Wilkinson Low Gauss Hotrail from Musiclily Demo/Test
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- This three piece Wilkinson hotrail set from Musiclily puts the power of a humbucker into the size of a single coil pickup to create a very versatile set of tones for any Strat style guitar. You want clean? You got it. You want gritty? You got that too. You want to get down and dirty? The 15k bridge pickup has you covered there. Check the link below for availability and pricing.
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After owning Vintage guitars now, with Wilkinson hardware and pick-ups, I won't ever drop big money and pay for a name again. I have a Icon v6 distressed and a V75 25th anniversary Tele and they are freaking insane. I love the Wilkinson 60s WVt and s pick-ups they use. Alnico 5, great output. And on the strat, tone 2 is for the bridge So I roll off the tone and run mad distortion on it. Or go play some clapton or Hendrix. Actually had a probably with the neck pickup and reached out to support. The guys at the US custom shop are wonderful. Actually replaced the neck pickup with the hendrix style reverse pole pieces. Love it. I'm thinking about buying a rail for the bridge. Not worried about splitting it.
Did you use 250k or 500k pots? Also, what kind of tone capacitor did you use? Thanks
Since they are essentially humbuckers I used 500k pots and a .22uf caps.
Thank you for this!! Was just on Amazon wondering how those very pickups would sound in my next project. Sounds pretty damn good for pickups that don't break the bank. Thanks again!
Can play rock now for this. Just installed it. I play smashing pumpkins mostly and it works
Omg my guitar looks exactly the same with the same pups!😯
Very nice do they sound more close to single coils or more to humbuckers in ur opinion ? Thanks
Definitely humbuckers, but with a slightly thinner sound.
I'm going to order these pups from Amazon today, cuz your video. For a Squier Affinity strat I'm refinishing wid green sparkle by Rustoleum rattlecan. I take it as a good omen that I just happen to have a chunka the identical green short nap carpet on my workbench to protect delicate finishes. Think about it! I'm in Canada, you're likely U.S. and we have the same random scrap carpet. Boggling! Thanks for the show!
I hope you enjoy them and I hope they improved the screw holes on the bobbin. Yeah, that piece of carpet has been a great, cheap investment for working on guitars. I think I got it at Family Dollar for less than $10.
New plan here. The green carpet will see more action from the delicate gloss clearcoat of TWO guitars with my new plan. The Affinity series body thickness is less than that of my SX which I also have in "mid project". I will install the not yet arrived Wilkinson pups into the SX rather than into the Affinity. Because the deeper cavity of the SX will allow me to take coil splitting measures which are perhaps unlikely with Affinity owing to very shallow cavity rout. The Wilkinsons with 4 wire conductors deserve to be exploited to their fullest extent rather than let their potential languish unrecognized in a guitar that is inadequate by design for this serious upgrade. The SX soap bar P 90's will lay into the Affinity rout without problem. Pick guard screw hole alignment will call for holes to be "dowelled" and new ones drilled but that is insignificant. Thanks for listening and guitars'r'fun!
I already buy. Low gauss hotrail fr bridge and neck using wlknson m series alnico v high outpt.. cant wait 🤤🤤
Have you split these yet, man? If so, how did they sound? If not, have you heard from anyone else?
I don't think I did split them. This video is a few years old and I can't recall. I've drank a lot and slept a lot since then. If I were to split them, I would opt for a partial split to get a bit more power out of them.
@@Guitarnivore lol. How would this thing sound for like a pantera or metallica kind of tone? Can you get decent brightness ?
These hot rails, while bright, always sound a little thinner than your regular size humbucker, but yeah, you can get good gain tones from them. You might have to EQ some bottom end in with them though. The main problem I had with these was the bobbin screw hole was weak, but I think they fixed the issue.
