Description
If you’ve been chasing a humbucker that can shove your amp into full-on saturation without turning into a buzzsaw, the HN3+ is worth a serious look. It’s part of Tom Anderson’s H series — pickups built to stay full, open, and articulate whether you’re barely breaking up or driving hard into distortion. Players nicknamed this one “the Flamethrower” for a reason: it pushes even more output than the standard HN3, while dialing back some of that model’s upper-midrange bite for a rounder, thicker attack.
What sets Anderson’s humbuckers apart isn’t just winding hot coils — it’s the engineering underneath. Larger pole pieces combined with reworked string spacing create a genuinely even magnetic field across all six strings, so you don’t get that thin, weak feeling on the high or low strings that plagues a lot of vintage-style designs. The result is an overdrive tone that stays smooth and detailed at the top end instead of collapsing into harsh fuzz when you crank the gain.
Every pickup in the H series ships with 4-conductor shielded cable, giving you full flexibility for coil-splitting, series/parallel switching, or whatever wiring scheme your build calls for. Anderson’s split humbuckers have a reputation for being some of the most convincing single-coil emulations out there, so if you’re planning coil-tap options, this platform gives you real range to work with.
- High-output H series humbucker, hotter than the HN3
- Smoother upper midrange than the standard HN3
- Larger pole pieces + redesigned string spacing for even magnetic field
- Includes 4-conductor shielded cable for flexible wiring
Ready to push your tone further? Drop in the HN3+ and find out what “Flamethrower” really means.
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