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About this Artist BullBucker Humbucker Pickup Set - Chrome Covered

Buy as a set and Save! This includes both Neck and Bridge Pickups.


About this Artist BullBucker Electric Guitar Humbucker 5 Wire Pickup Bridge - Chrome Covered

Based on the popular JB model, this bridge pickup has a fairly high output and is very versatile. Great for everything from blues to heavy metal. Provides slammin' output with singing highs, aggressive harmonics, and can retain clear crisp cleans while being able to get real dirty. Pairs well with our BullBucker Neck Pickup.

Works especially well mahogany body guitars with rosewood fingerboards. They are wax potted and can be used as Split Coil Humbuckers which allows the humbucker to effectively become a single coil. All Artist Bullbucker humbuckers have five-conductor hookup wires and use the same standard wire colour code.

Top Coil Polarity: North

Bottom Coil Polarity: South

Ground Wire: Thicker Black wire

North start: Thinner Black wire (Also known as Inside Slug wire)

North finish: White wire (outside slug wire)

South finish: Red wire (Outside screw wire)

South start: Yellow wire (Also known as Inside Screw wire) This is your Hot wire.

To use this as a standard humbucker in series configuration, the White & Red wires are soldered together and taped; both Black wires are grounded and Yellow is Hot Output.

If you want to coil-split, then attach the Red and White wires to the coil switch. This means that when coil splitting, Black and White are not involved because they are both grounded, which deactivates the North coil.

To split to the North coil, the process is much the same, but you'll switch the position of the thin black and yellow wires, making the thin black wire the Hot start, and the yellow wire will be grounded. This means when the switch is activated, both Red and Yellow are grounded, deactivating the South coil.

The Tech Features

Model: BULLBUCKERBC

Type: Bridge Pickup, Alnico V Bar

Colour: Chrome

Conductors: 4

DC resistance: 15.4K

Inductance Rating: 9.6H

Spacing: 52mm


About this Artist BullBucker Electric Guitar Humbucker 5 Wire Pickup Neck - Chrome

Classic moderate output humbucker based on the popular Jazz model. Especially popular in the neck position. Great for jazz, and also country, blues, funk, classic rock and heavy rock. Provides an articulate and clear tone. Great for fast runs. The brighter tone has slightly less output and is a good match with most bridge pickups. When distorted, the tone is full and bright. Smooth sustain.

Works especially well mahogany body guitars with rosewood fingerboards. They are wax potted and can be used as Split Coil Humbuckers which allows the humbucker to effectively become a single coil. All Artist Bullbucker humbuckers have four-conductor hookup wires and use the same standard wire colour code.

Top Coil Polarity: South

Bottom Coil Polarity: North

Ground Wire: Thicker Black wire

South start: Yellow wire (Also known as Inside Screw wire)

South finish: Red wire (Outside screw wire)

North finish: White wire (outside slug wire)

North start: Thinner Black wire (Also known as Inside Slug wire)

To use this as a standard humbucker in series configuration, the White & Red wires are soldered together and taped; both Black wires are grounded and Yellow is Hot Output.

If you want to coil-split, then attach the Red and White wires to the coil switch. This means that when coil splitting, Black and White are not involved because they are both grounded, which deactivates the North coil.

To split to the North coil, the process is much the same, but you'll switch the position of the thin black and yellow wires, making the thin black wire the Hot start, and the yellow wire will be grounded. This means when the switch is activated, both Red and Yellow are grounded, deactivating the South coil.

The Tech Features

Model: BULLBUCKERNC

Type: Bridge Pickup, Alnico V Bar

Colour: Chrome

Conductors: 4

DC resistance: 7.1K

Inductance Rating: 3.86H

Spacing: 50mm

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Reviews (18)

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Artist Bullbucker Set

By: on 20 December 2023
I found these pickups to be a huge improvement on the stock pups in a Burny Les Paul. Was happy with this purchase and with the prompt delivery.

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Thank you so much for your review. We truly appreciate it.

Just what i was looking for.

By: on 24 August 2023
Great sound I put these in a Jackson JS32T Rhoads & wow what an improvement on the sound & looks. Very similar to a Duncan JB set in my opinion & yes I have a few guitars with JB's. Thanks Artist.

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It's our pleasure and thank you so much for taking the time to leave feedback. We really appreciate the support!

Great pickups, great price.

By: on 11 July 2023
I bought a set of Burstbuckers with chrome covers for an Old Epiphone SG. Original pickups lacked clarity when clean and just got worse with more gain. I wired the Burstbuckers, 50s wiring Orange Drop capacitors and push-pull pots. What an upgrade.. Great sounds and tones, neck, bridge, both and coil split. Best $75 I've ever spent.

