Artec Hot EB style neck pickup

[cstar]

Anyone know where I can get these?

http://www.diyguitars.net/Artec_Cus..._Pickup_30K_Ohms_Chrome/p1749502_8305260.aspx

They are out of stock on this site. AllParts carries similar pickups but I want to find some true sidewinder pickups, and as far as I know, the new AllParts ones are wound to 1.2K ohms, whereas the old ones were around 30k..?

Thanks, C

 

[JimmyM]

I was just discussing that with a dude today. They're close to $200 but apparently www.curtisnovak.com has a really super sidewinder that sounds like the old ones and not like these cheeseball new ones.

 

[T-34]

Anyone know where I can get these?

http://www.diyguitars.net/Artec_Cus..._Pickup_30K_Ohms_Chrome/p1749502_8305260.aspx

They are out of stock on this site. AllParts carries similar pickups but I want to find some true sidewinder pickups, and as far as I know, the new AllParts ones are wound to 1.2K ohms, whereas the old ones were around 30k..?

Thanks, C

I had one (an Artec) few years ago and I don't recommend this pickup. It had multiple design problems:
The magnets were glued in the wrong direction so instead of humbucking it behaved like two single coils in series and hummed like hell.
The steel core was too thin and was bending, kicking the coils out of alignment.
The threaded metal thing where 4 adjustment screws go, was glued to the steel core, it didn't took long for it to work itself undone and the pickup just exploded into bits and pieces.

Maybe these are better made now, but I wouldn't take the risk anymore.