Sidewynder pick-ups

imalrightjack · December 2013

Hi all,

Any fans of Sidewynder pick-ups? Seems they've not done a great marketing job of late but I hear good things about them and am very tempted to grab some.

Cheers!

ICBM · December 2013

I agree about the marketing. A shame, because the pickups sound very good - they have a quite unusual combination of high power, focus/tightness and clarity… I believe they're most popular with metal players, which figures.

Dave_Mc · December 2013

What happened with the marketing? Dish the dirt (assuming you won't get sued for libel etc.

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High power, focus/tightness and clarity sounds pretty nice- I wouldn't necessarily want that in every guitar, but in the ones I would that'd be great. I've heard of them but never tried them.

ICBM · December 2013

The marketing was taken over by people with little to no knowledge of the world of guitars or music, what interests or puts off players, or even basically how to describe tones and pickup characteristics… in my opinion.

imalrightjack · December 2013

I think ICBM has hit the nail on the head, from what I've heard.

Dave_Mc · December 2013

ICBM said:

The marketing was taken over by people with little to no knowledge of the world of guitars or music, what interests or puts off players, or even basically how to describe tones and pickup characteristics… in my opinion.

Ah right, thanks

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sbray83 · December 2013

hmmm seems like theres not a lot of love for sidewynder as a company

Lixarto · December 2013

Why should there be?

Interest in the products yes, but why "the company"?

sbray83 · December 2013

any reason why theres no love for the company is it just the marketing as has been stated above?

imalrightjack · December 2013

sbray83 said:

any reason why theres no love for the company is it just the marketing as has been stated above?

Welcome to the forum, Steve! Sounds to me like they've just not done anything to inspire much love - but the pick-ups seem well-liked.

sbray83 · December 2013

yeah it seems like pretty much everyone is of the same opinion great pickups rubbish company lol i only ask because i have been approached to do a bit of rep work for them in the south of england i have got sidewynder pickups and i think they are amazing and have real belief in the pickups as a product but it seems that its more the business side where they fall flat maybe if i can find out what the big issues are i can push them to solve these issues,

imalrightjack · December 2013

A good product can always be saved by good marketing/sales. If they were crap, I'd be more concerned!

ICBM · December 2013

There's nothing wrong with the company, they just don't market the product well. The pickups are great, but very definitely not traditional boutique magic pixie-dust hand wound PAF clones. (Not having a go at people who do make those, they're just different.)

@sbray83 - PM'd you.

Deijavoo · June 2015

Just fired one in my bridge of my LPC, 15k but no idea on the model.

Will report back after Monday night.

imalrightjack · June 2015

Possibly a Lancehead. Of which I have one for sale. @ICBM sold me a Hognose and 2 x Lancehead. One of the latter 'died' then came back to life. They're terrific in my Schecter PT. Good enough to relegate the new Strat to classifieds.

Deijavoo · June 2015

I was kinda set on BKP Miracle Man but Haydn is letting me test run it to see if I like it.

Deijavoo · June 2015

If I do, I doubt that the one you have is a gold covered neck one is it?

imalrightjack · June 2015

Yeah, I forgot he uses them. My spare is black, uncovered. £20 if you want it

Deijavoo · June 2015

Well, he used to at least. Seems like they were very unorganised, so not sure if they will start again. Is it for the neck?

imalrightjack · June 2015

I had it in the bridge but I'm not sure. You can try it.

ICBM · June 2015

Yes, 15K is the Lancehead, although early ones didn't have names.

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