Musiclily Pro ST-DPHA Alnico 5 Rail Blade Single Coil Sized Humbucker Pickup 13.2K Super Distortion for Strat Style Electric Guitar

This is a ripper of a pickup. Buyers need to note that this uses two mini coils to make a humbucker in a single coil profile. This is not a single coil pickup. Alnico 5 with a high resistance, and nearly comically high inductance of 11H makes it an interesting combination. It sounds great with distortion and can blow your doors off if you're not careful. It's definitely worth trying at the affordable price.

Most important to know - I have not installed them in a guitar yet. I do a lot of guitar work and work with lots of pickup types and brands so the review is based on first impressions and visual inspection. The pickup is well built - aside from the cheaper, thinner rubber coated wiring, everything else looks quality. The wiring is not a surprise based on the cost - and not a big deal. They come nicely packaged with everything you need to mount the pickup in a pickguard. The edges are smooth and clean and the rails sit nicely in the casing. With cheaper pickups, many times, the rails sit wonky in the plastic, the pickup is covered in wax, or the edges are rough - I have encountered the issues individually and cumulatively in past budget pickups I have worked with - that is not the case with this pickup. Vey nicely made. As I stated, I have not installed the pickup, but I did test it with a multi-meter and it does give a signal. My reading didnt match the description reading exactly, but its very close and thats common - regardless - this is a hot pickup. I expect that it will give a high output, bright sound based on the meter reading and its makeup so no concerns on if I will like it. Its a good pickup, especially for the price. I got another one through Vine and I will be purchasing a third to build out my next project. I recommend this for a noiseless, humbucker sound upgrade to your single-coil guitar.

I needed a pickup to replace in a guitar I was selling, so I decided to order this one to replace it with, but to my surprise, it actually sounded really good, and in fact, better than the one I had in my guitar originally. It's slightly hot, what I would call a medium output pickup, and has a nice growl to it as well. It was easy to install, and fit in my stratocaster easily. Overall, I was impressed with this pickup.

Actually is 13.2 ohms as confirmed with a ohm meter. I tested using alligator clips to hear the sound and they are powerful. I also tested them on a ST pickguard and they fit well with no need to file the opening. This is a very well made high quality rail pickup at a very good price. Perfect as a Bridge pickup and the sound is clean not dull. Definitely great for taking your guitar to the next level at a great price!

Very nice sounding pickup for the bridge. Can be nice and clean but really shines with some overdrive or distortion. The bang for the buck on this pickup is really quite astonishing. I had my doubts but figured I would give it a go and was quite pleasantly surprised. I used this to replace the stock pickups in a kit I built, so it was a dramatic improvement over those. It’s nice to get a humbucker into a single coil pickguard spot, so that’s a major bonus here. Overall, I am more than pleased with this pickup.