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The HUMBUCKERS Range

 

100% handmade microphones in the USA in California until July 2015 and since August 2015 in South Carolina.

 

Joce and Tammie Dominger have been working as a duo for years in making "boutique" microphones with the aim of bringing you the best possible microphones you can find, and for that they do not count  leur time spending hours on each microphone. The best parts will only be used for the realization of the microphones and each microphone is unique! Lifetime warranty .

          Following the current exchange of the Dollar, Dominger rates increase on 01/06/22

 

 

Blues - Classic rock - Southern rock 

 

The 58 CUSTOM    

  

Hand-built in the spirit of the legendary humbuckers of the late 50's with the best alnico V magnets and wire,

this is our “PAF-style” humbucker, inspired by Seth Lover and that sublime Les Paul sound of yesteryear.

 As you would expect, this set delivers unreal clarity. If you yearn for that sweet, warm vintage tone made possible

by random winding and magnets custom-made to Joce's specifications, look no further.

The clean straight sound is magic. When played with distortion, the transparency remains, the attack is straight and accurate,

with singing midrange, crystal highs and tight bass. This set works especially well with pedals, allowing the low end to thump and the high end to soar. 

The Custom 58' features moderate output and huge tone. Its carefully-engineered balance of mids will add body and depth to your sound.

We are confident that this set will change your idea of what a humbucker is capable of!

 

Specs:Bridge (10.5K) Neck (7 - 8K) Alnico 5  /115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

The  WHISKYSSIPPI

 

This Custom set is specifically designed to give you a rich warm creamy tone with a great clarity. 

Whiskyssippi brings body to your sound, makes it bigger and more expressive. 

This custom set is for those that love warm tone, with moderate output, softer attack, great voicing, and vibrant midrange. 

With its unique bobbin design and high-grade magnets, this set is definitely the choice for the player who wants a warmer, and livelier tone.

 

Specs: Bridge ( 8-9K) Neck ( 7-8K ) / Alnico 2 /  115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

THE O'60

 

The O'60 bridge humbucker is a warm, vintage hot humbucker style pickups

Based on the pickups used in LA in the late 70's early 80's by some famous and session players. 

The O'60 delivers a round tone, singing voice, soft highs, brown sound in one word,

it's a moderate output pickup, perfect for blues, rock, early Van Halen tones..

The O'60 reacts perfectly to the volume control of the instrument, giving some thickness and clarity to the tone,

no mud at all, beautiful shades when played with an overdrive. 

The O'60 never compresses the sound, keeps the clarity while giving a great mid range, can be used as well for bridge or neck positions. 

 

Specs:Bridge-Neck (7.50-8K), Alnico 2 /  115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

The  BROWN BOURBON
 

Sebastien Garsia, asked us for a neck humbucker with burning mid range to go with his Raw bridge.

Sebastien wanted a sound like an ES-335 on fire. 
The Brown Bourbon delivers a full tone, singing mid range, soft basses and highs, extremely musical,

that works perfectly used at the bridge or the neck position, also splits perfectly without getting weak or harsh, never.
When used at the bridge position, the Brown Bourbon will give you killer tones for blues, rock, and for a great versatility

it's killer paired with a Custom '58 neck model, the Whiskyssippi neck model kills everything also with it, it stays in the same general tonal direction. 

 

Specs:Bridge-Neck (9.50K), Alnico 2 /  115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

 The RISING SUN ( Bridge )

 

This ballsy humbucker is a really boosted PAF with soft highs, great voicing and warm tone expanding

the singing mid range with more natural string vibrations. 

Spongy bass, growl tone without the mud,  shinning harmonics and great dynamic,

the Rising Sun  is created for the player who needs a burning custom humbucker to push is playing

with the characteristics of the old PAF and the power of it's unique design.

