High Life

The Wide Range has a reputation as being a ‘hot’ humbucker because of its DC resistance, not its sound. Why?

“Basically, an Alnico magnet – irrespective of the grade – is about half iron. Cunife is 60 per cent copper, 20 per nickel and 20 per cent iron. There’s not enough inductance, so unless you have a lot of wire, or a lot of something, there’s no low-end to them. I mean, the fidelity is lovely and there’s really quite an interesting