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    • aneyekay1

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      • Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
      • Mar 2010
      • 350

      #1

      G & B pickups

      i hv this pickup in my ESP LTD EC-50 b4 i shifted to duncans
      i must sya,the pickups are good for stock pickups

      anyone hv the same experience like me?
      do u know wht magnets r they using in them?

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        • boingboing

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          • Jun 2009
          • 81

          #2

          Re: G & B pickups

          Hey aneyekay1, I have never used them and never heard of them, but I'm curious, how do they sound like? Sometimes, people say stock pickups suck, but it's really a question of tastes I think

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          • aneyekay1

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            • Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
            • Mar 2010
            • 350

            #3

            Re: G & B pickups

            Originally posted by boingboingView Post

            Hey aneyekay1, I have never used them and never heard of them, but I'm curious, how do they sound like? Sometimes, people say stock pickups suck, but it's really a question of tastes I think

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            Its a hot pickup,screaming with harmonics
            The DC resistance is around 14-14.8 ohms in each pickup

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            Ibanez RGR321EX w/ Tesla VR-Extreme
            Custom Squier strat
            Roland MicroCube
            Kustom KLA20r
            Joyo Crunch Distortion

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            • Porto Leone

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              • Greece
              • Feb 2007
              • 191

              #4

              Re: G & B pickups

              G&B pickups come stock in many Far-Eastern produced guitars (Reverend, Tradition, LTD, Schecter etc.) and if i recall correctly it's a Korean brand. They are solid built but i don't care for their tonal abilities, so i replaced them with custom winds on three guitars of mine and two guitars of a friend and the results were really much better. They must be really cheap to buy, but i'm not sure if you can purchase them separately. Oh, and the magnets of my G&B pups are all alnico 5.

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              • guitarkid

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                • Stockton, Missouri
                • Dec 2009
                • 1906

                #5

                Re: G & B pickups

                I have a set of G & B pickups also, They came out of an SG copy I had. They actually sound pretty good to me, so I'm going to put them in my next project.

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                • aneyekay1

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                  • Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
                  • Mar 2010
                  • 350

                  #6

                  Re: G & B pickups

                  Originally posted by Porto LeoneView Post

                  G&B pickups come stock in many Far-Eastern produced guitars (Reverend, Tradition, LTD, Schecter etc.) and if i recall correctly it's a Korean brand. They are solid built but i don't care for their tonal abilities, so i replaced them with custom winds on three guitars of mine and two guitars of a friend and the results were really much better. They must be really cheap to buy, but i'm not sure if you can purchase them separately. Oh, and the magnets of my G&B pups are all alnico 5.

                  how do u know it alnico 5?
                  i've always thought i was ceramic haha

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                  My Gear:
                  ESP LTD Ec-50 w/ Seymour Duncan JB/Jazz
                  Ibanez RGR321EX w/ Tesla VR-Extreme
                  Custom Squier strat
                  Roland MicroCube
                  Kustom KLA20r
                  Joyo Crunch Distortion

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                  • Porto Leone

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                    • Greece
                    • Feb 2007
                    • 191

                    #7

                    Re: G & B pickups

                    both Tradition and Reverend use the G&B alnico 5... maybe other brands use ceramics.

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                    • Evan Skopp

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                      • Goleta, California, USA
                      • Mar 2004
                      • 7844

                      #8

                      Re: G & B pickups

                      G&B just opened a new factory in Indonesia and are moving a lot of their production there.

                      Evan Skopp, Inside Track International
                      Sales and marketing reps for Musopia, Reunion Blues, and Q-Parts.

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                      • aneyekay1

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                        • Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
                        • Mar 2010
                        • 350

                        #9

                        Re: G & B pickups

                        Woah,u guys know everything

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                        ESP LTD Ec-50 w/ Seymour Duncan JB/Jazz
                        Ibanez RGR321EX w/ Tesla VR-Extreme
                        Custom Squier strat
                        Roland MicroCube
                        Kustom KLA20r
                        Joyo Crunch Distortion

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