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Ultrasonic pickups are a brand of magnetic guitar pickups developed and produced by Bill Lawrence in Germany. Ultrasonic pickups are passive pickups designed to have a very flat frequency response curve, without the mid hump delivered by most guitar pickups. Ultrasonic pickups were featured on some guitars in the Artfield and Maxxas series.

The pickups were produced for only a brief period (maybe six months) in the late 1980s.

Ultrasonic pickups box-rear

List of Ultrasonic pickups[]

Single-coil sized humbuckers[]

Ref 1[]

Ref 1
Brand: Ultrasonic
Construction: Single coil sized humbucker
Position: Neck / Middle
Output: Vintage
DC resistance: ~7.30 KΩ
Wiring: 4 conductor
Used in: None
Ultrasonic-pickups Ref1
Description: Vintage output. The perfect "rhythm" pickup.


Ref 2[]

Ref 2
Brand: Ultrasonic
Construction: Single coil sized humbucker
Position: Any
Output: Medium
DC resistance: ~10 KΩ
Wiring: 4 conductor
Used in: AFD40, AFD45
Ultrasonic-pickups Ref2
Description: Medium hot. Maximum versatility.


Ref 3[]

Ref 3
Brand: Ultrasonic
Construction: Single coil sized humbucker
Position: Bridge / Middle
Output: Hot
DC resistance: ~13 KΩ
Wiring: 4 conductor
Used in: None
Description: Searing hot. Distortion with definition.


Humbuckers[]

Ref 4[]

Ref 4
Brand: Ultrasonic
Construction: Humbucker
Position: Any
Output: Vintage
DC resistance: ~7.30 KΩ
Wiring: 4 conductor
Used in: None
Description: Vintage output. The perfect "rhythm" pickup.


Ref 5[]

Ref 5
Brand: Ultrasonic
Construction: Humbucker
Position: Any
Output: Medium
DC resistance: ~10 KΩ
Wiring: 4 conductor
Used in: None
Ultrasonic-pickups Ref5
Description: Medium hot. Maximum versatility.


Ref 6[]

Ref 6
Brand: Ultrasonic
Construction: Humbucker
Position: Any
Output: Hot
DC resistance: ~13 KΩ
Wiring: 4 conductor
Used in: AFD5, AFD25, AFD40, MX4, MX5
Ultrasonic-pickups Ref6
Description: Searing hot. Distortion with definition.


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