Help finding affordable mini humbuckers
- dune736
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Help finding affordable mini humbuckers
Building a guitar with P90 routes. After thinking about it, I decided I wanted to go with mini humbuckers.
Most from the well know brands are out of my price range. Anybody had experience with import mini hums that go for around $100 a set?
Most from the well know brands are out of my price range. Anybody had experience with import mini hums that go for around $100 a set?
- Shadoweclipse13
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Re: Help finding affordable mini humbuckers
I don't know any that cheap, but I've heard really good things about Jerry Sentell's pickups from a few guys around here. He makes cool stuff...
http://www.sentellpickups.net/mini-humbucker.html
http://www.sentellpickups.net/mini-humbucker.html
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http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=104282&p=1438384#p1438384
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- jmac
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Re: Help finding affordable mini humbuckers
The Guitar Fetish mini-HBs are like $30/each, and they sound pretty good in the demo vids on YouTube
- LouReedFan
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Re: Help finding affordable mini humbuckers
I did a build with the GFS Vintage minis and they sound very good to my ears.jmac wrote:The Guitar Fetish mini-HBs are like $30/each, and they sound pretty good in the demo vids on YouTube
I also have scored a pair of Duncan SM-3s on eBay for under $100. Once in a while you get lucky.
Good luck, mini-hums are actually a favorite of mine. I've got 3 guitars with them.
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- hpr_hpr
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Re: Help finding affordable mini humbuckers
I have been eying Sentells pickups for a while now . . . he has some unusual stuff and they are a bit cheaper than some of the other makers but a set of mini hums still runs $160 and up.
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- Shadoweclipse13
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Re: Help finding affordable mini humbuckers
Yeah I know. You'd think someone like Seymour Duncan would have a cheaper option, but I'm just starting to think that all mini humbuckers are more expensive as they're not as common as full-sized humbuckers, P-90's, or single coils.hpr_hpr wrote:I have been eying Sentells pickups for a while now . . . he has some unusual stuff and they are a bit cheaper than some of the other makers but a set of mini hums still runs $160 and up.
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Re: Help finding affordable mini humbuckers
I threw some into an Epi Riviera a few years back and I thought they were fine - better than the stock pickups for sure.LouReedFan wrote: I did a build with the GFS Vintage minis and they sound very good to my ears.
- borntohang
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Re: Help finding affordable mini humbuckers
GFS or Wilkinson. Got a set of the Wilkos and they're pretty neat; came with rings for P90 routes too. Was a bit disappointed they weren't splittable but found out later they actually do another set that come with four-wire and I'd just bought the wrong one.dune736 wrote:Building a guitar with P90 routes. After thinking about it, I decided I wanted to go with mini humbuckers.
Most from the well know brands are out of my price range. Anybody had experience with import mini hums that go for around $100 a set?
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Re: Help finding affordable mini humbuckers
I used to have a 77 Gibson Deluxe Goldtop. The original owner had routed them for HBs. One day I got to play another Norlin era LP that still had the mini humbuckers in it. It sounded awesome. I ended selling mine after that. Those 70s mini HBs were cool.
If the GFS ones are alnico I would give them a shot. Just maybe age the covers and swap out the magnets if you don't like the tone. Magnets are around $5 each.
There is a set from an epiphone on ebay right now as well.
If the GFS ones are alnico I would give them a shot. Just maybe age the covers and swap out the magnets if you don't like the tone. Magnets are around $5 each.
There is a set from an epiphone on ebay right now as well.