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Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
But equally you'll get a better pickup from OilCity/Mojo/BKP
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
I prefer the 57/57+ set, but even that gets replaced.
I was also amazed to find out what they cost new a while back. And I too would expect to be able to find a 2nd had set for around £100 if I wanted them.
Suhr put the Thornbuckers and Thornbucker Plus in their LP-inspired Aura. They could work and they're about £20-30 cheaper than 57s. I know they sound great in the Alt T and Strat-type guitars
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
So my Epiphone LP, which cost me £305 from ebay (spotless, including rather nice hard case) has £218-worth of pickups in it!
My own personal favorite Gibson style humbucker sounds have a touch more 'sting' than perhaps the 57 Classic, but it depends on what I'm playing ... my mood ... what I'm playing through ... if there's an 'R' in the month ... that sort of thing :-)
The trouble with 'owning the sweet-shop' as in being a pro pickup winder ... is that it's pretty easy to do anything and everything you want for your own personal instruments ... for the cost of materials and a bit of tinkering. That means the temptation to swap pickups ... do another one ... with just a few more turns ... see what a non-orientated alnico 5 sandcast magnet will do to the tone ... never stop buggering about ... is simply too great :-)
GAS for a pickup winder is in a whole different league lol.
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message