We’ve recently started working with Advanced Plating in the USA, and we’re proud to have a few of their specialist covers on the shelves at Axesrus – and one of their offerings we couldn’t pass up, was their “vintage old stock” finish.

The idea behind this finishes is “it’s a cover that was made decades ago, and has been sat in the stores, untouched and unplayed” – so we’ve got a VERY high quality German Silver cover, perfectly electroplated (without copper!), but its been left to oxidise.

The old firebird pickup is very different to most "normal" humbuckers, and actually uses a pair of bar magnets in place of any steel poles, so we carry a kit to rebuild or repair that style of pickup.

Closed faced Mini humbuckers are associated with one guitar usually - the Gibson® Firebird! They actually turn up on a few other makes and models, but its the Firebird® we all think of when we see this style of cover/pickup.

The pickups in that guitar, originally, were actually a bit of a departure from what had been before - rather then using a bar magnet and steel poles (either poke screws and slug, ala a "normal HB", Pole Screws and steel bars, ala a "traditional mini HB" or even the modern Firebird offerings, which simply use 2 steel bars!) the real deal Firebird® Mini humbucker used 2 bar magnets, slotted into the housings on the bobbins.

These Mini Humbucker Rings are made from gloss PVC plastic in a choice of Black or Ivory, and are available in 16.5mm or 9mm high.

Full Thread, slot head bolts used to mount a humbucker through the pickguard or mounting ring.
Available in Nickel, 33mm thread lengths

Full Thread, Phillips, Dome head bolts used to mount a humbucker through the pickguard or mounting ring.
Available in Chrome, Black,Nickel, Cosmo or Gold, in both 24mm and 30mm thread lengths

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Base for traditional style mini humbuckers, but with 12 pole screws - not to be confused with Filtertron® size pickups, the mini humbucker normally turns up on Gibson® and Epiphone guitars, and is considerably smaller then a normal humbucker.

Completely Flat Metal Mini Humbucker Ring

Please note - these rings will fit any Axesrus Mini Humbucker with or without a cover, but this may not be the case for other manufacturers - so its worth making certain your humbucker to no larger then the internal dimensions.

Completely Flat Metal Mini Humbucker Ring

Please note - these rings will fit any Axesrus Mini Humbucker with or without a cover, but this may not be the case for other manufacturers - so its worth making certain your humbucker to no larger then the internal dimensions.

Completely Flat Metal Mini Humbucker Ring

Please note - these rings will fit any Axesrus Mini Humbucker with or without a cover, but this may not be the case for other manufacturers - so its worth making certain your humbucker to no larger then the internal dimensions.

These are the bar magnets commonly found in Gibson® firebird mini humbuckers - used as a magnetic pole within the bobbin, resulting in a very different tone.

Base for traditional style mini humbuckers - not to be confused with Filtertron® size pickups, the mini humbucker normally turns up on Gibson® and Epiphone guitars, and is considerably smaller then a normal humbucker.

These Mini Humbucker Base Plates come in a choice of Nickel or Brass.

These are the "traditional" Mini humbucker bobbins - weirdly, a lot more generalized then normal humbucker bobbins, allowing for much more customisation on the construction of the pickup, but ultimately, forcing you to always have a cover on a Min-bucker.

This is the "reflector plate" that sits on top of the bobbins on a mini
humbucker which has bar magnet poles, as seen on the Gibson® Firebird.

This is the "reflector plate" that sits under the bobbins on a mini
humbucker which has bar magnet poles, as seen on the Gibson® Firebird.

Steel rail pole to be used on a traditional build mini humbucker