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The reason GFS pickups are much cheaper than bigger name brands is that they do not have a distributor. You can only buy them direct, which means to get their projected markup on a sale, they need only sell it for $32. A distributor buys products from a manufacturer at a tremendous discount and resells them to a retailer. Cut out the middleman, and you can lower your prices dramatically and use that as a sales tool, i.e. the buyer's philosophy of "heck, it's so cheap, why not try it?"
I know because I'm starting a small press with the same model! ;-)
So yes, the GFS are high quality, because they spend the same amount of money to produce theirs as Gibson does.
However, I must add that I've never tried their mini humbuckers. I am tempted to, though! I have been digging the overwound 64 staggered single coils, the 70's strat pickups, the Dream 180s (bright humbuckers) and the lipsticks. I have some wide range type pickups waiting to go into a tele, and real Fender wide range on the way, so it will be fun to A/B them!
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