customer reviews
69 People rated this product :
8 out of 10
11 People wrote reviews
3 out of 10
"If all you're looking for is noise-cancellation, there are better options out there."
Feature:
If you are only looking to cancel noise then this is what you want to use. If you want to cancel noise and get a good sound, do not use these. Use Seymour Duncan humbuckers instead.
Quality:
These are just terrible pickups. Maybe if you're going for some low-level kind of alt/folk or something it might be good, but if you're playing rock, or even blues these pickups will disappoint you.
Value:
Again, very low. These aren't great pickups, so it's not like you could take them out of your guitar and get a handsome reward for them. Also, it's not like someone will see your guitar equipped with these and immediately covet it.
Desirability:
I have two of these in my Strat at the moment. They are only there until i can buy new pickups for it. I actually can't wait to take them out. I hate these things.
Sound:
The sound of these pickups are very lifeless and flat. Overdriving your amp is pretty pointless, as the pickups just render a weak sound. The pickups do cancel out noise, but that's really all they do.
Ease of Use:
You put it in and select the pickups. It's quite easy. But that's just the way a pickup works, they don't deserve much credit for that.
Support:
I have not had to get support on these.
Submitted: 4/24/2008
Style of Music: Hard rock, flamenco, classical
4 out of 10
"Good for Some, BAD for many"
Feature:
I give this an 8 because they come in only one color, that icky aged cream and you can't get any other color of pickup covers to match your pickplate because the pole separation is proprietary.
Quality:
It's a solid set of pickups, and after a year, they're still working, but they just don't produce the sounds I'm looking for.
Value:
For the price, these pickups are a great deal. They just don't give me what I want as far as low noise and vibrant tones. I'm ripping them out and replacing them with Dimarzio Area 58's, which I hear a LOT of good things about as far as not producing so much hum and giving better tones, AND working very well with distortion. I mean, come on folks, who wants to play an electric guitar without distortion? Even clean, these pickups could be better.
Desirability:
You know, they don't really look good unless you like the faded vintage look, but they say "Vintage" on them and that kind of blows it.
Sound:
I give this a 7 for sound because they do have a very nice vintage stratocaster "belltone" sound, but they DO NOT WORK WITH DISTORTION, even a little bit of distortion. They also do not have that warm tone that you can get from even an Epiphone Les Paul, with stock Korean pickups.
Ease of Use:
You can only get that high-treble "quacky" sound and in the bridge position, it's a bit too bright and not warm enough in the neck position.
Support:
Never dealt with them.
Overall:
Like I said, I'm just not happy with these pickups. Believe me, I WANT to be happy with them, and I applaud anyone who has left good reviews and likes the tone. For each their own. I tried to convince myself that they were what I wanted, since I spent so much money on them and had paid to have someone put them in, but in the long run, I gotta face the fire and confess that I really don't like them. I made a bad decision. The original stock pickups in the Highway one were just ghastly as far as hum, I mean they were just unbearable. However, these are just "weak."
Submitted: 2/25/2008
Style of Music: Rock, as far as classic to Metal. Some blues and jazz.
Read all reviews...
Certain items must be exchanged directly through the manufacturer if they are found to be defective. This includes tubes, strings, pickups, raw frame speakers, drum heads, drumsticks, cymbals, cowbells, and harmonicas. These items can only be returned to us if they are unopened. 
