Do You Like GFS Pickups?

Do You Like GFS Pickups?

  • Yes

    Votes: 26 42.6%

  • Ehh, Some are bad and some are good

    Votes: 24 39.3%

  • No

    Votes: 11 18.0%
  • Total voters
    61
Re: Do You Like GFS Pickups?

The Crunchy Rails has taller coils, so you need to use the Power Rails for hybrids. Yes, I do plan on making a VEH hybrid and a PAT hybrid. :D
 
Re: Do You Like GFS Pickups?

I love the nyII's in my gretsch; they're real popular on the gretschpages, too

so is the liverpool humbucker

anything else i can't speak for
 
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Re: Do You Like GFS Pickups?

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Woh! I guess you like 'em a bit. So far (I've had a couple for about a month now) I love these guys too. Especially in the middle PU position in my SG custom. If I didn't have to do something more productive with my life, I'd be playing my Mean 90 20 hours/day.:yourock:
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Re: Do You Like GFS Pickups?

dave67 said:
If SD really wants to get the "cheaper market" sell the Duncan Designed pickup. But these are Chinese products and should be grouped with the GFS stuff.
GFS are good for the kids that are just starting out and feel the need to change pickups.
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I'm neither a kid nor just starting out, and I don't just feel the need to be changing PUs for change sake. I want the best tone that I can get. On some good advice from a fellow forum member I decided to try a Mean 90 (GFS). I am way more than just satisfied with the quality. If this PU cost $150 I'd say that it was worth it.

If you heard this PU and were told that it was a SD, or BK, or Gibson, or Fender, etc you would also be extolling its virtues.

It's NOT just a great value, or a good PU for the money, It's a great PU AND a great value!

"Try it, you'll like it".
 
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GuitarDoc said:
I want the best tone that I can get. On some good advice from a fellow forum member I decided to try a Mean 90 (GFS). I am way more than just satisfied with the quality. If this PU cost $150 I'd say that it was worth it.

If you heard this PU and were told that it was a SD, or BK, or Gibson, or Fender, etc you would also be extolling its virtues.

It's NOT just a great value, or a good PU for the money, It's a great PU AND a great value!

"Try it, you'll like it".
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+ 1.

It was a surprise to me to get such a good tone for such a low price, but Jay really did get the recipe right for this combo. Beat the crap out of a Gibson P-94 set in the same guitar!

HTH,
 
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sbecker67 said:
we look for the best product within our budget. If you could afford the mercedes and would bash someone for buying the ford, then you're an arrogant, stuck-up, bung hole.

Bottom line: I use sd pick-ups when i can but in some cases it is not justified or practical. In those cases i'm grateful that gfs is there to provide a product that meets my needs.
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+1
 
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GuitarDoc said:
I'm neither a kid nor just starting out, and I don't just feel the need to be changing PUs for change sake. I want the best tone that I can get. On some good advice from a fellow forum member I decided to try a Mean 90 (GFS). I am way more than just satisfied with the quality. If this PU cost $150 I'd say that it was worth it.

If you heard this PU and were told that it was a SD, or BK, or Gibson, or Fender, etc you would also be extolling its virtues.

It's NOT just a great value, or a good PU for the money, It's a great PU AND a great value!

"Try it, you'll like it".
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My sentiments exactly. If you bought the same guitar with the pickups only specified as "custom" or "OEM" the name would not have caused a prejudice. If the pickup sounds good, then the pickup sounds good, no matter what the name is that's branded on it or how much it costs.
 
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Elfunkenstein said:
So is that just the mean 90? I've heard the crunchy PAT and VEH are pretty damn good too.
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I've yet to try the Mean 90, but the Crunchy PAT is in my blood spatter guitar, if that says anything. ;) I've got a VEH in another Dean, and it'll stay in there.
 
Re: Do You Like GFS Pickups?

dominus said:
I've yet to try the Mean 90, but the Crunchy PAT is in my blood spatter guitar, if that says anything. ;) I've got a VEH in another Dean, and it'll stay in there.
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well I mean is it there because it's great for the price, or is it there because it's great is what I'm asking.
 
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All I can say is since putting in the 90s in two of my guitars, I love playing even more and can't stand to stop playing and put my guitar down. It's almost painful to not be playing.

I've also got a GFS Fatbody 10K bridge in my Tele which I think is really good sounding also. And a set of '64 Stagger Overwound greybottoms in one of my Strats which sound very good. More vintage sounding than you would think from the name, not very overwound sounding, just the vintage sound of a good set of '57s.

I think that if you are careful about which GFS PUs you choose, taking into account the marketting over-hype in the descriptions, you will be very satisfied with the sound and quality of GFS (and, for sure, the value).

I haven't tried the Crunchy Pat or the VEH but I've heard really good comments about them. With my experience with the 90s, I'm very apt to believe them.
 
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Elfunkenstein said:
well I mean is it there because it's great for the price, or is it there because it's great is what I'm asking.
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My other Deans have Duncans and Dimarzios. If a pickup doesn't sound right, it comes out and gets sold. The VEH and Crunchy PAT are keepers. The Fat PAT was lacking just a little (probably the A5 magnet), so I might toss an A8 in it to experiment with, or I might make a hybrid out of that and a Power Rails. The GFS '59 sounded great clean, but I'm not a clean player. :D
 
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