Cheap pups that suprise with great sound!

[Maximum_Crunch]

Most Ibanez guys hate those INF1&2 and swap them with Dimarzios as soon as they can but i think they sound great. The V2 i have in my old S is awesome too.
I want to buy a pair of Rockfield pickups for $49 new. The sound clips on the SWC sound amazing and so did the set in the Michael Kelly guitar i tried out once.

[TommyD]

Cheap pups that suprise with great sound!

> I've always liked the Carvin M22SD. Last I saw,they were like 50 bucks. Tommy D.

[srommes]

I like the GFS selection.

+1

[Jackson-Charvel]

Those zebras in the stock OLP Axis clones don't sound too shabby.

[Rich#6]

I just got a pair of dragonfire distortion pickups and am really liking them.

[nikopapp]

I personally LOVE PMC pickups.
I got a set of the Alnico's for $49.99.
They sound just like the Seymour Alnico 2's, Slash's signature pickup.
Just a lot cheaper.

http://pmcpickups.com/

[jrnic]

I have 2 very similar equipped "Strats," one of them a Fender and one a Charvel Model 1a (both have a single hum only, on a pick guard.) I have a DiMarzio Super Dist in the Fender and I temporarily put in a Duncan "Detonator" in the Charvel. I have to say they both sound great, the Detonator actually sounds just like the DiMarzio. I'm keeping it in there for now.

I remember reading that the Duncan Designed "Detonator" is actually made overseas to Duncan Distortion specs. I have to say I agree, they sound very similar. I can't see spending the extra cash now to replace it because it sounds that good!

[satyr]

Here is how to insure that you get the best sounding pickups you ever heard. GUARANTEED!!!!!

Walk into a local GC and ask for a Dimarzio or a Duncan. They usually sell for around $99.00 for the good ones. Offer the sales person $150.00 for it. Make sure you offer at least $50.00 more than the sale price. $200.00 will even make it better. $300.00... and you will have a boutique pickup and tone NIRVANA. Remember kiddies... you get what you pay for.

Ah...how true.
And remember to offer $100 for a $50 cable, or the $300($99 pickups) will sound like $10($50 pickups)!

[Rich#6]

I remember reading that the Duncan Designed "Detonator" is actually made overseas to Duncan Distortion specs. I have to say I agree, they sound very similar. I can't see spending the extra cash now to replace it because it sounds that good!

detonator- is an invader and the buckshot is the distortion.

[jrnic]

detonator- is an invader and the buckshot is the distortion.

I thought I read in the past that both the Buckshot AND the Detonator were made to the Duncan Distortion specs, but I might be wrong.

[savage]

Yep

I had a Kramer Striker 300 in '88 that had a very strange humbucker - no matter what guitar I put it in, it got a very nice "Brown Sound" - even through my BabyGorilla and 12-pedal setup

A friend of mine with a JCM800 head was even impressed with the tone.
Unfortunately, the pickup had roughly 1/4" leads on it, and I had patched it with thicker wires, so that may have influenced the tone.

Sadly, the pickup went away some time ago - wish I had it back

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I believe they came stock with a duncan JB which is why you liked it so much!


lets see great cheap pups???
i will say used dimarzios(all) since i get these for $25-$40 used they get my vote as best cheap pups

[savage]

detonator- is an invader and the buckshot is the distortion.

close
the dentonator is based on the invader but unlike the original nvader it does not have 3 small ceramic bar magnets but one regular ceramic but still a great sounding pup
buckshot is a cool pup in that it is wound the same the distortion wind but it uses a smaller ceramic magnet than The Duncan distortion
it is like a DD lite

[necrotechno]

Tesla's Plasma II set is pretty nice, and only like fifty bucks per pickup. Alnico-V, but very hot like a ceramic. Up there with the Tone Zone for output, plus it has a matching neck model. Gold or chrome covers, which it's sometimes hard to find covered pickups that are hot enough.

[GryphonGuitar]

HR-101b

For me the biggest surprise was the Duncan Performer Scorcher (HR-101b) that I have in my DK-2...

I picked it up at a Guitar Center for real cheap, and now I prefer it to my Hot Rails pickups! Awesome.

[thetroy]

The cheapo Korean-made EMG-HZ's that came in my Douglas LP copy sounded good if you like hot pickups. I only took them out because I like more "vintage" output pickups.