Bill Kelliher Hellbender Humbucker Pickup Set

7Reviews
$261.95 to $289.95
SKU: S3MBK433
Weight: 1.18 lb

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Humbucker

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Bill Kelliher, guitarist for the band Mastodon, worked with Mojotone to help create his ultimate signature pickup, Hellbender. The Hellbender is a raw and menacing beast with a capacity for the most visceral riffs intertwined with an articulate and open side for lush clean tones. This pickup set was designed for the duality of brutality and beauty. “Mastodon covers a wide array of sounds and tones, I needed a pickup that can pull off the gauntlet of tones needed for the band while leaving room to inspire new sounds.” Bill K. 

With complex tones comes complex design and innovation. The Hellbender's distributed coil design utilizes 2 different wire gauges for increased dynamics and smooth coil tapped tones. 2 different Alnico grades (2 & 5) are used to individually voice the neck and bridge pickups perfectly for complex tones and articulation with higher gain settings and inspiring clean tones. Finally ceramic magnets are blended in with the Alnico magnets to achieve tighter attack, more output, and just the right amount of sustain when kicked into overdrive.  

F-Spaced is for the bridge position only. All neck pickups are standard spaced. Choose F-Spaced for E to E string spacing wider than 2 inches at the saddles. Choose Standard spaced for anything 2 inches and under.
Neck: 11K
Magnet: Alnico 2 and Ceramic Blend
Lead: 4-Conductor
Potted: Yes
Output:
7
Bass:
6
Mids:
6.5
Treble:
5.5
Bridge: 19K
Magnet: Alnico 5 and Ceramic Blend
Lead: 4-Conductor
Potted: Yes
Output:
10
Bass:
7.5
Mids:
8
Treble:
4.5
 

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Ratings & Reviews

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8/16/2023 2:31 pm

Great Pickups

by James Hayes

I have several sets of Bill’s previous signature pickups in a couple different guitars so when these came out I wanted to give them a go. Initially, I was thrown off by how different they were from all the other pickups that I’m more accustomed to but shortly settled in with these and really like them. A lot of ‘metal’ pickups can kinda mask some of the characteristics of a guitar’s tone - these have a more medium output and allow the guitar’s tone to really shine - they also maintain a lot of clarity- strong upper mid presence and top end with out being harsh. 10/10 would recommend.

4/17/2023 12:38 pm

Terrific pickups

by DB -

These pickups are terrific. Along with the BKP Polymaths, they are the best set I’ve purchased in a long time.