Lundgren guitar pickups
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Lundgren Guitar Pickup's is a Swedish manufacturer of guitar and bass guitar pickups formed in 1990 by Johan Lundgren and situated in Jönköping
. The company provides pickups for companies and luthiers such as the Ibanez
's Custom Shop, Halkan Guitars, Conklin Guitars, Nevborn Guitars, Crimson Guitars as well as private customers. Along with their lineup of production pickups the company also custom makes, rewinds and repair older pickups. Pickups are available as single coil
s, humbucker
s and P-90
s wound with either formvar wire, plain enamel wire or polysol wires. Lundgrens PAF-style humbuckers are built after analyzing the originals from 1957 and 1958 and built with a vintage 1957 wounding machine.
Distributors
Jönköping
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. The company provides pickups for companies and luthiers such as the Ibanez
Ibanez
is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...
's Custom Shop, Halkan Guitars, Conklin Guitars, Nevborn Guitars, Crimson Guitars as well as private customers. Along with their lineup of production pickups the company also custom makes, rewinds and repair older pickups. Pickups are available as single coil
Single coil
A single coil pickup is a type of magnetic transducer, or pickup, for the electric guitar and the electric bass. It electromagnetically converts the vibration of the strings to an electric signal...
s, humbucker
Humbucker
A humbucker is a type of electric guitar pickup, first patented by Seth Lover and the Gibson company, that uses two coils, both generating string signal. Humbuckers have higher output than a single coil pickup since both coils are connected in series...
s and P-90
P-90
The P-90 is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson since 1946. Having a more complex architecture and larger dimensions than Fender's single coils, it is occasionally mistaken for a humbucker.- History :...
s wound with either formvar wire, plain enamel wire or polysol wires. Lundgrens PAF-style humbuckers are built after analyzing the originals from 1957 and 1958 and built with a vintage 1957 wounding machine.
Notable users
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- Backyard BabiesBackyard BabiesBackyard Babies are a rock band, from Nässjö, Sweden. The band was formed in 1987 and over the years they have released five studio albums and won a Swedish Grammy. The band is now located in Stockholm, Sweden.... - Charlie SextonCharlie SextonCharles Wayne Sexton is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for the 1985 hit Beat's So Lonely and as the guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band from 1999 to 2002 and since 2009...
- Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly... - Chrissie HyndeChrissie HyndeChristine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde is an US musician best known as the leader of the rock/new wave band the Pretenders. She is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and has been the only constant member of the band throughout its history.-Early life and career:Hynde is the daughter of a part-time...
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- KentKent (band)Kent is a Swedish alternative rock band founded in Eskilstuna in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet , and Havsänglar... - Anders WendinAnders WendinAnders Wendin is a Swedish pop musician, best known for his solo project Moneybrother.-Career:After the split-up of his punk rock band Monster, Wendin took a new direction and released Moneybrother's debut album Blood Panic in 2003. His second album, To Die Alone, was released in 2005...
- Moneybrother - Pugh RogefeldtPugh RogefeldtPugh Rogefeldt, real name Anders Sture Torbjörn Rogefeldt , is a Swedish singer, musician, guitarist and songwriter.-Biography:...
- Tosin AbasiTosin AbasiTosin Abasi is a Washington DC based virtuoso guitarist who is best known for playing in the instrumental progressive metal band Animals As Leaders. Before Animals as Leaders was formed, he was the guitarist for the technical metalcore band Reflux...
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Distributors
- European Distribution handled directly by Lundgren Pickups.