Brickhouse Toneworks

Brickhouse Toneworks

North Carolina, USA
Brickhouse Toneworks offers a fresh, distinct voice in the boutique pickup market. It is the passion project of David Shepherd, an industry veteran bringing decades of experience and a client list featuring legends like Johnny Winter, Alex Lifeson, and Billie Joe Armstrong, along with renowned guitar technicians such as Rene Martinez (known for his work with SRV, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, and Prince). David's commitment to quality is evident as he builds each pickup using hand-selected materials and proven winding techniques. This meticulous attention to detail surpasses expectations, resulting in touch-sensitive, harmonically rich pickups that are defined by their exceptional clarity and feel.
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Brickhouse Toneworks

Spellbound Strat Pickup

Spellbound Strat Pickup

$109.00
$109.00
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Product Description

Piano Like Strat Tone - Where Every Note Rings True

Brickhouse Toneworks pickup designer David Shepherd's passion for Stratocaster pickups ignited a lifelong pursuit of tonal excellence, culminating in the Spellbound Strat Pickup. Combining decades of expertise, this pickup delivers a remarkably open and dynamic sound profile—bold and expansive, with no compression. It captures every nuance with piano-like clarity and warmth, enriching both lows and highs with exceptional fidelity without being harsh. These pickups don't merely respond; they resonate with uncompromising honesty, faithfully translating your playing into pure tone. For those seeking refined tonal control and a versatile palette, the Spellbound Strat offers unmatched clarity and expressive freedom.

For those seeking total control over tone shaping through their amp and effects, these pickups stand unrivaled. The bridge pickup is particularly exceptional: slightly overwound and equipped with a Telecaster-style steel baseplate to enhance mids, lows, and output. This design grants it remarkable versatility, effortlessly spanning from rich, clean Telecaster tones to intense, sustaining P-90-inspired sounds perfect for blues and rock.

 

 

Specifications

-Cast Alnico 5 Magnets (Refined Vintage Stagger)
-Fiberboard Bobbin Material (Precision Cut To Spec In House)
-Vintage Cloth Covered Push Back Leads
-Lightly Potted
-Neck/Middle: 5.9k (Average)
-Bridge: 6.4k (Average)
-Made In USA

Details That Matter:
The middle pickups are RWRP (Reverse Wound Reverse Polarity) so that you can achieve hum-canceling in positions 2 and 4 of a 5-way switch. This is a modern advantage that comes standard with all of our single coils. Also, unlike vintage strat pickups, the magnet stagger is refined and calibrated to offer a more perfect balance in output from one string to the next.

Notes About Magnet Stagger:
The polepiece/magnets are fixed in height and cannot be adjusted. Choose Right Handed for a right handed magnet stagger and choose Left Handed for a left handed magnet stagger. Each magnet is set to a specific height in order to respond evenly in output from one string to the next when using standard electric guitar strings with a plain unwound 3rd string.

20+ Years of Tonal Mastery

True boutique quality isn't learned overnight; it is forged over decades at the workbench. David Shepherd, the master builder behind Brickhouse Toneworks, brings over 20 years of expertise to every coil he winds. By crafting in small batches in the USA, David ensures each set possesses its own unique musical character. Installing a Brickhouse isn’t just an upgrade—it’s wiring twenty years of tonal mastery directly into your guitar.

Vintage DNA, Premium Components

Each pickups is handcrafted in small batches using hand-selected materials: premium alnico magnets, period-correct wire, and components chosen purely for their tonal contribution. For vintage-spec models, David faithfully recreates the construction methods and materials that made those classic tones legendary. This uncompromising approach delivers what players feel the moment they strike the first chord—touch-sensitive response, harmonic richness, and clarity that reveals every nuance of your playing.

Two Names, One Standard of Excellence

Great partnerships are built on shared values. The Art of Tone and Brickhouse Toneworks both believe that premium materials, vintage-correct components, and exceptional craftsmanship aren't optional—they're essential to achieving great tone. We sought a builder who shares our obsession with quality and our conviction that every detail matters. In David Shepherd, we found exactly that. His handcrafted pickups reflect the same no-compromise philosophy we bring to curating premium guitar parts. Together, we're committed to one thing: putting the electronics for your dream tone directly in your hands.