What is everyones favorite GFS Humbucker?

[burton4snow]

I want to get a pair of these just for fun to see how they are. I'll be putting these in a semi solid body guitar Les paul copy. Who has had the best luck with what. I play a little of everything but I am not looking for heavy metal pickups. Something that will go from Jazz to classic rock.

 

I know some people are going to suggest other brands but please just stick with GFS recomendations, because no matter what I am going to buy a pair of these pickups just out of pure curiousity of the cheap price and the rave reviews!

[Orange Jackson]

I would like to try the EVH and the Dream pickups.

 

I did try the Vintage 59 and Fat PAF and did not like those so much however.

[burton4snow]

 

I would like to try the EVH and the Dream pickups. I did try the Vintage 59 and Fat PAF and did not like those so much however.

 

 

Alright i will stay away from those! The Dream 180s seem to be popular when doing a search on GFS pickups.

[burton4snow]

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[Bob411]

Only GFS pickups I have are crunchy rails. If you aren't into metal, you don't want them. They do metal very well, but not good clean.

 

There is a set of dream 180s in the spam thread.

 

I know I'm not supposed to suggest other pickups, but these are cheap, about $70 shipped for a pair, and really, really good.

 

http://www.wilburncustomshop.com/Parts/humbuckers.html

[bengerm77]

 

so much however.

 

 

What? Really? Dammit.

 

I just got one in the mail today and was going to put it in a project guitar that I'm currently finishing. What didn't you like about it? Did I just mess up pretty bad? I wanted the VEH pickup but the description made it sound bassy and muddy.

[IPlayMetronome]

Favorite by FAR is the Hot Liverpool.Spanky,chimey and a tight lowend.Its like a Tele pickup on steroids with no hum IMO

 

I've got the Crunchy rails which i thought i loved till i got the Liverpool.

 

I just put a VEH in my explorer kit and it sounds completely flat/lifeless,although that may be the guitar,but i'm gonna send it back for a Dream 180 or 90

[Funkwire]

 

I play a little of everything but I am not looking for heavy metal pickups. Something that will go from Jazz to classic rock.

 

 

Same here, that's why I went for the Vintage 59s. What the hell...$78 for a set, give them a try!

[GuitarNoobie]

i like the FAT PAT's

[Lump]

Nashville Retrotrons. The nicest clear tone in a neck pickup I've ever had. And the overdrive nicely in a vintage kind of way. I might suggest the hotter version of the bridge pickup, the standard seems to be just a slight bit underpowered compared to the neck.

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

I love GFS Strat and Tele pickups but I have yet to finbd a bucker of theirs I like.

 

Had and didn't like

 

Fat pat

Crunchy pat

Vintage 59

VEH

 

Now don't get me wrong, theyre decent, just not as good as for instance Toneriders buckers, but I suspect for most cheapies, they'll be a stepup

 

Now as above, I rate their single coils a lot higher

[A_Gitarman]

Based on the sound you're looking for, I'd suggest a Dream-180 in the bridge and either a Mean-90 or Dream-90 in the neck (the Dream-90 is MUCH mellower/ refined... not a great Blues/Rock pickup, but good for Jazz).

 

Out of the GFS Humbuckers that I've tried, my favorites so far are the Dream-180s in my LP Studio Lite. They just sound great in that guitar, IMO.

 

Secondly, I thought that the VEH was a GREAT match for my BC Rich Masterpeice Mock... good RNR tones .

 

Then, the Mean-90 in the bridge position of my Sheena; to me, it makes that guitar sound like a tele on steroids.

 

The ones that I didn't care all that much for were the 'Crunchy' PATs... they just seemed lifeless to me, but that could be because I put them in a lifeless Jay Turser guitar

 

I've also got a set of Nashvilles waiting for a project as well as a set of lipstick humbuckers that a friend is selling me.

 

One more thing: I was also HIGHLY surprised by the 'clearance' set of covered pickups that came in my pre-wired pickguard from Jay. I put them in my 'hog Squier and they took that guitar to a whole other level.

[Bag302]

I LOVE the VEH.

 

Here's a clip of it in a Squier strat into an EVJ.

 

Excuse the playing. It was done at 7:30 am when the family left the house and before I had to get ready for work.

 

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