Description
The HN3 sits at the hot end of Tom Anderson’s H series, built for players who want serious output without losing definition. Anderson’s patented design pushes mid-range concentration forward, giving the HN3 a pushy, vocal character that cuts through a mix while staying tight and articulate note-to-note — it never collapses into mush even when you’re driving an amp hard.
Like every pickup in the H series, the HN3 shares Anderson’s signature smooth overdrive tone: full, open, and free of the harsh fizz that plagues a lot of hot-output humbuckers. That smoothness comes down to construction as much as voicing. Anderson uses a larger pole piece and reworked string spacing to create a genuinely uniform magnetic field, so you don’t get the classic high-string or low-string dropout that shows up on pickups with more conventional pole layouts.
The HN3 also splits exceptionally well — Anderson’s humbuckers are widely regarded as some of the best-splitting designs available, so if you’re chasing convincing single-coil tones alongside full humbucker punch, this is a pickup that actually delivers on both ends. Every unit ships with a 4-conductor shielded cable, giving you full flexibility for coil-splitting, phase, and series/parallel wiring setups.
- Patented hot-output humbucker with mid-range emphasis
- Smooth, open overdrive tone without harshness
- Larger pole pieces for uniform magnetic field, no string dropout
- Excellent coil-splitting performance
- 4-conductor shielded cable included for wiring flexibility
If you want power and clarity in the same pickup, the HN3 is built exactly for that.
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