The Fralin Sunbucker gives you 25% Humbucker tone and 75% Alnico Single Coil tone – with humbucker aesthetics. Enjoy a beefy, hum-cancelling single coil tone  – all with traditional humbucker looks. Thicker, darker, and louder than our Big Single, and clearer than our Pure P.A.F.

The Fralin Sunbucker® guitar pickup is a very snappy, bright sounding humbucker with a Single Coil vibe. Based on Lindy’s original design, the Sunbucker humbucker is clean, very articulate, and clear. You can expect a spanky, snappy clean tone that’s very articulate, unlike most modern humbuckers, while offering a lot of Single Coil tone. The Sunbucker has a medium output, which is very dynamic and expressive. Lindy created this pickup to help balance out very dark sounding guitars, or for those who want a bright, snappy tone with no hum.

Note:

As of 2025, we’ve changed the look and design of our Sunbuckers. Sunbuckers are now built with adjustable Alnico pole pieces for an authentic Fender Tone. If ordered with a Gold Cover, we build the Sunbucker with Alnico slugs and gold screws to retain the traditional Humbucker appearance.

Features:

• Adjustable Alnico Pole Pieces for an authentic Fender Tone
• 75% Single Coil tone, 25% Humbucker
• Clear, Clean, Articulate sounding Guitar Pickups
• Late, smooth breakup
• Bright wound strings, pure-sounding plain strings
• Made by hand, one at a time

Very bright, clear, and articulate. Sunbuckers will stay clean as it won’t break up as early as modern humbuckers, and you’ll find that it’s spanky and plucky. Built with AlNicCo V and 42-gauge plain enamel wire, this guitar pickup is an excellent solution to a dark-sounding humbucker in the neck position, or for those who are chasing after a single-coil tone with no hum.

When playing clean, you’ll find that this guitar pickup sounds very much like a single-coil: it’s incredibly dynamic, bright, and snappy. With distortion, you’ll find that the smooth and late, with a pronounced pick attack and pure-sounding plain strings and bright wound strings.

Specification:

Looking for Ohm Readings? This pickup features a unique design where the ohm readings can vary tremendously based on the choices you make. The output matches most modern pickups, like our Pure P.A.F.

Specification:

Neck Polarity:    Reversible with 3-Conductor Lead
Bridge Polarity:    Reversible with 3-Conductor Lead
Magnet Material:    USA-Made Alnico 5
Wire Material:    USA-Made 43-Gauge Single Poly Nylon
Baseplate Material:    USA-Made Nickel Silver
Cover Material:    USA-Made Nickel Silver
Pole Piece Material:    USA-Made Steel
Bobbin Material:    ABS Plastic
Recommended Pot Value:    250K
Wax Potted:    Yes