£999 for a set of Abby pickups...

fendermadlewis · December 2019

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 · December 2019

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 · December 2019

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

idiotwindow · December 2019

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

Henrytwang · December 2019

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 · December 2019

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 · December 2019

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 · December 2019

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

bgmartinsbridge · December 2019

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

FastEddie · December 2019

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 · December 2019

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 · December 2019

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 · December 2019

bgmartinsbridge said:

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

And a good clean woman I have heard .

Funkfingers · December 2019

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 · December 2019

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 · December 2019

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 · December 2019

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 · December 2019

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 · December 2019

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

Rocker · December 2019

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

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