Tone Chart

Compare every IronGear pickup at a glance

DC resistance, magnet type, relative output and a one-line voice description for every pickup in the IronGear range — grouped by format. Click any pickup name for the full specs, soundclips and customer reviews.

Pickups for Stratocaster™

Single coils, vintage to dual-coil hot-rod.

Pickup Magnet Bridge DC Output Voice
Vintage 6TS AlNiCo II · staggered 6.4 kΩ Vintage Pure vintage chime, bell-like clarity, classic '50s/'60s Strat™
Pig Iron AlNiCo V 6.2 kΩ Medium Hank to Hendrix — classic Strat™ tone
Pig Iron Overwound AlNiCo II & V 9.2 kΩ Medium-Hi Hotter Strat™ wind — extra poke to push the front end
Texas Loco AlNiCo V 7.6 kΩ Medium-Hi Hotter Texas-blues Strat — thicker mids, more grunt
Smoke Stack II AlNiCo V 9.0 kΩ · 18.8 kΩ (1+2) Med / Very Hi Dual coil — standard Strat tone plus hot-rod second voice on tap

Pickups for Telecaster™

Single coils and dual-coil hot-rod sets for Tele.

Pickup Magnet Bridge DC Output Voice
Steel Foundry AlNiCo V 6.0 kΩ Medium Classic Tele twang — country, rock or punk
Steel Foundry Overwound AlNiCo II & V 9.1 kΩ Medium-Hi Hotter Tele wind — more bass & mids, still that Tele bite
Steel Twin II AlNiCo V 7.5 kΩ · 16.1 kΩ (1+2) Med / Very Hi Dual coil — clean Tele clarity plus hot-rod second voice

Hybrid pickups

Humbucker-sized P90s, single-coil-sized humbuckers and other crossover formats.

Pickup Format Magnet Bridge DC Output Voice
Alchemist 90 HB-sized P90 AlNiCo II 7.6 kΩ Medium Smoky vintage P90 in a humbucker route — gritty, articulate
Jailhouse Rail II SC-sized humbucker Y30 ceramic 12 kΩ High Hum-cancelling humbucker in a single-coil footprint — hot, full-range
Rolling Mill 2 Mini humbucker AlNiCo V 9 kΩ Medium Classic mini-humbucker — tight, focused, articulate

P90 soapbar

True P90 in soapbar housing.

Pickup Magnet Bridge DC Output Voice
Platinum 90 AlNiCo V 8.5 kΩ Medium-Hi Classic soapbar P90 — midrange bark, single-coil clarity

Humbuckers

Sorted lowest to highest bridge output. PAF-vintage on the top, monster ceramics at the bottom.

Pickup Magnet Bridge DC Output Voice
Tesla Shark AlNiCo II 8.53 kΩ Vintage Vintage PAF character — sweet AlNiCo II, classic rock
Blues Engine AlNiCo IV 8.6 kΩ Medium Classic PAF humbucker — blues, rock and everything between
Rolling Mill AlNiCo V 9.0 kΩ · 13 kΩ (OW) Med / High Modern PAF — sweet, soulful, Page-and-Kossoff territory
Steam Hammer Ceramic 15 kΩ High High-output rock — midrange power, top-end clarity
Hammer Head Ceramic 15 kΩ High Steam Hammer's sister — fatter bass, less top-end edge
Dirty Torque AlNiCo V 16.4 kΩ High Modded humbucker — thick, gritty, sustains for days
Hot Slag AlNiCo V 17 kΩ Very High Classic-rock bridge monster — punch, sustain, harmonics
Metal Machine Ceramic Y30 21 kΩ Maximum Aggressive, tight, articulate — modern metal, drop-tunings

For more details of the tone characteristics that aren't captured by output alone, click through to the pickup page and listen to the soundclips.