Entwistle Pickups
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Entwistle Pickups
Not sure if anyone has tried THESE but i thought i'd post them up. They have a high spec (scatterwound, alnico magnets, etc) for little money and i can say the HV58's sound brilliant. A really clean humbucker with loads of tone.
At first sight the zebra bobbins look awful but they are available with chrome covers as well.
If anyone has tried the single coils i'd like to know their opinion.
At first sight the zebra bobbins look awful but they are available with chrome covers as well.
If anyone has tried the single coils i'd like to know their opinion.
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Tanglewood fit them in their higher end models.
I was reading on another forum people are struggling to differentiate against vintage Gibson pickups in a blind test.
A bit of a spec
I was reading on another forum people are struggling to differentiate against vintage Gibson pickups in a blind test.
A bit of a spec
Entwistle HV-58 Humbucker Pickup
A classic late-50's style humbucker made to original vintage specs. Alnico V magnets, enamal coated wire, scatterwound coils plus the advantage of twin row adjustable polepieces make the HV58 one of the best classic-type humbuckers available.
Alan Entwistle has been the guy behind the pickups found in Burns guitars for a few years now (he came up with the smaller Tri-Sonics they're now selling, I think) and the Alden range is actually his own range of guitars, apparently, though I suspect he just gave the Chinese factory that makes them a few pointers and fitted his pickups on them. My Alden hollowbody has three Alden-branded Entwistle mini-humbuckers that I really, really, really like.
He's kind of like a British GFS!
He's kind of like a British GFS!

Brandon W wrote:you elites.
I think he's part of the design team at Burns London now, one of the head guys. It seems he's done the same thing GFS have, designed great pickups and had them put together by Artec in China or Korea to keep the costs down. He also designed the new noiseless Rez-O-Sonic pickups in the new top-end Burns guitars, Guitarist magazine were slavering over them a few months ago.
As Eastwood basically sell a few Alden models with no differences other than the headstocks (and maybe an extra £250 or so on the price) some of their models are fitted with Entwistle pickups as well. I assume this is true of any model shared between Alden and the other satellite brands like Hutchins, Jay Turser and Gould.
As Eastwood basically sell a few Alden models with no differences other than the headstocks (and maybe an extra £250 or so on the price) some of their models are fitted with Entwistle pickups as well. I assume this is true of any model shared between Alden and the other satellite brands like Hutchins, Jay Turser and Gould.

Brandon W wrote:you elites.
I think the same could be said of most pickups, pedals, and guitars, ever made if subjected to a blind test...Fran wrote:I was reading on another forum people are struggling to differentiate against vintage Gibson pickups in a blind test.
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I agree. But i am referring to the MYLesPaul forum which as you can imagine is quite elitist.Dave wrote:I think the same could be said of most pickups, pedals, and guitars, ever made if subjected to a blind test...Fran wrote:I was reading on another forum people are struggling to differentiate against vintage Gibson pickups in a blind test.
i found the mylespaul forum shit over all the stock pickups in the gibsons and more understandable they epiphones. Have you checked out the iron gear pickups? I was considering them when I had my epi LP http://www.irongear.co.uk/irongear_029.htm
plopswagon wrote:I like teles and strats because they're made out of guitar.
robroe wrote:I dont need a capo. I have the other chords in my tonefingers
The Tanglewood Tele I got on the cheaps came standard with Entwistle pickups, and they sounded brilliant considering it was a new lefty guitar for £85.
I've always thought Tonerider pickups looked like worth considering as replacements. Vaguely similar sorta backstory to their founder as that to the Entwistle guy, if I'm not mistaken?
I've always thought Tonerider pickups looked like worth considering as replacements. Vaguely similar sorta backstory to their founder as that to the Entwistle guy, if I'm not mistaken?
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