[USGold]

My strat copy has noisey pups, thinking of replacing them without breaking the bank (it's a cheap guitar)-they are Humbuckers with a special switch for splitting to single coils and a switch for front both and rear--does anybody have any advise about brands models and quality for two pups that can be used this way? Thanks Scott

[Andy S]

A few months ago I wanted new Pups for my Ibanez. The folks over at
guitarnuts2.com forum recommended a place called Guitarfetish.com. They make a variety of pickups that cover all imaginable sounds & styles of music.

I was looking originally at pulling two humbuckers out of my Ibanez Artcore and going with 2 TV jones humbuckers. Would've cost me $129 EACH!

I visited GFS and they had several types of Gretsch style pups. I listened to the mp3 files of each, and then went to eBay. GFS has an eBay store where some of there stuff is cheaper since it's auctioned rather than just sold retail. In my case, GFS was introducing the pups I wanted for starting auction price of $35 EACH.

No one else bid on them, I got both pups for $70 plus S/H of around $8.00. Installed them myself and I am extremely pleased at the tones I get.
Especially at the price I paid.

Prior to buying them I went to HarmonyCentral.com and looked up those pups on their reviews column. GFS has almost all positive reviews. I saw only one mediocre review after looking at about 50 all very positive ones.

So, Take a look & listen at what they have to offer. Then check out the reviews at HarmonyCentral.com . You should be able to find the sound you want at a much more affordable price.

I installed mine about 3 months ago and am STILL very pleased with the purchase. No short happy honeymoon then buyers remorse here!

Just my suggestion....YMMV.

[Ultimate Garage Band]

I've heard very good things about GFS as well. Pickups are like food, what I like you might not, etc.

[munky]

You may want to look at the Tone Wizard thingie on the Seymour Duncan website. That's what I used to come up with the pickups I put in my Epi Les Paul.

www.seymourduncan.com

There's also some cool videos of Seymour himself installing new pickups in a Les Paul, Strat and Tele. Good stuff.

[USGold]

Thanks everyone-good advice all around-I joined the forum at the Seymore Duncan thing-but the prices at the Guitarfetish place are incredible, now if I just knew for sure what features I need-I am concerned over the fact that the Humbuckers I choose need to be able to be coil split down to singles by the switching--or I may just decide to buy one of guitarfetish's prewired pickguards with pups installed and try to switch it over to a s-s-s config-after all I already have my LP type double humbucker for those tones.

[8LU3]

give me those pickups though, i want the switch

[jimbeaux]

I saw several posts about GFS pups and Jay at Guitar Fetish being responsive, that I emailed him a question. He answered me within a couple of hours with a suggestion. That was impressive. I went ahead and ordered the "Vintage 59" set.

I bet if you emailed Jay for advice he would answer. I used the contact link on his ebay site. His reply had this email address: ebay@guitarfetish.com