Seven string single coils aren't exactly common, and when they do turn up, they're usually used as a "crutch" along side a coil split humbucker to give a "Pseudo-Strat Pos 2/4" tone - so, whilst they not often in high demand in the same way 7 string humbuckers are, they do still exist, and, honestly? They're a rich vein to explore, being capable of producing signals VERY similar to that of their 6 string counter parts.

Pickups for the Fender® Jaguar® are, essentially, just single coils - they've got slightly weird covers, and they borrow the idea of a steel plate with "wings" from the Burns Trisonic, but, on the whole, they're fairly straight forward, with very little in the way of variation from the original design. One of those pickups that was designed, and never really changed.

The Fender® Jazzmaster® pickup, was the Fender® take on a P90 - a short, wide coil! Requiring quick a few specific parts, but, really? Its just a short fat single coil that's capable of producing an incredibly bright signal. Much like the Jaguar®, the design never really saw much variation after the initial design, but its so iconic, that its never really needed revisiting.

The Fender® Mustang® (and its predecessors, the Duosonic® and Musicmaster®, which used the same pickups) debuted in the sixites as a "student friendly" instrument, and importantly, it used parts that already existed. They are, as with most pickups for Fender® guitars, single coils - even to the point that early versions where just Strat® pickups with the poles pressed "through" to allow for the close faced covers to be fitted. Very simple pickups traditionally, but, because they are, essentially, the same as a Stratocaster®, they're capable of being customised in exactly the same ways.

I could write a book on pickup parts for the Telecaster®! Traditionally, the guitar uses 2 wildly different pickups, one is a large single coil with a metal base, the other is a small single coil with a metal cover, both producing wildly different signals. Where most single coils have seen very little variation throughout the years, the Telecaster® has seen dozens of changes to its pickups. From single things like board colour and coil length, through to different base materials, covers and pole diameters. The skies the limit when it comes to designing this style of pickup.

Noise cancelling/noiseless/stacked single coils, strictly speaking, aren't really single coils - they're almost humbuckers, and they're almost dummy coils. The design is quite clever in some ways, but also, quite limiting to what will work (and what will sound good!) but, if you know what your doing, then they can be very rewarding. Just be aware that they wont sound like "true" single coils - coil geometry and phase cancellation inherent to the design means that, really, we should be treating them as their own thing.

True Single Coils, whilst not the pickup that started it all in terms of guitars, they're most certainly where people start their journey into pickup winding. Very simple technology, but, because they've been ever present on guitars from many different manufacturers over the years, with many different requirements and designs, there's a baffling depth of variation to play with. From simple things like covers and coil length, through to pole diameter, magnet grade and base plates.

Burns® have made a few "types" of pickups over the years, and, honestly, alot of the more modern offerings, are very similar to Strat® single coils, or, they were very niche, seemingly extinct designs, like the Baldwin 700 series "humuckers", but this section is pretty much, top to bottom, dedicated to Trisonics®. A pickup i've heard described as "looking like it was designed by someone who's never seen a guitar", utilising "air coils" and a pair of bar magnets shoe horned inside of the coil - they're not a pickup i'd suggest starting your journey with, but they're an interesting, if somewhat archaic design.

Single coil sized humbuckers, sometimes called Hot Rails, are very small rail type humbuckers, That will fit into a single coil route, without any modification. Not without their limitations, but a great little pickup in the right situation. Just remember, that you will NEVER wind a pickup in the same style as you could on a normal humbucker kit - these are designed for high inductance, high resistance pickups. We carry all of the fibre boards, bobbins, rails and magnets here.