@@Guitarnivore cool bro. Thanks for the response. Wanting to get some dime squeals and zakk pinch harmonics ;)
I just installed them again in my Strat with 300k audio pots. Also wired up a blender pot . Thought I'd see what the 300k pots are like since I've never used them before. Slightly brighter than 250k. Nice pups for the money, can't go wrong with Wilkinson. My guitars all have Seymour Duncans in them except my Gibson LP. So, I'm used to more expensive pickups. These are decent, and can be wired for single coil cuts, parallel series switching ect.
Great sound at an affordable price. I've ordered some hot rail pickups for my Strat. Thanks for sharing.
I just got these same pickups installed on my strat a few years ago. Definitely worth it for sure.
Do you think It's possibile play punk Song in a strat with hot rails like this
@@renebasso.v4301 its more than possible. I play metalcore and post-hardcore, so playing punk with a hot rail strat is absolutely no problem.
@@jj_zeroshiki does it make noise when you have high gain? Because mine has. They said it's because of the cheap power supply, is it really?
@@lemongrab1495 yeah unfortunately there's still some feedback (in the gain channel), though it's definitely an upgrade over my stock pickups. I think soldering it series or parallel also plays a factor in how much feedback the pickups have, if I'm not mistaken.
congrats, very good video.
I have had the 2 middle/neck position pickups for a few weeks now and ordered the bridge slot,it arrived today and on my meter it measure 14.74 so hoping its not too weak..going to install all three when my Wilkinson bridge gets here,hopefully next week..going in a Mexican Strat..I see the VIP Vypyr under the glass table..I had the VIP 2 and got rid of it and got the original Vypyr..75 watter..
I wanted another combo amp instead of always using my Peavey 5150 head and the EVH 5150-3 50 watt head. can't wait to plug these in..doing a comparison with Seymour Duncan vintage rails..they are low output but really sound great...thanks for this video,have been wanting to hear the Wilkinson Hotrails.
It's a hot bridge. I don't use the Vypyr 40 much these days except for running my acoustic through it. I use a Boss Katana 100 artist. The Peavey is still a good amp though.
Ive always wonder how this style strat would sound and why more ppl dont do this configuration
I got these as a complete set for testing and review. I prefer a regular ceramic or AlNiCo single coil in the middle and neck of a Strat, but a good hot rail in the bridge is always nice if you want to crank up the gain. Someone that is a bit into trying different sounds from those two positions might be better at achieving their goals with a set. The main thing about them is that they're humbucking and you don't have to worry about much noise. You could even split them all into singles, but I doubt they would sound like a real single.
Guitarnivore im getting 3 low gauss wilkinson vintage style single coils for a strat build im doing, with 250k pots also. Its an unusual setup, H-H-H. Interesting sound but yeah I can see your points, Fat Strat (H-S-S) is probably better overall for those reasons.
Whether he has actually used it or not I can't say but Billy Gibbons has endorsed a loaded pick guard with 3 single sized Pearly Gates type pups in it. His costs about $300 more though.😎👎
Hello!Which amp did you use to test these pickups and do you consider to play for hard rock/metal music by the pickups?
That was awhile back, but it was a Peavey Vypyp VIP2 30 watt using a Zoom G1Four. You could definitely play hard rock and metal with them.
@@Guitarnivore thanks a lot 🙂
I'm upgrading my American Special to these as we speak. Yes, I said upgrade. I hate Texas Specials. These are great! You could pay more for a name but you can't hear the label from the bar. BTW, I got the set of 3 from Amazon for $46.
It's all subjective to the sound you're looking for. I've had cheap $20 pickups sound better than Seymour Duncan's.
@@Guitarnivore totally subjective. I'm the only one I know who doesn't like Texas Specials.
Which better wilkinson low gauss hot rail or musiclly dual hot rail high ouput?
The Wilkinson are the better pickups. The dual hotrail from Musiclily is good for the price, but they need wax potting.
@@Guitarnivore ok tq.. how about the single coil ..wilkinson vintage alnico 5/V or wilkinson high output ceramic is better coz i wanna put to my squier..please ..
@@kimikhuzaimi9402 Sorry, I can't help you there. I don't have any experience with the Wilkinson singles.
