Need Cheap PU set

[jrechin]

I now have a Gotoh tele pickup set on my partscastor, and they suck! I would like to replace them with a matched set, trad. bridge/HB Neck. I have always wanted Lollars but I can't justify the price right now. BTW I am a hack/suck ass guitar player. Anyone one have suggestions for good pickups on the cheap, wound a bit hotter than the normal thing.

thanks


www.johnrechin.com

[howardlo]

I recently put a set of Mighty Mites in mine and like them a lot. Some say they are the same pups that come in a Squrie Standard Tele. They are Alnico5's. They get some good reviews and are low cost. I found mine on eBay for $20 each.

GFS (Guitar Fetish) tele pups also get some good reviews, as do these from Bill Lawrence - Wilde pickups. I plan to try them on a thinline I am due to receive tomorrow.

http://www.wildepickups.com/Home_Page.html

[telekazamm]

I've never tried them but I've heard that tone riders are pretty good for the money.

[funff]

Originally Posted by telekazamm

I've never tried them but I've heard that tone riders are pretty good for the money.

+1

[Greg.Coal]

Originally Posted by jrechin

. .I would like to replace them with a matched set, trad. bridge/HB Neck.

In what sense can a single coil bridge and a neck humbucker be a "matched set"?

I have a a rails type bridge (splittable) and a mini-humbucker (both from GFS) in a tele: the bridge is hotter than the neck and brighter; hard to think of them as matched.

Anyway, GFS sells many flavors of normal and overwound pu's for pretty cheap. The alnico oversized polepiece "fatbody" is a favorite for many in the neck position but it's not a humbucker.

Good luck,
Greg

[musicalmartin]

Originally Posted by telekazamm

I've never tried them but I've heard that tone riders are pretty good for the money.

+2 .my pickups of choice at any price ,but they are good quality and great sounding .I use hot classics . I have a set in my Fender Thinline hybrid, I also fit others like P90's and humbuckers .
also Keystones ,same as above .my prefs is Tonerider but I play a lot of blues and jazz.not a lot in it .

[howardlo]

Wow! I missed that SC - HB part! HArd to find a matched set like that. I guess the outputs could be fairly well matched and balanced.

[jrechin]

Originally Posted by Greg.Coal

In what sense can a single coil bridge and a neck humbucker be a "matched set"?

Same or close Imp./Output. I can match 'em up mysefl, but I suppose I want them to be close maybe 7-9k. Not to low not to hot, also read yesterday that SC do well with 500k volumen pots? that was news to me?

[jrechin]

HOLY COW!

Guitar Fetish has what I'm looking for at the right price. Anyone use their pedals???

[Suicideking]

Keystones, trust me look up the keystones they are absolutely the best pickup you can get for the money u spend. They sound as good as any more expensive pickup and for 68 bucks for the PAIR. I like the Keystones more then any other set I have tried period not in there price range just period....

[Teleterr]

GFS are pretty good for their cheapness, but the trebles a little harsh.It seems like they over charge their magnets.

[Teleterr]

Originally Posted by jrechin

Same or close Imp./Output. I can match 'em up mysefl, but I suppose I want them to be close maybe 7-9k. Not to low not to hot, also read yesterday that SC do well with 500k volumen pots? that was news to me?

They do! check out my thread "Single Coil 500K Pots" in the Pickup Forum.. At 500K its artificially trebly , but around 300-375K it sounds great.I go into detail there.

[Chitlintime]

reissue 72 widerange in the neck thats what was in the one in my profile pick when I bought it ... its the only way to go on a tele ala Keith Richards ... I've got a strat with a single bridge humbucker (Semore Duncan Jeff Beck) ...

[Sharkblues]

When you can get Keystones for $80 a pair, why buy GFS?

[jrechin]

Thanks Sharkblues! Dig that avatar!

[D.Allen]

Try one pf my tele sets they are on sale and there is an additional $20 off that for TDPRI members.
http://dallenpickups.com
Coupon code at checkout is TDPRI all caps
http://www.dallenpickups.com/category_s/21.htm

[D.Allen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4wd-XqxV80

[jbdrumbo]

The thing about Keystones, however, if you are truly a suck ass player, is they will make your playing sound even suckier and assier, unless you bury it with fuzz or other heavy distortion.

On the other hand , they may inspire you to practice getting it right, so your playing becomes less suck ass and more kick ass.

[Dan German]

Originally Posted by Sharkblues

When you can get Keystones for $80 a pair, why buy GFS?

+1

I like my GFS pickups, but Keystones are in another league entirely. I also failed to notice that you were looking for sc/hb, but would still suggest trying the Keystones. You could always sell the neck pickup later and install a HB if the sc neck doesn't work out. As far as GFS, I have a Fatbody 7K bridge that I love, and I have Nashville Retrotrons that I love. I keep thinking that the Retrotron would make a good neck pickup match for the Fatbody, but they're in two different guitars, so I've never tried it.

Originally Posted by jbdrumbo

The thing about Keystones, however, if you are truly a suck ass player, is they will make your playing sound even suckier and assier, unless you bury it with fuzz or other heavy distortion.

I disagree. And trust me, I should know. My suck ass playing definitely didn't get worse with the Keystones. Then again, maybe it can't get worse.

[SeizeTheDave]

Originally Posted by jbdrumbo

The thing about Keystones, however, if you are truly a suck ass player, is they will make your playing sound even suckier and assier, unless you bury it with fuzz or other heavy distortion.

On the other hand , they may inspire you to practice getting it right, so your playing becomes less suck ass and more kick ass.

I can honestly say that I became a better player, overall, after I started using Bill's pickups. You really have to clean up your act as they will expose every flaw in your playing. Sounds a little intimidating but I think it was a gift.