Ideal for Blues, Rock, Jazz, this custom pickup will work perfectly associated with a Whiskeysippi alnico II humbucker

at the neck position for an absolute mellow ultimate set

 

Specs:Bridge  ( 15 - 15.5 K ) , Alnico 2 / 115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

 The ALNICO SPECIAL V

                 

The Alnico Special V neck model has an unreal clarity and presence

that will change your vision of a humbucker. Unique pickup with an incredible musicality,

designed for the player who needs a versatile humbucker with an absolute killer tone.
The Alnico Special V bridge model is balanced you give a rich, warm and singing tone, full of details and harmonics.

It has the perfect mix between warm and clarity, this magic touch that will bring three dimensional tone in your playing

 

Specs :Bridge ( 13 - 14 K ) Neck ( 11 - 11.50 K )  / 115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

Power Blues - Rock & Hard Rock - Garage Rock - Punk Rock -

Early Metal - Heavy Metal - Fusion - Stoner Rock

 

 

The FLAMING PEPPER

 

The Flaming Pepper humbucker gives you that gorgeous holy-grail PAF tone, but injects more power, sustain and distortion into the equation.

The Pepper is versatile yet dynamic, with a great midrange for harmonics and a tight high end. 

This pickup never fails to cut through the mix with its distinctive midrange attack. 

The alnico magnet and custom wind design give it compressed dynamics, an enhanced harmonic structure, and punchy bass. 

Ideal for drop-tunings: never "mushes out.” If you want more power, longer sustain and faster grind, this is your go-to.

 

Specs:Bridge (15 - 15.5K) Neck (13K), Alnico 5  /  115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

 

The Smoking Hog (ex: Hummelbucker)

 

The Smoking Hog  is a  hard- rocking custom humbucker custom-designed for Markus Hummel, head luthier of Peacekeeper Guitars, California.  We helped him realize a dream: a secret weapon that would be worthy of the beautiful custom guitars he crafts:

a special humbucker with a unique tone and dynamic. The result is a spectacular pickup with powerful open tone, tight bass, great natural and pick-harmonics, dynamic, extremely accurate and musical.

Markus asked us for a powerful humbucker set overflowing with sick pick-harmonics and extreme definition.

After much hard work, the Hummelbucker was born, and the result is killer! If it's good enough for Markus, we are positive you will love it.

 

Specs: Bridge (14 - 14.5  K) , Neck ( 12.5 - 13 K ), Ceramic  /115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

The RIDER

 

Perfect for rock, heavy rock, The Rider has burning mids and the open tone that will let you play from beautiful cleans to powerful leads.

With no compression and a very accurate, this moderate/big output humbucker is calibrated

for the player who needs a versatile pickup with a great voicing, a perfect balance between warmth and clarity. 

Driven by a high grade ceramic magnet and 15k to 15.5k resistance, The Rider humbucker  will rock your soul!

ceramic magnets

 

Specs:Bridge ( 15 - 15.5 K ) Neck ( 10 - 10.5 K )  /  115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

Power Rock  -  Hard rock / Heavy Metal - Death Metal - Prog Metal -

Djent - Nu Metal - Doom - Indus Metal - 

 

 

The RAW

 

From great cleans to insane leads, this is an incredibly versatile humbucker. Tone, dynamics, voicing, and precision are unmatched.

This Raw gives you the power, the musicality, the screaming harmonics and balance you need to rock the world. 

With a big high grade ceramic bar magnet, its unique coil structure with a whopping 17k resistance (bridge),

this pickup will push your playing and your amplifier beyond the limits. Works perfect with drop tunings without going all muddy on you.

Intended for coil-splitting: the single-coil sounds are way more interesting than you might think: get those switches ready, you'll wanna tap these Domies!

 

Specs: Ceramic magnets 115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

The BUCKING BULL

 

Hang on tight, this set is not for the faint of heart!

Designed to deliver more power than active pickups while retaining the soul of passive pickups,

the Bucking Bull sports a high-octane, red-hot but truly organic sound: balanced, accurate, musical, and more three-dimensional than you can imagine. Whatever type of guitar you own, whatever wood it's constructed of, these pups will turbocharge your act.

 

Specs: Bridge  ( 19 - 20 K ) , Neck ( 13 - 14 K ), Ceramic magnets /  115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

The Metal Sets ( approved by Ampsguitar shop )

 

 

The DESERT FALCON set

 

This 100% Metal set was designed by J.Dominger at my request to get everyone to agree on the question: Active or Passive?

