WAXED OR NOWAXX Unwaxed pickups have richer overtones, sound fatter and less held-back. In other words: You get more of everything. For many years I have been dealing with the manufacturing of guitar pickups and guitar players repeatedly confirm how positive their sound is affected by unwaxed pickups.
PHYSICS Wax, for our purpose, is a bad dielectric material (as with capacitors). With an increase in capacity the resonant frequency gets lower which has a negative impact on the overall frequency spectrum of the pickup. Furthermore, the higher weight and the elasticity of wax reduce mechanical vibrational characteristics of the pickup, which results in a reduced deployment of very desired overtones.
PAIN POINT - FEEDBACK There lies the rub: Unwaxed pickups are prone to create feedback. That's the point where NOwaxx technology comes into play! Through a sophisticated System I managed to kill feedback without using wax. This process allows me to reduce the feedback as much as necessary and make my pickups suitable for the stage - without degrading the tone or dynamics.
HAND-MADE All NOwaxx pickups are hand-made by myself in meticulous single-item production. The hand-lead winding method - insiders call this "scatterwound" - also has a positive effect on the pickups overtones. In order to keep that very high quality standard, I use only the best materials - so using vulcanised fibre for single coils and genuine white copper for humbucker caps goes without saying.