Derrick1642607670 Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Ok so I bought an 05' squier strat awhile back because it had a wonderful feel to the neck and it just needed a good setup and some upgrades so I figured it would be a great project guitar since I have that and my epi les paul so having a single coil would be nice. I don't want to put alot of money into this since its not going to be put into use for complete seriousness or depended on but more of a learning experiance, the pickups are rather lifeless, i'd like to get a set of cheap pickups that dont have to be fenders ultra hum canceling super tone picking dynamic blah blah blah pickups but just something to at least beat out those dull sweat shop pups. http://store.guitarfetish.com/ovstserewocr.html A set of pickups for 18 bucks... does anyone here have experiance with GF's assorted clearanced items like these? in other words this might sound really stupid but.. Is buying a set of pickups for 20 dollars wise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geoff Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 I've bought a lot of stuff from GFS including some pickups. In particular the fat-pole Tele neck pickup is terrific. Go for the standard wound if you want a sweet tone, and the overwound for a bit more mids & less top. At that price, it's worth giving them a try. G. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=738517&content=music The Geoff - blame Caevan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick1642607670 Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 Yeah I was looking into the overwound because im going for more mid heavy sound but as you said Its 20 bucks and I dont have much to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick1642607670 Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 Oh yeah im just curios but what all have you bought from GF and what did you think of it because Im thinking I might be needing a few more parts I want to put into this guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geoff Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 I've bought some pups - all decent, some very good, several pickguards, trem, tuners. No complaints about any of them and always pretty fast delivery over here in the UK. G. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=738517&content=music The Geoff - blame Caevan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick1642607670 Posted September 23, 2007 Author Share Posted September 23, 2007 Yeah this is a tremolo strat and if it doesn't work out well i'd defanitly be willing to get that working well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesr1963 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 I put these http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k9/MikeSr63/yhst-50206111187217_1958_13702953.jpg in this http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k9/MikeSr63/Goldstratonoff.jpg and did this http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k9/MikeSr63/Shield4.jpghttp://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k9/MikeSr63/Shield2.jpg and now it's a tone monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick1642607670 Posted September 23, 2007 Author Share Posted September 23, 2007 Yeah looks awseome man, thats similar to what im going for in my strat but Im only gonna go through the sheilding if its nesccacary, Besides I wouldnt use this guitar for anything more than bluesy crunch. ps whats that little switch above your knobs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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