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Great pickups

By: on 3 February 2023
These are really decent pickups. And not “good for the money” either, they’re just “good” pickups. Balanced output, not too dark, not too bright. I put them into poplar tele body and they’re awesome. The wires had ample length for my needs. They work well for anything really, punk, rock, blues, shoegaze, pop… very versatile. I’d definitely be happy with these in just about any HH guitar

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Thanks for your review. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions, we are always happy to help.

mixed results

By: on 10 January 2023
My bull buckers arrived on my Artist Tele Thinline with coil splitting switching. The neck performed well, live and recorded through Logic Pro amp simulators. The bridge, however, struggled a bit live and in the studio. To solve the coil split volume/gain/output differential problems, the Bullbucker designers pushed up the output to 15+k. The result is that it works well split without volume loss - but unspilt, the output goes microphonic and it's difficult to get a cleaned up signal when recording. To get the 15k output, perhaps ceramic magnets instead of Alnico were used? Any rate, still a good deal - the neck pickup rocks with the best of them, but to my ears the bridge pickup is just simply overpowered and unmusical.

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Thank you so much for leaving this feedback and I am not sorry to hear that you are not fully satisfied with the guitar. This definitely helps us in improving our products and services. We do have our 100-day free return policy if you wish to do a return. Just email us the order details at sales@artistguitars.com.au.

Outstanding pickups

By: on 18 November 2021
I installed these in my Ibanez PS60 (Paul Stanley signature iceman style guitar) and they're absolutely brilliant. Such an upgrade over the stock pickups. The Bullbuckers have great clarity and tone, and the bridge was a bit hotter than the stock pickup. More crunch with better clarity. Totally transformed the sound of the guitar, and the chrome covers sit perfectly with all the chrome trim on the PS60. No hesitation in recommending these as an upgrade. (they also sound great in my stock Artist TC59)

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We are glad to hear that you are happy with our product. Thank you for sharing the feedback.

Artist Bullbucker humbuckers

By: on 1 September 2021
Replaced humbuckers in my Gibson Epiphone Les Paul. Sound much better than the old ones!

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Thank you very much for the feedback. Cheers!

Bullbucker neck and bridge set

By: on 2 August 2021
These look and sound great in my epiphone SG. Took a bit of work to put them in. I had to open up the bridge pickup aperture so the new one would fit in (the original pick-ups did not have chrome covers). After a bit of work they fit in nicely. Looks like something Angus would jump on stage with now! Just wish I could play it like Angus does.

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Thank you for the review. Cheers

Outstanding sound and value!

By: on 20 May 2021
I purchased a Bullbucker set to put in a project guitar I've been working on. I had read a lot of good things and I figured that even if they didn't live up to the hype the low price would still make them work a try. I gotta say, these things slay! The whole guitar has come alive and has gone from dull to having an amazingly full sound. The bridge has a lot of low end thats tight but still has room to breath. The mids are rich and have a really nice crunch to them ( very similar to a JB but slightly less compressed) . The top end is also really pleasing, bright without being pointy. But I have to say the real suprise to me was just how good the neck is. Full bodied, warm and increadibaly fluid. Think Liquifyer but without the woolyness in the 250Hz range. The two pickups compliment each other nicely and work really well backed off aswell. Overall I am really impressed, sepceialy when you factor in the price.

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We really appreciate the detailed review you have left for the pickups. We are glad to know that you are happy with them. Please feel free to reach out to us should you have any questions or concerns.

BullBucker Humbucker Pickup Set

By: on 22 November 2020
I bought these for my budget Les Paul Kit expecting them to be a little bit better than the kits humbuckers. Wow what a difference the Bullbuckers made. Now my budget LP kit guitar sounds just as good as a genuine Les Paul. Sorry Gibson but it's true. The only flaw is that the length of wires on the neck pickup could be a little longer. Great work Artist Guitars. I am one very happy customer.

Bullbuckers Rock Dude

By: on 7 August 2020
These pups are The best hands down for budget pickups, dropped them in my LP60, the ones with the Wilkinsons, and man, what a diference. Brought the whole thing to life, to my ears , they sound just as good as duncans

I've Found My New Favourite Budget Pickup Set

By: on 12 May 2020
Don't let the price fool you. These pickups are fantastic bang for the buck. Once I heard them in a LP59 that I got from Artist, I compared them to a genuine Gibson pickup I had and it was nearly spot on! I immediately ordered another set for another guitar requiring a pickup change. While I've never tried a Seymour Duncan JB or jazz pickup, to me they sound every bit as good as a SD '59. If you like vintage Gibson PAF style pickups, you really can't go wrong with these guys. Nice sparkling top end, not too much bass and great for chugging away without it getting flubby (that's my test for a good pickup). I've tried many pickups and the closest I came to a vintage PAF style pickup on a budget was GFS Alnico II. With the Aussie dollar being so low from the US, it just doesn't make sense importing anything from the US at present. Bullbuckers definitely scratch that itch and keep us all happy (although you can get cream as well for that) ;) My only problem is, if all my guitars have these wonderful pickups in them, they will all sound the same!

