£999 for a set of Abby pickups...

fendermadlewis

Maybe I've been living in Yorkshire to long, but I feel that this is a wee bit steep.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/184061683222

Thoughts? 

Lebarque

Ridiculous. I think I read somewhere that she was retiring/retired, therefore somebody's trying it on. I'm a believer in hand-wound pickups as opposed to mass-produced, however there are plenty of winders out there who can do a stellar job for a reasonable price, including several on here. FWIW my favourite strat pups are Rocketfire Total 60's. Amazing.

terada

stick em on a Harley Benton and you'd be in timbre heaven

idiotwindow

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/2392715/

Henrytwang

I had a set a few years ago which I bought used on eBay . They just weren’t my sort of  thing, I much preferred my Custom Shop 57/62s. I sold them for around £120 making a small profit. I’d never pay more than £150 for a set of Stratocaster pickups.

Rocker

There is a set of Abby's on my Fender Strat.  They are good sounding pickups.  The question is: why did the seller remove them from his guitar in the first place?

Z28

These are the hand signed ones, think they were always sold as an aftermarket set... They tend to go for a lot of money buy 999GBP is a bit ridiculous...

Fishboy7

Not sure what anyone would really expect from these – Could be the most disappointing £1k you ever spend

bgmartinsbridge

You could buy a house in yorkshire for that ;-) 

FastEddie

bgmartinsbridge said:

You could buy a house in yorkshire for that ;-) 

if Labour get in you could buy all of Yorkshire......

£1k for a set of new pups is strange. However, I'm considering buying a vintage P90 for my Martyn Booth. They are around £400....

ten77guitar

Rocker said:

The question is: why did the seller remove them from his guitar in the first place?

To try to sell them for £999!

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prlgmnr

I wish I got 999 quid every time someone posted a thread about this.

Then I'd have 1998 quid and be able to buy two sets of Abby pickups so I could have one for best and one for everyday.

rossi

bgmartinsbridge said:

You could buy a house in yorkshire for that ;-) 

And a good clean woman I have heard .

Funkfingers

idiotwindow said:

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/2392715/

Proof, it ever it were needed, that grossly over-priced items take an eternity to sell - if ever.

prlgmnr said:

I wish I got 999 quid every time someone posted a thread about this.

Book now for January.

crunchman

How much does an original set of pre-CBS Fender pickups go for?

If I'm spending that kind of money, I think I'd rather go that route.

GoldenEraGuitars

bgmartinsbridge said:

You could buy a house in yorkshire for that ;-) 

But a Yorkshire man wouldn’t pay that for a house in Yorkshire 

fretfinder

Z28 said:

These are the hand signed ones, think they were always sold as an aftermarket set... They tend to go for a lot of money buy 999GBP is a bit ridiculous...

I’ve had CS Relics with stock Abby hand-signed pickups, so they weren’t only available after-market. I also had one Strat with a mixture of hand-signed (wound by Abby) and hand-initialled (wound by a team supervised by Abby). I didn’t think any of those pickups were all that special tbh, compared with other CS pickups I’ve had. 

Z28

fretfinder said:

Z28 said:

These are the hand signed ones, think they were always sold as an aftermarket set... They tend to go for a lot of money buy 999GBP is a bit ridiculous...

I’ve had CS Relics with stock Abby hand-signed pickups, so they weren’t only available after-market. I also had one Strat with a mixture of hand-signed (wound by Abby) and hand-initialled (wound by a team supervised by Abby). I didn’t think any of those pickups were all that special tbh, compared with other CS pickups I’ve had. 

Wasn't aware of that! Appreciate the correction there. I had a set of these as well, wasn't super impressed either. 

chrisj1602

Christ, you can get second hand MIM Classic Player Strats with Abby pickups in...

Rocker

Harsh!  The Abby pickups in my Strat are anything but harsh, in fact very much how I expect a Strat to sound.