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Big Single Mini

Name: Big Single Mini
SKU: MH-BS
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.00 (32 reviews)

Fat, Round Single Coil Tone, No Hum

$180 – $360

Hum-Cancelling
Thick & Versatile
Unique Appearance
Vintage To High Output

Lindy Fralin Original Design

Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 32 customer ratings

(32 genuine reviews)

The Fralin Big Single Mini Humbucker is a new kind of Mini Humbucker that has a big, round single-coil sound with no hum. This Mini Humbucker has a Bar Magnet that gives you an authentic Single-Coil tone, with more thickness and roundness. With two variations, you can choose if you want this pickup to give you more of a single coil tone, or more of a humbucker tone.

To ensure proper operation of your Big Single, install the pickup with the lead exiting the treble side of the pickup, not the bass side.

Options

Customize your Big Single Mini:

Set or Single

Neck Output

Bridge Output

Type of Lead

Clear

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Features

The Big Single Mini is one of Lindy Fralin’s original designs. Based on his desire to improve the clarity of the humbucker design, Lindy created the Big Single. Lindy was pleased with this tone so much, that he worked it into a Mini Humbucker cover. With the Big Single, you’ll get a bouncy, round single-coil sound – with no hum. We pack a single-coil tone with a thick midrange into an eye-catching look.

Single-Coil Tone, in a Mini Humbucker footprint
100% hum-canceling design for noiseless performance
Lindy Fralin® Original Design
Two winding options: Big Single 42 and Big Single 43 for tonal customization
Compensated overwound bridge pickup for even volume across all positions
A dynamic, single-coil tone that is expressive and vibrant
Open and clear top-end sparkle
Soft, dynamic midrange
Wax potted to reduce microphonics and preserve pickup for years
10-Year Warranty on manufacturing defects

Sound & Video

The Big Single Mini® is in-between the tone of our P-92 and our Twangmaster®. It has a beefier, bolder tone than our Twangmaster®, but cleaner than our P-92. Treble strings sound warm and round, and wound strings sound bright, like all single-coil pickups. We can wind these pickups to two different outputs: Big Single 42 and Big Single 43.

The Big Single 42 will sound cleaner and brighter, and work well with 250K Pots. The Big Single 43 will seem thicker and darker and can work well with 500K pots.

Either output you choose, the Big Single Mini Sounds bouncy, rich, and full. Great for either clean playing or distortion, this pickup will break up a little earlier than our Twangmaster, and is great for anyone looking for a slimmer-sounding P-92.

Sound Samples for Big Single Mini:

Additional Outputs

We have 2 outputs of our Big Single Mini. Compare them below.

About these Sound Clips:

All sound samples are played from Neck Position First and Bridge Position Last.

Tonal Graph For Big Single Mini:

The tonal graph below for our Big Single Mini features Lows, Midrange, Highs, and general Output.

Big Single 42:

HIGHS

MIDS

LOWS

OUTPUT

Attack: Bright & Sharp

Big Single 43:

HIGHS

MIDS

LOWS

OUTPUT

Attack: Stiff & Percussive

Videos for Big Single Mini:

Tech Specs:

See below for the estimated DCR and Polarity Information for our Big Single Mini.

This pickup is hum cancelling and features reversible polarity if purchased with 2-Conductor With Shield Lead.

SPECIFICATION	VALUE
Neck Ohm Reading:	8.7K (42) \| 12.2K (43)*¹
Bridge Ohm Reading:	10K (42) \| 15.2K (43)*¹
Neck Polarity:	Hum Cancelling - Use 2-Conductor Lead when Buying a Single
Bridge Polarity:	Hum Cancelling - Use 2-Conductor Lead when Buying a Single
Magnet:	Flexible Ferrite Magnet
Coil:	USA-Made 42 / 43 Gauge Single Poly Nylon
Recommended Pot Value:	250K (42) \| 500K(43)
Cover Material:	USA-Made Nickel Silver
Baseplate Material:	USA-Made Nickel Silver
Recommended Cap Value:	0.02mfd²

Additional Technical Info:

¹ Ohm Readings can vary due to a multitude of factors, including ambient temperature, multimeter calibration, different wire batches, and other factors. Due to this, ohm readings are approximate. Learn more about Ohm Readings here.

² We recommend a 0.02mfd Cap Value on most guitar and bass pickups. The exception is a Magic Cap, which Lindy prefers on the Bridge Pickup of Fender® guitars only. Learn More about Caps Here.

*Due to unique design of pickup, ohm readings are not necessarily useful

Polarity Information:

Here's how we wind and magnetize our pickups:

This is a Hum Cancelling Pickup.

