What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

[blueman335]

Re: What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

SD isn't in the mass market business.

Ah, but they are. They do some heavy advertising for a PU maker, and have contracts with a number of guitar manufacturers. They churn out a lot of PU's, or there wouldn't have been a forum created for thousands of their users. SD isn't the Porsche of PU's, those are the boutique guys that charge far more per PU, and produce only a fraction of what SD does. You've got yourself all mixed up with your car analogy.

[gripweed]

Re: What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

Another humbucker. Yawn...

[Agileguy_101]

Re: What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

I think if the Z90 thing falls through, we should see if there's enough interest in doing a Tele pickup/set. Because we've had strat pickups, humbuckers, and P90's, but no Tele pickups. Just because a bunch of people won't buy it doesn't mean it's not worth doing.

[Falloffthebonetone]

Re: What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

Another humbucker. Yawn...

Ok cmon you gotta admit this thing is going to be nowhere close to a humbucker other than the fact that it fits in a humbucker rout and cancels hum. The sound and design as mentioned thus far will be nowhere close to a typical humbucker.

[uOpt]

Re: What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

Porsche actually offers a cheap package for what is offered. The Cayman, which is a Boxter with a roof, is even cheaper. But even considering a 911, you get a high performance car with practically no compromises relatively cheap. The sports car that is comparable price wise is the Lotus Evora. And that is a plastic piece mostly held together by velcro and zip ties, and I'm not making this up, that is what they do. With a Toyota engine. Not making that up either. If you want a few-compromise sports car with good build quality you instantly catapult yourself way above a 911 price.

You can have American muscle cars that only go fast in a straight line or pimped up street cars like the M-series, AMGs or Audi S'es. Those are nice and fast but nothing can fix that they have the engine in the wrong place.

[ratherdashing]

Re: What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

Ah, but they are. They do some heavy advertising for a PU maker, and have contracts with a number of guitar manufacturers. They churn out a lot of PU's, or there wouldn't have been a forum created for thousands of their users. SD isn't the Porsche of PU's, those are the boutique guys that charge far more per PU, and produce only a fraction of what SD does. You've got yourself all mixed up with your car analogy.

The key phrase in your post is for a pickup maker. As soon as you think about what that actually means, everything else falls apart. They're a big fish in a tiny pond. They're not a mass market brand - not even in the niche context of musical instruments.

Whether SD is the Porsche of pickups (if there even was such a thing) isn't the point. Every after-market pickup is a niche product, just as every high-performance sports car is a niche product.

[Jermo3178]

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Wait?? what?? Seymour is making something for Porsche? Holy crap... gotta get me one of those..

[DarkMatter]

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Speaking of Porsche, I actually like the Cayman more than the 911.

As for the pickup, I still like the split coil under cover concept. Probably will be pricy though. I suppose they could make lil half coils out of Strat style flatwork materials. It definitely is not feasable to have bobbins molded just for this.

[Falloffthebonetone]

Re: What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

Now this MIGHT be just as simple as winding a humbucker to the right specs and have both coils have screw poles and just take out three on each side and then put a metal casing on it. I would hope the design would be more intricate than that, but it might work.

[dr.barlo]

Re: What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

Z-90 ZD-90 ZFD-90... to me, they all sound technical...

How about ZBro90? Sounds kinda Russian, and cool! hehe

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[marvelous_seven]

Re: What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

All I want is a $160 Zephyr. Is that too much?

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

Wow, lots of...um..."interesting" ideas being bounced around here.

The Z Coil thing is one of of the best in my opinion.

I always wondered why somebody wasn't winding a drop in replacement for those G&L guitars that use them.

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

As for the issue of CS Pickup pricing I think a lot of guys are looking at it wrong.

Most pickup winders/companies don't even offer custom pickups and many of the ones that do only offer slight variations on their standard line add to that the cost of them. Example, Peter Florance sells a set of Humbuckers for $300 a set and there are whopping 3 models or you can order "custom" spec pickups which are still pre set specs by Peter but they are $400 a set.

Throbaks offer no real custom spec pickups, you order off their menu but you can pickup magnets in some of the pickups...they start at $419 a set and run to well over $500 a set and again...no custom specs.

Rolph pickups start at $400 a set and thats only if you can get him to return an email or answer the phone...Raw Vintage pickups start at $400 a set and go up to just under $600 a set...Klein pickups are in the same ball park...Let's not even look at Holmes pickups...

One more time, remember...none of these guys offer truly custom pickups and even the ones that do still have a VERY limited handful of things they can even offer.

All the sudden $300 or so for a set of fully custom spec pickups sounds VERY reasonable!

Standard Duncan buckers for example run just over $70 to around $90 new so it's not like $160 a pop is a world away from that and having delt with Seymour and MJ in the Custom Shop several times I can and will attest that a Custom Shop pickup is worth every extra penny!

[blueman335]

Re: What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

All the sudden $300 or so for a set of fully custom spec pickups sounds VERY reasonable!

And $150 for a production set sounds even more reasonable. Why not make a neck model and offer a Brobucker set, and a '78 set?

[uOpt]

Re: What kind of forum special pickup could and would you take?

Now this MIGHT be just as simple as winding a humbucker to the right specs and have both coils have screw poles and just take out three on each side and then put a metal casing on it. I would hope the design would be more intricate than that, but it might work.

No, I wouldn't be on board with lots of dead coil space. I think it waters down a pickup.