Anomaly Pickup Rings

Thoughtfully designed pickup hardware

In keeping with our British-made thread, designer Luke White sent me some sample sets of his Anomaly pickup rings after they had featured on the Seth Baccus Nautilus Classic we’d reviewed in issue 449.“All product design, manufacturing and packaging takes place in the UK,” he states on his classy website. “Ethical manufacture is something that we take very seriously and, as such, our packaging is fully recyclable and contains no plastics; printing is limited to a single colour to further reduce our impact.”

And these are rather good: a different, stylish and fresh take on the time-honoured humbucker mounting ring, with lightly convex tops, which are made from “highquality, impact-modified ABS for extreme durability” and that feature internal ribs for added strength, while the height-adjustment screws are recessed adding to the smooth, thought-through design.

Two styles are available: the Classic, not dissimilar to the proprietary-shaped pickup rings used on certain PRS models; and the more extreme Modern rings.The Classics are available in Classic Cream, Midnight Black or Cool White; the Modern in Classic Cream and Midnight Black only.The 6082 rings are billet machined aluminium, brushed and anodised in Black, Silver or Gold.

Tapered height or flat sets cost £25 for the Classic and Modern pair; the 6082s are not surprisingly more expensive at £69 in Classic style and £79 in Modern style.The 6082s are also available for seven-string guitars. www.anomalyguitar.com