At 05:53 PM 10/18/2010, Will wrote:
The point is that if you get an instrument with junk
pickups then any "upgrade" will sound better.
Some Epi pickups are poor whilst others I have replaced
were great and the Duncan upgrade was a waste of money.
I recently acquired two Epi pickups for just ?20 from a client
who wanted Duncans. I checked them all out and the Duncans were
no different at all. So, I now have two excellent pickups that
I got for a song which I will install in my Taurus semi. The Taurus
has DeMarzio pups fitted but the covers are rusty so the refit
is purely cosmetic.
I will put the DeMarzios on ebay where there is bound to be
some collector who is convinced that vintage DMs have a magic
tone.
The cheapest - and often most effective - upgrade is decent
heavy grade strings.
Will
I have some Alnico PAF-style pickups from an Epi
dot that are really decent, although wound a tad
hotter than my Gibson 57 classics.
