| Thorndal
Pickups
CADCAM
series: high tech used for the production of electromagnetic pickups
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Philosophy |
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Thorndal
pickups are the result of a longstanding developmental work from
musicians for musicians. Our research's aim was and is the sound
optimization of electromagnetic pickups. For this purpose, guitar
players of different styles constantly test and evaluate our prototypes.
The statements are documented and carefully analyzed. The outcome:
an enormous wealth of experience about the coherences between sound
features and the production technique or and the materials (such
as wire gauge, number of turns, winding system ...).
So we developed an extensive assortment of different pickups - for
every musician's taste! |
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Production |
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Thorndal
Pickups were developed by luthier Gregor Olbrich, Maroldsweisach,
Germany in cooperation with consulting engineer Frank Schoepf,
Niefern, Germany.
Thorndal pickups are wound on specially designed CNC-controlled
winders. They do the computer exact production of the computer-designed
CADCAM series pickups. The use of these machines guarantees the
optically exact winding, minimized tolerances and reduced processing
time. |
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Series |
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SINGLECOILS |
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SRV (Single Retro Vintage) |
clean
and dry tone, ideal for 50s vintage sound fans; also available as
rwrp model |
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Mojo Blues |
warm
60s sound with high definition harmonics; prevails without being
obstrusive; also available as rwrp model |
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DC |
modern
powerful pickup with satisfying high output |
| P
51 M |
bridge-PU
with power and warmness, a lot of mids and high output; also available
as rwrp model; additional coil-shifter on demand |
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HUMBUCKER
(all available with or without cover) |
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3.1 |
neck
humbucker; for warm, but clear sounds without muffling |
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3.2 |
the
ultimative bridge humbucker for individualists in search of perfection:
more aggressive variety, with peak in higher mids |
| 3.3 |
bridge
humbucker; the ideal supplement to 3.1 with a bit more power; |
| 3.5
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low
power neck pickup, but big bluesy sound; full, open, transparent;
also ideal for Jazz sounds; |
| 3.7
Beta |
similar
to old PAFs; definitely more mids; for singing overdrive sounds,
especially on bridge position
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more
pickup types on demand (P 90, bass PU's ...) |
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| The
Sets |
| SET |
COMPOSITION |
RANGE
OF USE |
| Hot Crossover |
P 51
Bridge / DC Mid / Mojo Blues Neck |
from
Fat Distortion to BluesRock |
| Fat Crossover |
P 51
Bridge + 2x Mojo Blues |
Fat Distortion
Bridge-PU-Sound |
| Xtreme
Crossover |
P 51
Bridge / Mojo Blues Mid / SRV Neck |
from
high gain to pure vintage |
| Medium
Crossover |
DC Bridge
+ 2x Mojo Blues |
Medium
Distortion Bridge-PU-Sound |
| 70s Crossover |
DC Bridge
/ Mojo Blues Mid / SRV Neck |
Pinker
70s Sound like Gilmour |
| Mojo
Blues |
3 x Mojo
Blues |
Blues,
Bluesrock, Southern Rock |
| Dry Crossover |
SRV Neck
+ 2x Mojo Blues |
Stevie
Ray-Sound at its best |
| Country
Crossover |
SRV Neck
+ Mojo S Mid + Mojo T Bridge |
Country |
| Vintage
Crossover |
Mojo
S Bridge + 2x SRV |
50s Sound
with bite |
| SRV |
3x SRV
S |
Surf,
Twäng, Country, Rock’n Roll |
| High
Power Set |
Mojo
T + Mojo S + SRV |
from
ACDC to BluesRock |
| Mojo
Country Set |
2 x Mojo
T |
Blues,
Bluesrock, Southern Rock |
| SRV Country
Set |
SRV T
Bridge; Mojo T Neck |
Country |
| BluesRock
Set |
3.3 +
2 x Mojo S |
universal
for Rock and Blues |
| Classic
Rock Set |
3.3 +
3.1 (splitable) |
Classic
Rock toBlues |
| Rockabilly
Set |
3.3 +
3.5 (splitable) |
for clean
and crunchy sounds
(non-buzzing substitutes for Simglecoils S & T) |
| Twang
Set |
3.1 +
3.5 |
for clean
and crunchy sounds á la Live at Leeds |
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The
Choice |
So
the reasons for choosing Thorndal pickups are obvious: |
tone:
developed by guitar players for guitar players
quality: 100% made
in Germany, minimal tolerances
production: use
of high tech |
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