Excellent

By: on 23 April 2020
I bought these to put in a J&D Luthiers SG which had good pickups but the neck was a bit muddy and the bridge would squeal at high gain. Boy did these solve the problem! They sound fantastic and there is no squeal even at high gain high volume. The neck is more even with a nice amount of top end and a fat bottom. The bridge 100% delivers on the promise... Hot, articulate mids and a nice chunk. For the price, these are an absolute no-brainer.

Bullbuckers... still a great choice, at any price!

By: on 18 February 2020
Another year, another update... this is a copy of my review on the uncovered set from 2018, but I now have 2 sets each of covered/uncovered in various guitars owned by family members. They still rock... and are so consistently good I can't buy any more... other pickups I buy now are purposely 'different' and I definitely haven't found anything that does the 'overwound, focused PAF' thing any better, by any make – at any price. I've been using these close on a year now and was probably partly responsible for exhausting the stock once I tried my first set :-) I bought them first to replace the 'OK' stock pickups in a Artist Super-Strat style guitar with mahogany body and neck... think PRS. Adding the Bullbuckers reminded me immediately of an SG with 'Classic' (60's) humbuckers but with a little more 'poke' in the bridge, like a stock but conicidentally overwound and well voiced one. Because they are (I think) Fender spaced poles, I also installed one on a Custom Squier Tele (bridge) and a pair on another Artist Super-Strat style guitar. Very happy all round. Some time later, I had a chance to play a mate's Epiphone LP Custom with some real Seymour Duncan Pickups on board... a JB Bridge and a Jazz Neck (classic Epi Upgrade). The similarities are uncanny! More recently, my wife and I have each bought new Gibsons; she a HP SG, me an ES LP Special (semi-hollowbody). The HP SG has 'modern' (490) pickups which a just a bit 'naughtier' than the Bullbuckers while maintaing clarity but the Bullbucker tone is in the ballpark. The ES LP (a cross between a 335 and a LP) uses a '57 Classic neck and an Super '57 (overwound) bridge and the Bullbuckers are MUCH naughtier; so they're definitely on the hotter side. So, if you want a 'rockier/naughtier' than vintage LP or SG sound for your Epiphone or other Gibson 'tribute' than these will definitely suit. They also sound great in Fender style guitars and would be a great swapout for standard Squire humbuckers IF you want a Gibson style sound. Ditto any PRS style guitar. They would also be great for "rocking up' a Dot 335/Ibanez Artcore or similar and have to be an absolute no brainer if you own and love an Artist Cherry 7 Anniversry – I bet they also sound great split too! In summary they're great if you want that classic-to-slightly-hot-rodded Gibson or McCarty PRS sound; at his price they're a total no-brainer. PS: My 12 month evaluation, over 3 different guitars I use live/jamming (leaving the 'real' Gibsons, etc at home) is based on use with some modelling software but mostly with a Mesa Boogie Roadster (100W Dual Rectifier 2 x 12), Marshall JVM410C (100W 2 x 12) and more recently a Positive Grid Bias (Rack) Head (600W with Marshall 1936 2 x 12). So, it's not like I can't 'hear' what they really sound like... and they do sound like ROCK!

Great sound

By: on 20 August 2018
I Put these into my les paul brought new life into my old guitar great value for the price will be getting more for sure

Artist BullBucker Guitar Humbucker Pickup Set - Ch

By: on 2 January 2018
Bought these a while ago but only installed them in my first gen LP60 a week ago, up untill then I have been playing with the Wilkinsons that came with it. Ohm Mia Gawd, WHY didnt I put them in sooner? Instantly I noticed a brighter more defined sound, the highs are clearer, the lows are tighter and more pronounced, the mids punch through like a Roo through ya radiator,. !!!! I used to play a late eighties Les Paul w/ Seymore Duncans JB/Jazz and tonally to my old ears at least they sound almost Identical, IMHO better than I had. I would and have been recomending this set to any and all people I come across who use LP style guitars, and of my friends who have tried them, they have all been happy too!!! Great work Artist Guitars, keep 'em commin!!! Glenn

Very happy. Great tone.

By: on 15 July 2016
I just replaced the Wilkinson humbuckers in my LP60 with a set of these. The difference was immediately noticeable and much improved. The Wilkinsons were quite good but even after changing strings and adjusting pickup height I just couldn't get the sound I wanted from the neck pickup. Played through my Artist guitar supplied Joyo 5 watt valve amp the guitar now sounds great. Very good Artist! Great products and great customer service. Steve.

Great tones

By: on 14 June 2016
I got a set of these last week and fitted them into my DC60CSB. I was impressed immediately by their output. I wanted to see how they performed as both a single coil as well as a humbucker. So I coil tapped them both using the 4-conductor wiring used on them. Again, The tones are really smooth. These bullbuckers are really worth getting if you're looking for something that's very usable. The price of them is more than worth it given the more expensive pickups, that to be honest, don't have any real audible difference. I think the measured resistance is a good balance and gives great variants of tones in all single/humbucker/alt, bridge/neck/both positions. My opinion, is that these are very stage and record worthy. Great job Artist.
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