Looking for a Humbucker nothing used I already have some options for that. Someone that sells a decent humbuscker at a decent price like GFS or Tonrider, but tell me specific models that you have had good Luck with. It is going in a G&L Fallout tribute series. I Blues to Hard rock, no Metal. Thanks
Good Humbucker at a Fair Price
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guitarSQUIRELL
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From the looks of it, you need to put this post in the Trading Post thread.....Admin?
From the looks of it, you need to put this post in the Trading Post thread.....Admin?
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The problem is every body sells them for about 10 less than retail that I have found.
The problem is every body sells them for about 10 less than retail that I have found.
Boogie Bill
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What is it that you don't like about the factory pickup? What kind of tones are you looking for?
Bill
What is it that you don't like about the factory pickup? What kind of tones are you looking for?
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DrNewcenstein
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He did say he's not looking for used pickups, but I do take issue with the "fair price" comment. I find the retail cost of new Duncans very fair. Fair doesn't mean cheap. Cheap means cheap.
He did say he's not looking for used pickups, but I do take issue with the "fair price" comment. I find the retail cost of new Duncans very fair. Fair doesn't mean cheap. Cheap means cheap.
Snake Aces
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Buy a nice used Duncan. They are good; and thorough.
Buy a nice used Duncan. They are good; and thorough.
ItsaBass
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I'd pick a Duncan or DiMarzio that interests you, then find it used on E-Bay. You say nothing used, but that makes no sense. Used is how you'll get the best bang for your buck. It's much better to have a used high quality pickup than a new mediocre one.
I'd pick a Duncan or DiMarzio that interests you, then find it used on E-Bay. You say nothing used, but that makes no sense. Used is how you'll get the best bang for your buck. It's much better to have a used high quality pickup than a new mediocre one.
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I listened to a a few You Tube videos that compared GFS with Dimarzio and Duncan and you can real tell the difference. THe Duncans and Dimarzios just sounded better. So I think I am going to bite the bullet and get a Duncan Custom Custom or a Dimarzio 36th Anniversary. Those sounded the best. I was almost going to get a Duncan JB because that is the most highly rated and reveiwed humbucker on the music store websites, but in a video someone put it up against the Custom Custom in the same guitar and it sounded like Mud. The Custom Custom sounded way better to my ears.
I listened to a a few You Tube videos that compared GFS with Dimarzio and Duncan and you can real tell the difference. THe Duncans and Dimarzios just sounded better. So I think I am going to bite the bullet and get a Duncan Custom Custom or a Dimarzio 36th Anniversary. Those sounded the best. I was almost going to get a Duncan JB because that is the most highly rated and reveiwed humbucker on the music store websites, but in a video someone put it up against the Custom Custom in the same guitar and it sounded like Mud. The Custom Custom sounded way better to my ears.
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The Custom Custom (one of my favs) has a lot more mids than the JB, and I have never heard the JB sound like mud anywhere. On our new website there is a pickup compare function, which allows you to hear both side-by-side. I would start there to compare the pickups in a controlled setting.
The Custom Custom (one of my favs) has a lot more mids than the JB, and I have never heard the JB sound like mud anywhere. On our new website there is a pickup compare function, which allows you to hear both side-by-side. I would start there to compare the pickups in a controlled setting.
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The thing with people selling them on ebay is that they are only about $20 less. I will pay $20 more for new, I'm not that frugal. You never now what possible damage they could have. I bought a Dimarzio used of a pickup my buddy had in the same guitar. The neck position. I loved it in his guitar, but the one I got used sounded like ass. Probable sweated on too much or something and I only saved $20 from new. You always got to wonder why people are selling them.
The thing with people selling them on ebay is that they are only about $20 less. I will pay $20 more for new, I'm not that frugal. You never now what possible damage they could have. I bought a Dimarzio used of a pickup my buddy had in the same guitar. The neck position. I loved it in his guitar, but the one I got used sounded like ass. Probable sweated on too much or something and I only saved $20 from new. You always got to wonder why people are selling them.
St_Genesius
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I don't know of any pickup company that balances quality and price better than Duncan. I've certainly spent more elsewhere, but not really because they were *better* pickups; just that they were different and offered what I was looking for when Duncan didn't. For what you get, Duncans are VERY fairly priced.
I don't know of any pickup company that balances quality and price better than Duncan. I've certainly spent more elsewhere, but not really because they were *better* pickups; just that they were different and offered what I was looking for when Duncan didn't. For what you get, Duncans are VERY fairly priced.
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