These pickups are amazing for the price. I put them in a bleacktop tele to replace the hot alnico fender pickups. They gave me the paf sound that I wanted. Clean sounds are excellent and very responsive. Wind up the volume and the overdrive is really good. They certainly sound better than the GFS alnico II that I have used and come close to custom wound pafs I have that cost 6 times as much. Highly recommended if you're on a budget.
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I picked these up because I wanted something a little lower output than the ceramic based pickups in my old LP style guitar. I could not be happier. Bridge: Could be a bit hotter, the neck pickup needed to be lowered to the deck to balance between the two. Aside from that, the actual sound is phenomenal, well worth the upgrade from my cheap ceramics that came with my axe. Neck: I was actually surprised to find myself favoring the neck pickup since the upgrade. It just sounds so creamy and warm, absolutely brilliant for more ballsy licks. I would make the bridge pickup just a tiny bit hotter and keep the neck pickup exactly like it is. Overall I could not honestly hear a difference between these and pickups costing a hell of a lot more, including original '57 PAFs. I could not recommend these more highly!Read full review
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YOU: Hi, I bought a set of these pups and had them delivered last Wednesday, I left positive feedback,,, Well, I had them fitted yesterday (Friday) my missus is going nuts, I've not put the guitar down, these pickups are outstanding value they actually chime like bells when you start to push hard, The output on both pups was exactly as stated, I can't thank you enough, These are fantastic for the price, you have my custom for all my pickups in future,Thanks again for a great deal.. John. (jofin0)
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Well, i tell you this much: There hasn’t been a single product I’ve bought from Vanson Guitars that i came to regret. The 57 humbucker set is just another confirmation of this. The sound can be pretty creamy, and the range of tone is very impressive. Set it with a Epiphone 500k Alpha pot wiring harness and a tubescreamer, and you’ll be toggling between Slash, Page and Bonamassa in no time.
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The price point here may make you think that these products are somehow inferior to many 'name' brands but you'd be a fool not to try them. I didn't want to spend a vast amount of money in my attempt to improve my relatively cheap SG type guitar, so I ordered these. The sound difference is vast, they have warmed the tone up from brittle to warm with rich tones and a perfect output for a vintage type sound with capacity to handle driven tones too. I rate these pickups very highly.
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