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Re: Rocksong and ac4
Rocksong? With that name they sound like cheap Asian knock offs being pedaled as something more thasn they are....like GFS pickups do.
Everyone, save your cheap pickup moneys...save a bit more and go BKP, Throbak, OX4, VVG.....thank me later.
Everyone, save your cheap pickup moneys...save a bit more and go BKP, Throbak, OX4, VVG.....thank me later.
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Nothing wrong with GFS pickups!
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I only ask because I am so darn impressed with the tele single coils I got from tonerider.
I have dimarzio PAFs which are awesome, but was just wondering if these tonerider buckers are anywhere near as good as the single coils. If so, I'd try them out just for the comparison.
I have dimarzio PAFs which are awesome, but was just wondering if these tonerider buckers are anywhere near as good as the single coils. If so, I'd try them out just for the comparison.
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There is to my ears.jeremyb wrote:Nothing wrong with GFS pickups!
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What ones have you tried?FunkUncle wrote:There is to my ears.jeremyb wrote:Nothing wrong with GFS pickups!
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Oh... but they have GFS written on them!!jeremyb wrote:Nothing wrong with GFS pickups!
Worst PUP's I ever had were BKP's. I wished I'd stuck with the original Epiphone ones.
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Retrotron I think...I still have it. And the lipstick tube one.
In fairness, it was a long time back. Maybe they're better now. My actual experience left a lot to be desired. From recollection, little bottom end depth and although "crunchy" as promised the top end wasn't refined.
I just know that I have wasted a lot of time searching for sounds with cheaper kit, when what I shoulda done was saved harder and gone for right stuff having waited only a little longer. Apply that to amps, girls, pedals, guitars.
Crow - never tried BKP but they do seem to polarise people!
In fairness, it was a long time back. Maybe they're better now. My actual experience left a lot to be desired. From recollection, little bottom end depth and although "crunchy" as promised the top end wasn't refined.
I just know that I have wasted a lot of time searching for sounds with cheaper kit, when what I shoulda done was saved harder and gone for right stuff having waited only a little longer. Apply that to amps, girls, pedals, guitars.
Crow - never tried BKP but they do seem to polarise people!
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The new gfs stuff I've got has been great, there's a few lemons in the line up, but a bit of googling tells you the good from the bad
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Yes they sure do rave about the BKP's and that's why I paid a small fortune for a set. For some reason they sounded a little lifeless to me. Though I'm not a huge humbucker fan boy so maybe that was it. I have just scored a reputable set of humbuckers, Rio Grande BBQ/ Buffalo, so maybe they will change my mind.FunkUncle wrote:Crow - never tried BKP but they do seem to polarise people!
I just put a pair of GFS mean 90's in a guitar and I love them.
I agree there is plenty of cheap rubbish out there and rule of thumb is "ya get what ya pay for".
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I love my mean 90's too, and got a set of the liverpool retrotrons which PB has in his gretsch too and they sound awesome! Lots of people on the gretsch forums love them too
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Just like thatStrummersOfThunder wrote:How did this turn into a gfs thread.
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The ones on his head.jeremyb wrote:What ones have you tried?FunkUncle wrote:There is to my ears.jeremyb wrote:Nothing wrong with GFS pickups!
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Likecrowbgood1 wrote:Just like thatStrummersOfThunder wrote:How did this turn into a gfs thread.
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