Schaller Golden 50s...

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SlappyTappy

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Anybody know where I can buy some?

StewMac doesn't carry them anymore and that's where Heritage got them. I absolutely love the tone and would like to put some in my H150. Probelm is I cannot find a single place to buy em.

Or you can sell me yours.:naughty:
 
Re: Schaller Golden 50s...

Welcome to the forum.

At the risk of stating the very obvious, try your nearest Schaller dealer. If that fails, there are various European forum bros who may be willing to help source pickups on your behalf.
 
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PM member brentrocks; he's a Heritage junkie & sometimes has sets for sale. If he doesn't, he probably knows someone who does.
 
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Couple of sets on Ebay ending in a few days.

Go for the Super Golden 50's if you can, anything under
$100 for them is a bargain!!

It's actually these Schallers that started me
pickup swapping over 25 years ago.

Brentrocks is the man to ask on this forum as mentioned.
 
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I've had several of those installed in different guitars and I've never been impressed.

The biggest con is that the lack of "life"... not dull, but remarkably unremarkably sounding p'ups. Too polite, no character. It's like to read a book without punctuation and paragraphs...

I take a '59 set any time. Cheaper and better! ;)
 
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+1 for what Kojak said. My word for the dynamic response of Schaller Golden 50s humbuckers is constipated.
 
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SlappyTappy said:
What's the difference between Golden 50s and Super Golden 50s?
Click to expand...

The Super Golden 50's are basically two single coils with the
polepieces being the magnets, like a Duncan Stagmag but flat polepieces.
Really an undiscovered gem IMHO, they're great for splitting, parallel and phasing mods.

And yes, the Golden 50's are "polite", almost HI FI but think of German engineering
removing all the rough edges of a great pickup like the 59 and they
really shine at high gain.
 
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