as good as any guitar in my £500-£1700 guitar stable ..Warman m8, a monumental thank you for the brilliant picks ups..i will be back for more for my other budget guitars, as i cant put the ST1 down now 🤘
THANK YOU!! 😁