If you're buying a set from us, all pickups will work together seamlessly. If you're buying a single pickup, all you need to worry about is Coil Direction.

To ensure your pickup will work, make sure you select multiple leads (2-Conductor, 3-Conductor, or 4-Conductor if available), or the 3-Wire modification so you can reverse the coil direction, if need be.

Lead Options

See below for our Lead color codes. For help with matching to other manufacturers, check out this resource here.

Gibson Braided Lead

Gibson-Style instruments

Phase Reversible

Coil Splitting

Only select Gibson Braided Lead if you install these pickups as a **set into a Gibson-style instrument**. Examples of a Gibson-style instrument are the Gibson Les Paul, 335, or Telecaster Deluxe. These guitars have two Volume Pots and two Tone Pots.

Note:

Gibson Braided lead is not intended for Telecasters with a Control Plate. If the braiding touches anything, it will short it out.

2-Conductor Lead

Phase Reversible

Big Single Mini Dimensions:

Mini Humbucker Soapbar Mounting Dimensions — If converting a Mini Humbucker to a Soapbar, check your rout to make sure the Soapbar ring (pictured above) will fit your instrument.

Big Single Mini Dimensions:

Mini Humbucker Mounting Plate Dimensions

Featured Reviews

Reviews We Worked Hard For, and Are Proud Of

Rated 5 out of 5

I just had a somewhat unusual custom build completed, a bolt-on Firebird with a maple neck and a lightweight chambered Catalpa wood body with a maple top. For the pickups I chose a very high-quality set of Firebird pickups which were perfect and sounded great. But the guitar as a finished product really exceeded my expectations to such a degree that I realized pretty quickly that I was going to want to play this guitar an awful lot and the Firebird pickups, as good as they were, were somewhat limiting. I started looking for a more versatile mini humbucker and, fortunately, found the Big Single Mini on the Fralin website.

After watching a few YouTube videos I ordered a set and I'm so glad that I did. They are exactly what I was looking for. I love single coils and these are, in fact, just exactly what the name says they are: big single coil pickups. They are, as advertised, thick and round, thick and versatile.

I chose the version with the 43-gauge wire. The neck pickup is sweet, rich, loaded with tone, and the bridge pickup has just the right amount of bite and twang that enables the guitar to retain a Firebird character when needed. You really get a great mixture of both Strat and humbucker sounds. Very controllable.

I couldn't be more pleased with this choice. Very impressive.

Rated 5 out of 5

I got a set of these for an Epiphone Custom Shop Firebird. As I understand, this is where things like the Bonamassa signatures are done and it generally means they use better wood, etc. but in this case, the pickups were still crap. I initially intended to get a Firebird set for this guitar but after a couple of phone calls with Lindy I decided on the standard neck Big Single Mini (42 gauge, which I LOVE in the neck of my Gibson Firebird), and an overwound Big Single Mini 43, at 8400 turns for the bridge (the Gibson was routed for a standard humbucker).

Long story short, my old faithful 61 reissue SG sat on the stand all night on our gig this past weekend. This Firebird was so much fun and sounded so different from what I usually hear, in all the best ways. Lindy said that these would really help the clarity of wound strings and that is no joke! The bridge position on this guitar has the sweet midrange of a P90, similar gain to my humbucker guitars and the tight, punchy, clear low end of a Tele without being thin.

Thanks a million Lindy and everyone involved in Big Singles!!! I have a Tele with a bridge humbucker that needs one soon...

Rated 5 out of 5

As always, Lindy Fralin pickups never disappoints! Put the big single in the neck position of a firebird build and once again I am amazed by Lindy and his teams expertise and craftsmanship. Clear and punchy bottom end, the mids are perfect and just the right amount of highs for hard rock and blues through my blackface bassman amphead. Lindy’s pickups sound great on anything but they really open up through a tube amp.

Would definitely recommend this pick up. Thanks again to Lindy Fralin and his team!

Rated 5 out of 5

Companion to Blues Special Tele I never really liked neck pickups. They never seemed to work for my sound. When I was replacing the bridge pickup in my 95 MIM Tele I knew I wanted something new in the neck. This Big Single speaks to me.

I have never gotten so much use out of a neck pickup. With the Blues Special in the bridge and a 4 way switch I can get big fat sound in series. Like really thick and not harsh at all. In parallel it sometimes shocks me just how clear and vocal it sounds.

I like to say that this Big Single really spells things out whereas the Blues Special gives all the dirt. I'm extremely happy with the Big Single Mini. It has helped turn my Tele into something really special.

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