JPTR FX - SUPER NOVA Guitar Pickup

 A Pedal-Friendly High-Gain Pickup? YES!

Two years ago, NOVA Pickups custom wound a prototype pickup for us that can produce a balanced clean tone by rolling off the guitar volume and achieve the vintage high-gain preamp killer sound with just a slide on the volume pot.

In the 70s, guitarists would modify their super distortion pickups by changing the magnets to achieve a bigger dynamic range while retaining the power of overwound high-gain windings. We aimed to revive that idea and take it a few steps further with the use of modern magnets.

Essentially, it captures the old-school 70s and 80s high-gain sound before amps had 30 channels. With the guitar volume turned up fully, it boosts the amp like crazy, but not too much – just the perfect big push that works seamlessly with driven tube amps.

If you roll down the volume knob, you get a compressed clean tone. With an added boost pedal or fuzz pedal, you have the complete bandwidth of gain range ever existing. It works perfectly with pedals, never sounding too flabby and remains very bright in the highs without being harsh – it’s just powerful.

If you love the blast that a high-impedance overwound pickup gives you but always thought of it as a one-trick pony, this might change your mind. Due to the neodymium magnet, the SUPER NOVA is very dynamic and responsive to quiet and loud playing. Additionally, it has a slight vintage look (aged) so it doesn’t come off too new, blending seamlessly with a loved and well-played guitar.

We now offer 5 units ready to ship for you!

• Neodymium Magnet
• Old-school sound with very hot output
• Very wide dynamic range, highly sensitive
• 15K output
  
• Vaxed under Vakuum 
• Comes with recommended 500k CTS Potentiometer and 1NF Treblebleed