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Anybody heard of GFS jangle toaster pickups ?
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:28 am
by thinneckrick
Just wondering if anybody has heard of these and what they sound like ? Just got one From Jaymi in trade .
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:44 am
by jwr2
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 ...
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:56 am
by berth
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
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:21 pm
by loverickbass
Wow, that onboard compressor looks interesting!
Cole
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:13 pm
by thinneckrick
Did you use them in front with a pickguard mod or use them in the treble position Jeff ?
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:22 am
by jwr2
I have tried them in the neck position on a couple of basses ...
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:25 am
by rikk
Jeff, How do they sound on a bass?
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:30 am
by jwr2
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 ...