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Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Because one of those will be an awesome pickup.
I think the crux of it is the much more expensive hand wound pickups are considered to be much better, usually by those who have paid for those much more expensive ones.
The first set of humbuckers I had from Ash were almost perfect, I wanted to try an Alnico ii in the neck (usually my favourite) but it just didn't sound right in this guitar. So I spoke to Ash told him why it wasn't working, he gave me some suggestions, I sent it back to have some changes made and got it back less than a week later. You can't do that with an off the shelf chinese manufacturer.
The other big advantage (for me anyway) is having covered pickups with zebra coils. Why? Because they sound better and look cooler. Does it matter if I'm the only one who knows
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Actually I have one of your strat pickups in the neck of my levinson blade guitars. Your pick ups are very nice!
Has anyone tried Ashs Cow T Ron or Mark Mojos Gold Foils ? Iv had both and can testify to how good they are -check em out.
First humbucker I'd tried that sounded completely different to pretty much any other humbucker I'd tried before it! Really cool thing.
I bought a couple for an epi LP project guitar I got cheap from eBay.. The tone was ok and an improvement on what was in there before but nothing special. The build quality was somewhat lacking. Both had problems with the thread of the mountings - badly cut including at some wacky angles and in one case not cut at all. When advised of these issues, the much lauded customer service from the supplier consisted of the email equivalent of a shoulder shrug. I had to recut them all myself. Since then both have gone horribly microphonic.
Perhaps I was unlucky but for my next project I went to Oil City and suffice to say that I won't be going back to Irongear.
Here is one maker who always displays decency, generosity and class in his posts, especially when they involve other makers' pickups.
Very informative posts (though I think he's sort of withdrawn a bit from the forum), and doesn't make any attempt to 'push' his own products. From what I can see, plenty of other members here with first-hand personal experience of his pickups rate them very highly indeed...