Introducing Black Winter Rails!

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They're here!

For those who crave relentless power in their tone, Black Winter Rails brings a ferocious new edge to our legendary Black Winter pickups. Built for the heaviest, most extreme metal genres, this evolution combines the crushing aggression of the original Black Winter with the modern advantages of rail design. The result is a passive pickup that delivers searing high-gain tones with even greater string-to-string balance, tightness, and sustain. Whether you’re shredding through fluid leads, executing thunderous palm mutes, or pushing the limits of drop tunings, the Black Winter Rails offers the clarity and control you need to dominate the mix.

The addition of rails to our Black Winter’s brutal triple-ceramic magnet foundation takes the original’s high-output intensity to a whole new level of precision and performance. By evenly distributing the magnetic field across all strings, the rail design ensures unparalleled balance, even under the heaviest distortion. This tightens up the low end for focused power, while extending sustain for screaming leads that demand attention. Whether you’re chugging through drop-tuned brutality or layering intricate chord progressions, the Black Winter Rails keeps every note defined, giving you the responsiveness demanded by modern metal players.

Black Winter Rails are available for both 6 and 7-string guitars. No matter if you’re executing crushing riffs or unleashing scorching solos, these pickups are ready to transform your tone. Handcrafted in Santa Barbara, CA, the Black Winter Rails deliver unmatched clarity, sustain, and power for the most extreme styles. Don’t just play: dominate. Upgrade today and experience the full potential of Black Winter Rails.
 
Sounds cool. Not sure I agree it's voiced the same, but it's a great sound. Seems like it's really a new model of pickup, to me.
 
Sounds cool. Not sure I agree it's voiced the same, but it's a great sound. Seems like it's really a new model of pickup, to me.

100%

I think the new "Rails" offerings should have been their own models entirely with unique names for the new sets.
 
i really liked that demo! killer playing and tone!

they only can go wrong at this point? if they wouldn't have named them the same, i can already hear the complaints: "they recycled their wind, it's just a black winter with rails instead of poles". I think it's good they named them the same, so i have a general idea wht's the difference between the rails models is, already
 
Well, it makes sense to link them somehow to existing models that already have a fanbase. Even if they are just 'variations on a theme'.

For marketing, sure. I get where they are coming from.

When are we gonna see the JB/Jazz Parallel Axis and Black Winter Parallel Axis sets?

:scratchch
 
For marketing, sure. I get where they are coming from.

When are we gonna see the JB/Jazz Parallel Axis and Black Winter Parallel Axis sets?

:scratchch

I'm all for it. I don't know what it would do to the recipe, but it might just be great!
 
i really liked that demo! killer playing and tone!

they only can go wrong at this point? if they wouldn't have named them the same, i can already hear the complaints: "they recycled their wind, it's just a black winter with rails instead of poles". I think it's good they named them the same, so i have a general idea wht's the difference between the rails models is, already

The wind is different - 17.9k vs 16.6k listed for the original BW - but I agree with you. If they're trying to create a "rails version" of a pickup and they tweak the specs to get it where they think it needs to be, there's no mileage in naming it something different, and I think that would just create more confusion.
 
I kinda wish they would switch to these black baseplates for everything.

Totally agree! I get long-legged baseplates with bulky square mounting tabs for vintage correct pickups, but the newer flat-bottom design with triangular ears is a better fit for 99% of today's guitars, including direct-mounted models and those that require narrower mounting tabs.

SD, are you listening? :arms:
 
Totally agree! I get long-legged baseplates with bulky square mounting tabs for vintage correct pickups, but the newer flat-bottom design with triangular ears is a better fit for 99% of today's guitars, including direct-mounted models and those that require narrower mounting tabs.

SD, are you listening? :arms:

You *can* get these baseplates as a Shop Floor Custom. But it should make its way to normal production. I would love them.
 
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