Pickups
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:52 pm
I've recently acquired an old Epiphone - I'm not in the habit of setting up guitars or tinkering much with them, not being much of a handyman, but since this one cost me nothing and is quite 'beat-up', I intend experimenting with it and maybe learning a little about electronics - the point being that if I mess it up, I won't be much out of pocket anyway.
I was googling a bit to get some ideas about what kind of pickups to get for it when I came across references to 'Retrotron' pickups, made by a company called Guitar Fetish - they claim to sound like Filtertrons, and the price makes them very attractive since I don't want to splash out lots of cash on what will basically be a learning experience for me. They have on their website some sound-files of their Retrotrons but they are brief clips, not enough to really tell what they sound like, just a couple of short rock 'n' roll riffs.
I find it hard to believe that pickups in this price range really do sound like Filtertrons and I'd regard it as a huge bonus if they actually do - does anyone here maybe have some experience with this company and their pickups?
This is what's on their site http://www.guitarfetish.com/Nashville-V ... c_100.html
I was googling a bit to get some ideas about what kind of pickups to get for it when I came across references to 'Retrotron' pickups, made by a company called Guitar Fetish - they claim to sound like Filtertrons, and the price makes them very attractive since I don't want to splash out lots of cash on what will basically be a learning experience for me. They have on their website some sound-files of their Retrotrons but they are brief clips, not enough to really tell what they sound like, just a couple of short rock 'n' roll riffs.
I find it hard to believe that pickups in this price range really do sound like Filtertrons and I'd regard it as a huge bonus if they actually do - does anyone here maybe have some experience with this company and their pickups?
This is what's on their site http://www.guitarfetish.com/Nashville-V ... c_100.html