jp
Senior Member
Has anyone else noticed the rising interest in gold foil pickups? GFS, Lollar, and Mojotone are all making their own variations of them now, and there are a multitude of reviews on the net. I've watched a bunch of youtube vids, and I'm intrigued. They definitely do sound distinctive, but I think I'd have to play through them for a while to get used to them. Like any piece of gear, get the right combination of guitar, amp, player, and song, and anything can be made to sound good.
As far as I know, Teisco and DeArmond were the only ones who made them back in the day. Premier Guitar and ProGuitarShop's Tone Report have both done some interesting articles on them.
More flavors is always better in my opinion. While both Mojotone and Lollar make single coil top mounts, GFS offers a dizzying array of humbuckers, single coils, Strat drop-ins, soapbars, etc. The top mounts seem to be about the same size as Dearmond Dynasonics, and I wonder how they'd sound in my T-100D.
Is anyone into these? Any thoughts?
As far as I know, Teisco and DeArmond were the only ones who made them back in the day. Premier Guitar and ProGuitarShop's Tone Report have both done some interesting articles on them.
More flavors is always better in my opinion. While both Mojotone and Lollar make single coil top mounts, GFS offers a dizzying array of humbuckers, single coils, Strat drop-ins, soapbars, etc. The top mounts seem to be about the same size as Dearmond Dynasonics, and I wonder how they'd sound in my T-100D.
Is anyone into these? Any thoughts?