the sound is not really that thrilling or special, right? with what pickup you know can te alumitones can be compared?Wyliee said:Tried 'em. Didn't really impress me that much and couldn't think of an applications where I'd select them over Fralins, Rio Grande, etc...
Wyliee said:I think Tony hit it on the head. They didn't have any real character to them. The best comparisson I could draw would be some of the really cheap EMG import pickups.
RLW said:They'd look good in a 60's Teisco, but that's about it.
Wyliee said:I think Tony hit it on the head. They didn't have any real character to them. The best comparisson I could draw would be some of the really cheap EMG import pickups.
Orpheo said:the sound is not really that thrilling or special, right? with what pickup you know can te alumitones can be compared?Wyliee said:Tried 'em. Didn't really impress me that much and couldn't think of an applications where I'd select them over Fralins, Rio Grande, etc...
TroubledTreble said:Orpheo said:the sound is not really that thrilling or special, right? with what pickup you know can te alumitones can be compared?Wyliee said:Tried 'em. Didn't really impress me that much and couldn't think of an applications where I'd select them over Fralins, Rio Grande, etc...
Darn, there goes my chance to unload these puppies... :doh:
AGWAN said:I'm going to necropost this only to say... Despite being hideous... I like the sound I'm hearing in these things.
its glassy, electronic... almost keyboardishly synthetic. but not really in the way an Active is.
they're tempting.
But if someone knows a pickup that has the above characteristics... But is more versatile.
Lemme know.