Your Search for Mini-Humbuckers is Over | Lollar La Prima Mini-Humbuckers
Lollar Pickups returns to the channel with the La Prima Mini Humbuckers — and the BilT DK Ultra S.S. Zaftig is the perfect host. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
In this episode the Lollar La Prima Mini Humbuckers take center stage — installed in the BilT Guitars DK Ultra S.S. Zaftig, into the Cunningham Amps Custom 35 2x12" via the Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander. The Madsen Amplification Ge Boost features from 05:30 onward.
Buy a set of Lollar La Prima: https://www.lollarguitars.com/laprima
The Lollar La Prima was originally developed as a miniaturized version of the El Rayo humbucker — and while it shares the El Rayo's touch sensitivity and responsiveness, the tonal character is distinctly its own. Sweet chiming highs, scooped mids, tight low end. Neck 3.3K / Bridge 3.8K. No typical humbucker compression — the La Prima responds to subtle changes in picking technique and guitar volume in the way a well-voiced single coil does, while still canceling hum.
The BilT Guitars DK Ultra S.S. Zaftig is a chambered offset built from reclaimed old growth pine from the structural support beams of the BilT Guitars headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa — 300-year-old wood, now chambered and hollowed for acoustic resonance and light weight. The La Prima's open, articulate character has unusual space to develop in a chambered old growth pine body. Built by hand at BilT, no CNC machines.
The Madsen Amplification Ge Boost — Maynard Madsen's point-to-point Dallas Rangemaster-style NOS germanium boost from Camdenton, Missouri — features a three-way input cap selector (explored across its positions from 05:30) and pull-down resistors to eliminate footswitch pop. Originally a numbered limited run of 30 units. Explored with volume knob cleanup from 07:29.
🎸 Lollar Pickups: https://www.lollarguitars.com/laprima 🎸 BilT Guitars: https://biltguitars.com 🔊 Cunningham Amps: https://www.cunninghamamps.co.nz
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🎸 BilT DK Ultra S.S. Zaftig | 300-Year-Old Reclaimed Pine | Chambered | Lollar La Prima Mini-HB (Neck 3.3K / Bridge 3.8K) 🎛️ Madsen Amplification Ge Boost | NOS Ge | Dallas Rangemaster | 3-Way Cap Selector | Limited Run 🔊 Cunningham Amps Custom 35 2x12" | Boss Waza TAE
Recording: Universal Audio Apollo x4 | Ohma Ribbon | Lauten Audio LS-208 | Royer R121 & R10 | Ableton Live 12