A huge gain, an organic sound, the grain of the definition, the game "with the knob" takes on its full meaning

because the potential of the micro bridge is huge in terms of versatility, dynamics and precision...

Coupled with the neck pickup (Raw) this set offers everything you dream of, whether in double or split mode!

An incredible "clean" sound in split-coil, and in the central position (2 microphones) one would swear to have piezos..

Extremely versatile, this Metal set will take you from Country (splitt) to Djent-Metal without losing its Killer soul!!

This set is regularly ridden by Mayones on Setius-Regius-Duvell-Legend directly in Poland.

Available in 6 and 7 string versions

 

Specs: Bridge ( 19.5 - 20 K ) Neck ( 13.5 - 14 K )  / 225 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

The STRAIGHT SHOOTER set

 

Second set 100% Metal designed by JD on my request.

This set is very close to the Desert Falcon, only the neck pickup is different. Designed for players who want a "cooler" and "rounder" sound on the neck. As much versatility as the DF if not more...It will open the doors to fusion and Metal prog...but also to Djent...

Available in  6 and 7 string version!

 

Specs: Bridge (19.5 - 20K) Neck (8.5 - 9K) /225 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

The "From Hell"  set

 

Metal - rock set consisting of a Bucking-BULL (bridge) and an Alnico Special 5 (neck)

Still a lot of versatility with a lot of punch in the neck (AS 5).

Positions itself between the Straight Shooter and the Bucking Pepper

 

Specs: Bridge (19.5 - 20k), Neck (11 - 11.5k) /225 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

The BUCKING - PEPPER set

 

Metal set consisting of a Bucking-Bull (Bridge) and a Flaming Pepper (Neck)

From "Hot-rodded" blues to Djent - Current Death ...

An amazing mix!!

 

Specs: Bridge (19.5 - 20 K) Neck (13 - 13.5 K) /225 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

 

 

 

News 2019 - 2020 

 

The Angel King : 

 

Lower output humbucker able to deliver a high level of sound, the Angel King is an ultimate weapon for the player who is looking for an incredible definition, articulation, versatility and musicality. It never compresses the sound, offers a crazy dynamic to the attack, the bass is tight while very responsive. Crystal clear transparency, human dynamic, very sensitive to the pick attack and the instrument controls, a clarity out of this world, exceptional definition with the precision of a competition weapon, this pickup is not for everyone but is definitely the master of clarity.

Specs: Bridge ( +- 8.5 K  ) Neck ( +-8 K ) ceramic magnet   / 115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

The Slasher: 

Slasher set High output set with cannonball harmonics, open tones humbuckers, tight bass, singing mid range, twangy split at the bridge, bright split with the neck model, pure strat neck split. Some say it's the humbucker set of a lifetime, some are designing guitars around it, I'd just say it delivers a musicality, clarity and harmonics you don't expect at all. This humbucker set cuts, slashes when played with a distortion, and delivers a full tone with a clear sound, turns the sound into fire when played with an overdrive, has wings with a distortion, it's going to take you to the stratosphere with it's open tones that you can calibrate exactly the way you want, it's unique harmonics that hit you like cannonballs, its killer precision, acurancy, versatility, it's an ultimate rock set and so much more.

Specs: Bridge ( +- 14.5 K  ) Neck ( +- 14 K ) ceramic magnet  /  115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

The Warlord: 

Warlord set Extreme power and output, thick tones, calibrated high frequencies while extremely detailed, articulated, doesn't compress the sound, keeps the versatility even if designed for high gain at first, the Warlord set is the master of gain and is going to turn your instrument into a killing machine without any compromise. With a distortion, you can feel this set has an internal combustion, some fire that makes it the master of disaster. It keeps a crazy clarity and definition while melting your face, it's internal afterburner is going to make the war to end all wars.

Specs: Bridge ( +- 19 K  ) Neck ( +- 14 K ) ceramic magnet  / 115 euros piece  (open-coil black / cream / white / zebra)

 

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