Description
The Bartolini ACE-S65-S BK takes the classic single coil dilemma — warmth versus clarity — and solves it by refusing to pick a side. Inside each Hum-Killer pickup, alnico V blade magnets sit alongside ceramic bar magnets, letting you draw on the rounded, slightly compressed push of alnico while still getting the tight top-end definition ceramic is known for. The result isn’t a compromise; it’s a pickup that pulls character from both magnet types depending on how you dig in.
- Alnico V blades combined with ceramic bar magnets for a hybrid tonal profile
- Hum-cancelling design eliminates 60-cycle noise without single-coil sacrifice
- Internal compensation and field shaping even out string-to-string output
- Built for the demands of touring and studio work
That last point matters more than it sounds — a lot of hot single coils get muddy or uneven moving across strings, especially on the wound side. Bartolini addresses this at the source with internal compensation and field shaping baked into the pickup itself, so you get consistent output and balanced articulation whether you’re strumming open chords or working a lead line up the neck. It’s the kind of detail that separates a pickup built for the stage from one built for a spec sheet.
If you’ve been chasing single coil clarity without the noise floor, or you just want a Bartolini in the S-series form factor with some magnetic hybridization under the hood, the ACE-S65-S BK is built to cover that ground reliably, night after night.
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