Description
Think of the V70 as your ticket back to the era when players were bending blues phrasing into hard rock territory and single-coils had to keep up with stacks of tube amps. Suhr built this pickup to capture that specific window of tone, right down to the winding process and materials they use on every unit.
- Hand-built and precision wound using Suhr’s proprietary process
- Plain enamel wire wound around specially formulated Alnico V Special magnets
- Vintage-correct gray fiber bottoms and Teflon hook-up wire
- Modified staggered pole pieces for an even magnetic field across the strings
That pole piece geometry isn’t just a spec sheet detail – it’s what lets multi-step bends sing evenly instead of falling flat on certain strings, and it’s a big reason this design plays so well with the flatter neck radii found on a lot of modern strats. As the RW/RP middle position in the set, it sits at roughly 5.8K ohms DC resistance, giving you a pickup that’s genuinely reactive to pick attack and volume knob work.
Tonally, expect tight, articulate low end paired with highs that shimmer without turning brittle or ice-picky. It’s the kind of balance that works whether you’re chasing 70’s rock leads, greasy blues bends, or R&B rhythm chank. This particular listing comes with the Aged Green cover option for players who want their pickups to look as lived-in as they sound.
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