Neptune's Guitar Lab

10/27/2020

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Handcrafted American-made Guitar Pickups

10/26/2020

Recent repairs: Full electronics tune-up on a home-built tele and a full setup on three acoustics whose necks had warped with the weather change.

10/26/2020

Still in operation - full luthier services available. Contact us today!

05/15/2018

https://neptunepickups.bigcartel.com/product/pulsar-nt-108

With the clean clarity and biting, overdriven snap you'd expect from a tele-style pickup set, Neptune Pickups has added the staggered polished...

05/15/2018

04/17/2018

Qasar pickup - Bridge position.
Guitar: Fender Strat
Amp: 30w Line 6 Spyder.

Audio: artist: AQUARIUS title: Challenge Blues album: Turquoise year: 2016 genre: Blues (id 0) track: 4 - social audio

04/04/2018

Quasar pickup test - Bridge position on a Stratocaster

Audio: artist: AQUARIUS title: Challenge Blues album: Turquoise year: 2016 genre: Blues (id 0) track: 4 - social audio

03/22/2018

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Handcrafted American-made Guitar Pickups

03/21/2018

http://neptunepickups.bigcartel.com/product/proton-sc-15-single-coil

Send your sound in to orbit with the Proton single-coil pickup, The Proton single-coil is our flagship pickup within our Performer Series, designed to offer a brighter treble-biased response while retaining the warm, smokey tones strat players strive for. Under the hood is a precision-cut Alnico 5 magnet which we believe offers a modern edge to a classic design. We've also turned up the windings to give the Proton SC a modern, complex character. The Proton SC is truly an evolution in pickup design.

As with all our pickups the Proton is hand-wound and inspected each step of the way. The signed Inspection Card is included with each pickup as proof of our desire for unparalleled quality.

SPECS:
Magnet: Alnico 5
Resistance: 20.7
AWG-42 coils
Fabric-taped and wax-potted for micro phonic suppression.

Send your sound in to orbit with the Proton single-coil pickup, The Proton single-coil is our flagship pickup within our Performer Series, designed...

03/21/2018

http://neptunepickups.bigcartel.com/product/graviton-sc-10-single-coil

Classically influenced and ready for lift-off, the Graviton single-coil packs the dynamic and warm tone of the late 50's strat pickups. No matter how hard you try, the Graviton SC-10 retains its organic, noticeable clarity that defines its presence. Under the hood is a precision-cut Alnico 4 magnet which we believe offers the low-pull of an A2 while giving the classic sound a sharper bite.

As with all our pickups the Graviton is hand-wound and inspected each step of the way. The signed Inspection Card is included with each pickup as proof of our desire for unparalleled quality.

SPECS:
Magnet: Alnico 4
Resistance: 6.14k
AWG-42 coils

Classically influenced and ready for lift-off, the Graviton single-coil packs the dynamic and warm tone of the late 50's strat pickups. No...

03/21/2018

Designed as the next step in the evolution of pickup technology the Quasar offers a complex mid-range vocality of a classic rock humbucker with the clarity of a single-coil pickup.
The Quasar responds well to distortion and begs to be played through overdriven tube amps and will challenge your skill as an artist by responding well to changes in control settings and pick attack. The Quasar is designed to handle tone control adjustments without compromising the unique clarity that defines it.

As with all our pickups the Quasar is hand-wound and inspected each step. The signed Inspection Card is included with each pickup as proof of our desire for unparalleled quality.

SPECS:
Alnico 5 magnets
AWG-42 coils
Fabric-taped, mounted on a brass base plate, and wax-potted for micro phonic suppression. The output wire is 4-conductor plus ground, allowing versatile custom coil-tapping, series/parallel, and phase switching options to expand your sound.

Bridge models: 12.04K ohms, 2.015" pole piece spread
Neck models: 8.7K ohms, 1.97" pole piece spread

http://neptunepickups.bigcartel.com/product/quasar-nhb-102

03/21/2018

Dynamic and bold, the clarity and presence of the Pulsar humbucker is immediately apparent upon playing. The Pulsar is designed based on the cumulative specifications of some of the most famous pickups in modern music history. We analyzed the coveted pickups of some of the most well-known musicians around and designed our first contender for the title of best pickup ever.
Every artist is unique and the Pulsar responds incredibly well to changes in pickup height, volume, tone settings, amplifier selection, and individual playing style. Like we said, it's dynamic.

As with all our pickups the Quasar is hand-wound and inspected each step. The signed Inspection Card is included with each pickup as proof of our desire for unparalleled quality.

SPECS:
Alnico 5 magnets
AWG-42 coils
Fabric-taped, mounted on a brass base plate, and wax-potted for micro phonic suppression. The output wire is 4-conductor plus ground, allowing versatile custom coil-tapping, series/parallel, and phase switching options to expand your sound.

Bridge models: SECRET ohms, 2.015" pole piece spread
Neck models: SECRET ohms, 1.97" pole piece spread

http://neptunepickups.bigcartel.com/product/pulsar-nhb-103