Keelhauler

Old Bones Pickups

£115

The specification of the Keelhauler is one I recommended to customers who were after something different. Often chasing something that has more punch than a standard PAF style humbucker, but not as high output as the Modern PAF. The feedback I got from these customers has been so positive that I have decided to make them into their own model. The Keelhauler has sandblasted AlNiCo 2 magnets at it's heart, with unpotted 42 AWG plain enamel wire. This gives a wonderful character making them suitable for modern and vintage tones alike, with the unpotted wire allowing the notes to bloom and develop

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Registered at Companies House as OLD BONES PICKUPS LTD, number 13626042. Checked 2026-08-29.
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