@@Guitarnivore hi, is that (wax potted) the only main difference between them?? Thanks.
@@yourDeath86 Between these and the single Musiclily Hot Rail? These are a hotter pickup and better quality than those; however, I don't know the difference between these and the Musiclily rail blasters.
Use a little file
Can a Wilkinson m series middle pick up hotrails be connected to bridge pups?
I don't see why not. It just won't be as hot. Since they're essentially humbuckers, you don't have to worry about the polarity.
What if i only need the bridge pickup.. how do i know if i bought the right one lol
You can buy just the bridge pickup. While they sound good, albeit a little hot for the neck and middle, that's what I would do going forward.
Good pm can u pls tell me what color is the hot wire it is the red/white or the yellow.. Thanks
Sorry for the slow response. I don't always get notifications that someone has comments. Anyway, the hot is yellow and the ground is black. The red and white are connected and taped off, unless you want to split coils.
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sir is that 250k or 500k pots? thanks
A500k pots
Pretty cool video... One thing I can correct for you... "Gauss" , the level of magnetization, ? It's pronounced "Gowse" rhymes with "house" & "ouch"... Just sayin'...
Good to know going forward. I would have done the same. Thanks for the correction.
Do you find the need to change potentio from 250k to 500k?
You don't have to, but it's going to make them a bit softer sounding. It may even make them sound a bit muddy.
@@Guitarnivore Thanks for the quick response! I like myself some dark and muddy sound for distortion anyways. Hahaha
sir, are these pickups sound microphonic?
Nope.
Hello. They are not microphonic but they are pretty sensitive though. They pick up any noise from any movement that comes close to it given that it has a rail that goes across it.
Where can I buy this thing?
www.amazon.com/Wilkinson-Ceramic-Humbucker-Pickups-Electric/dp/B083ZW5R47?ref_=ast_sto_dp
Amazon, I bought 2 bridge for 2 different guitars- but for 23 bucks on Amazon I keep picking up a different guitar with a oripure alnico 5 humbucker bridge that baby sings
Hi how do i know which one is bridge pickup?
the highest value in your multi meter reading is the bridge, the 2nd higher reading will be the middle and the lowest is the neck.
How would you say this one compares to the Musiclily rail pickup? I’d like a full on humbucker sound out of a rail pickup, not a Strat sounding pickup without hum.
The Wilkinson are a bit better quality as far as sound and build goes. The only complaint I have is that the screw mounting holes on the plastic bobbin strip really easily.
@@Guitarnivore just got this pickup for the bridge of my Squier Strat. I really like the sound of it. Thank you for recommendation.
Have you tried splitting the coil with these pickups?
I've got a set and planning on splitting the coil however i have a slight problem with the wiring diagram they sent.
The diagram says the Yellow & White is the South coil and Black & Red is the North coil.
However, when i test with a multimeter on ohms I'm getting a reading with the Black & White together which would indicate that was one coil, and a reading with the Yellow & Red which would indicate that is the other coil.
I have not tried splitting them, but I've heard other people day that when they're split according to the diagram, the unintended coil is singled out.
@@Guitarnivore Thanks for the reply I've been searching over the Internet and found one post relating to Wilkinson Zebra Humbuckers wired:
Black - South Start
White - South Finish
Yellow - North Start
Red - North Finish
That makes more sense along with what i am seeing on the meter so I'll give that a try.
Thanks again for replying 🙂
Managed to get the coils split in the end, may I, ask what height did you set your pickups at?
@@Borester I honestly don't remember. I had them in a Squier Mustang and I just eyeballed it. Probably about 3.5 to 4.5mm from strings.
Thanks pal I'll give that a go, the screws are a right pain in the neck, I've tried every type of screw from strat to humbucker and they just wont hold the pickups without slipping, ive had to jam a piece of paper for something for the screws to grip! 😂😂😂
Hey bro, meant to ask, what is the difference between this one and the white musiclily rail you played a month earlier? Guessing you like this one?
That one is a lot cheaper and sounds thinner.