Hammer Humbuckers?

Has anyone any experience of the Hammer Humbucker pickups as used on the Concord H II range?

Described in the catalogue as being "Powerful", are they rock pups and/or could they give warm clean tones?

Thanking You

mmk 45's mate  
also seen on the thunder jet amongst others,    falls under that oft used disclaimer " specifications subject to change...."

Warm but wouldn't call them clean.
MMK 53's are more an articulate pup.

well on my thunder 1, coil tapped in switch middle position they are very clean....

Well they would be.
Coil tapped in parallel = clean

As a humbucker warm, hot and mushy

yup

Thank you gents, I was thinking of having a punt on the Concord H II thats on the bay at the moment but without the cleans it won't get played, shame.......

Where then please will I find MMK53's, as in which models?

Pete..praying for a safe delivery

Damian.. wishing you a speedy recovery, time to start playing again

Here.

Ok, gotya, Thunder II's (530's), many thanks......although that's only on version 1, then you get the C, then the super twin 1, then on the IIA version 1 the F two magnet, the HF--c on version 2, and then we are back to the super twin I's on version 3. MAD!!!!!!

I know, I did ask !!!!! 

PS: Love the way you so casually flaunt your hareem, that's a really nice collection

Yeah... Damian does that just to make us all hate him equally, I think; he has GOOD gear!   

53's seem to be found on the active Matts; the T-IIA has 'em as does my Vantage VA900, the 61s for the 335 clones and probably the big jazz boxes, too, and the 75s on the X350/390; sound about right?

Just easier than typing a load..  

http://forum.westoneguitars.net/t4998-going-rate-for-a-thunder-2a

If your looking for a clean sound with bite..Thunder II, forget the actives...just don't like 'em.
Thunder II(passive) has PEQ(series/parallel) and a phase switch. You want clean, it's spotless...

Not the Korean made piece of junk version IV. That's just a cobbled together guitar using all the bits available and who knows what the pickups are.

Any of the Rainbows, Prestige models have a good clean sound.MMK75 equipped.

Unadulterated guitar porn...Love it   

Thanks for the steer, I'll see where the finances are in a couple of weeks and place a wanted ad, would like to find a good example if poss

Meadows wrote:Unadulterated guitar porn...Love it   

  me too

High output vs. lower output.  And I agree with John....

"Yeah... Damian does that just to make us all hate him equally"

 

~~No it's not high v lower output~~

It's magnets mainly

So the DC resistance kOhms is the same from the MMK75's to the MMK45's and MMK53's?

They are similar in terms of of kOhms, right on. 

MMK45, 53, and 75's are all ceramic magnets (ferrite), with the 53's and 75's being the same type of ceramic mag (Anisotropy Ferrite). 

Varying from roughly 10.something to 11.something (or higher, as they are knows to greatly vary).

The only Alnico mags were in the mmk61's.

And the magnetic strength ?

75's are alnico II

Not if the #765 is actually the MMK75, which logically they would be.  See the link below...

Clicketh Thou Here

How do you know they're Alnico II?

The Chad wrote:
How do you know they're Alnico II?

Because I can read..  
http://www.westoneguitars.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/p15.jpg

I also believe that MMK53's are alnico 5's in Westone's . I'm no magnet expert but can tell the difference between a ceramic and alnico from sight.

     Look, just because you're literate doesn't mean that you're better than me.     

Makes you wonder how many actually were actually Alnico II, though?  They REALLY MEANT IT when they said "Specifications subject to change without notice"!  

Someone on the Electra forum has an MMK45 out of a Vantage, he measured it... surprise!  It read 17k!    

Mat pickups are like a box of chocolates.  You never know what you're gonna get.

Ooh err! misses
Well your only reading someone's guff on Vantage..  

Each make, be it Vantage, Aria, Westone had their own 'voice' so to speak.
They're not going to change the pup bottoms to suit. It'd cost a fortune.