Anybody heard of GFS jangle toaster pickups ?

thinneckrick · Post by **thinneckrick** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:28 am

Just wondering if anybody has heard of these and what they sound like ? Just got one From Jaymi in trade .

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:44 am

Yep ... I got 2 or 3 of them ... they look similar and sound similar to the real thing ... they are a little bigger in height and width ... they are a little hotter than the real thing 7.34k ohms ...

berth · Post by **berth** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:56 am

I never heard of them. But I read some interesting reviews after some googling. Their homepage seems to be: http://store.guitarfetish.com/index.html

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:21 pm

Wow, that onboard compressor looks interesting!

Cole

thinneckrick · Post by **thinneckrick** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:13 pm

Did you use them in front with a pickguard mod or use them in the treble position Jeff ?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:22 am

I have tried them in the neck position on a couple of basses ...

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:25 am

Jeff, How do they sound on a bass?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:30 am

they sound a lot like the real thing ... the real toasters are slightly better sounding ... the GFS a little louder ... the GFS toasters are more prone to microphonic feedback than a real toaster ... The best application for the GFS toaster is a late 70s 4001 bass ... some of the 70s 4001 basses had the neck pickup sitting in a canyon ... I had a 78 or 79 jetglo that no matter how high I adjusted the neck pickup it was still too low ... so I put in a GFS toaster and gained another 1/16" ...

Anyway Rickenbacker shut them down for trademark violation so you can't get the GFS toasters any more ... the ones that I have have been sitting in a box for a few years ... I tried them in a 4001, 4003, 4004, and a non-ric bass ... I am currently not using them ...

Another thing I might try is using the slightly larger GFS toaster cover on a hb1 pickup ...

I think GFS had another version of that pickup that looked like the hb1 ...