GF has more "Vintage Split Humbuckers"

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:37 am

been itching for these for that tele project, even emailed them and they said it would be a few weeks until they had more made [they had been out for months at that point]
but i just bought 2 p rails, and now they get more, sweet
anyways
sharing the love, hum sized wrhb's on the cheap

http://store.guitarfetish.com/visphuclfest.html

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:25 am

i can't remember who used these but what do they sound like?

i've been trawling gfs for months trying to settle on what pup to put in the jazzblaster since i'm not a fan of the SD in the bridge.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:27 am

GFS wrote:These are very faithful recreations too...

O, the mincing of history. We're only after p'ups with funky pole-piece positions to make our guitar look cooler, aren't we now?

Then again, I'm tempted to buy THIS Cort-built ash lovely for $130 over here and throw on a baritone Strat neck + a wide-range-looking humbucko for reasons I can't quite justify. Looks compel this foolish hearted dood I am...

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:26 pm

ultratwin wrote:
GFS wrote:These are very faithful recreations too...
O, the mincing of history. We're only after p'ups with funky pole-piece positions to make our guitar look cooler, aren't we now?

Then again, I'm tempted to buy THIS Cort-built ash lovely for $130 over here and throw on a baritone Strat neck + a wide-range-looking humbucko for reasons I can't quite justify. Looks compel this foolish hearted dood I am...

DO IT. that things looks pretty decent.

needs a new bridge though.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:54 pm

Zaphod wrote:i can't remember who used these but what do they sound like?

i've been trawling gfs for months trying to settle on what pup to put in the jazzblaster since i'm not a fan of the SD in the bridge.

wasn't it those euan put in his strat? or am i thinking of something else?

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:02 pm

euans strat has some WR looking pups but i don't think they're GFS. someone had a jazzmaster deluxe type thing with 'em in.

william · Post by **william** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:55 pm

you might email them, ask them about magnet structure, etc. i emailed them to ask them if their tele bodies were vintage spec, and they emailed right back (it is.)

its interesting that he says they are faithful reproductions, but then never talks about the actual product, just how it KERRANGs and that it sounds "vintage" and what not. he usually at least talks about the magnet types.

id say that as long as it has alnico polepieces, do it. but if it is some ceramic barmagnet typical humbucker type architecture, its not worth it. more like that guy that was trying to scam SSers and Offsetters a few months ago.

hoping for CuNtLiFe magnets might be a bit much, i really doubt he's gone that far for that price.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:48 pm

Zaphod wrote:
ultratwin wrote:
GFS wrote:These are very faithful recreations too...
O, the mincing of history. We're only after p'ups with funky pole-piece positions to make our guitar look cooler, aren't we now?

Then again, I'm tempted to buy THIS Cort-built ash lovely for $130 over here and throw on a baritone Strat neck + a wide-range-looking humbucko for reasons I can't quite justify. Looks compel this foolish hearted dood I am...
DO IT. that things looks pretty decent.

needs a new bridge though.

Gotcha. Knowing me, another 'stang bridge and B5 may needlessly be crashing at our house if I pick the thing up...We'll see.

euan · Post by **euan** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:04 pm

I've got a set in a Strat. I got them from Axesrus.

Guitarfetish suggest they get them wound to their own spec. Mine are marked G&B Pickup Co who make the pickups for the Korean PRS guitars. They are certainly brihgt and spanky.

euan · Post by **euan** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:11 pm

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I did that not long after I put them in the guitar. I still haven't set it up and you can hear some string noise.

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:47 pm

Both sublimedo and I have had them. Mine seemed a little muddy, but later figured out they were not wired correctly. They sounded great after that was fixed (I put a pair into a jagmaster...)

I think Sublimedo has one in a jazz type guitar if memory serves me correctly.

euan · Post by **euan** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:48 pm

he put one in a 51 i believe

william · Post by **william** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:04 am

looks like its at least the right magnet structure:

rather than the slugs with bar magnets type like a regular humbucker.

euan · Post by **euan** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:10 am

Its probably still a slug magnet.

william · Post by **william** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:14 am

euan wrote:Its probably still a slug magnet.

where? no its not.

euan · Post by **euan** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:16 am

It is possible the screws go all the way through the magnet.

william · Post by **william** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:28 am

euan wrote:It is possible the screws go all the way through the magnet.

do they do that?

here's an OG

they definitely didnt have a bar magnet, but i guess what you are saying is that the magnet could be hidden by the baseplate, on the GFS one.