Description
Back in 1978, Eddie Van Halen handed Seymour Duncan a P.A.F. and asked him to rewind it hotter, chasing better artificial harmonics and a little extra “juice” for his lead tone. The Little ’78 Strat is the single-coil-sized humbucker version born from that same experiment – a Strat-spaced pickup that fits your bridge position without routing, but carries the DNA of that legendary rewind.
The magnet and output pairing here isn’t about scooped, glassy single-coil sparkle. It’s built for warm crunch that cleans up nicely, biting lead tone that cuts without turning brittle, and tapped runs loaded with overtones – the kind of harmonic complexity that makes pinch harmonics and pick-hand dynamics actually sing. It’s not the exact pickup Eddie ended up with, but it’s a real waypoint on that road, and it’s one you can drop straight into your Strat-style bridge.
Good fit for players who want more push and personality than a stock single-coil offers, without abandoning single-coil-sized real estate. If your bridge pickup needs to handle both rhythm crunch and singing leads with equal confidence, this is worth a serious look.
- Single-coil-sized spaced humbucker for Strat bridge position
- P/N: 11205-24-Prch
- Finish: Parchment
- Voiced for warm crunch, biting leads, and harmonic-rich tapping
- Rooted in a 1978 P.A.F. rewind experiment done for Eddie Van Halen
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