Caliber 6065

Handcrafted Tone

Wilkinson’s Vintage T, R series Caliber 6065 WVTB utilises all the knowledge we have garnered from producing pickups for over two decades to give you a T style bridge pickup that replicates the voice and vibe of the 60’s era T guitar.

Each Caliber 6065 WVTB pickup features Alnico V slug magnets that are mounted in black fiber top and bottom plates with a copper plated steel bottom keeper plate, before winding the assembly is clear lacquer coated, air dried and then wound with plain enamel AWG.42 gauge wire to our specific tolerances, we then wax pot each unit and wrap the coil with real white cotton for that authentic vintage vibe.

Voiced around T style guitars of the 60’s era the tone is slightly lower in output and brighter than our WVOB bridge pickup and features raised centre poles on the D and G string slugs.

R Series Creation

Trev Wilkinson’s induction into music was through the tones of what we now call iconic or legendary players, the sounds these artists produced inspired Trev’s playing and also his future in music.

While Hank Marvin’s use of vibrato peaked the young inventor’s interest in a device that would become such an integral part of the Wilkinson brand, the tone and sound created by Clapton, Beck, Green and other influential players was a massive influence as were the instruments and components that created these tones.

The R series of pickups is the result of years of listening to pickups, time spent with legendary inventors such as Seth Lover and Leo Fender discussing all aspects about sound, materials and production methods, add these ingredients to hours and hours of testing and tweaking and you have the R series, our finest pickups.

Specification

  • Model Caliber 6065 WVTB Bridge

  • Options Traditional White cotton wrap

  • Ohm reading 7.2k AVG, DC.

  • Magnets Alnico V 4.8mm diameter

  • Wire Gauge AWG42

  • Wiring 2 strand with cotton pushback wire

  • Wax Potted Yes