GFS Neovin Stratocaster Pickups

[RobertGuitarDJ]

Incredible Demo, you really showed how they sound and react to your playing. To me, I prefer the sound with the hum better. It is a very small difference in tone, and I absolutely hate hum. I shielded my Strat Pickup Cavity with Copper Tape. That reduced the hum in half, you can never totally get rid of it. It's a double edged sword, good tone -- but an annoying hum. Again Killer Video. Best Noiseless Pickups I've ever heard.

[andrewt248]

Sound like a Strat. I would have never thought to myself "Those are noise-less pickups".

[skylorz]

Nice review but i hate noisless pickups........

[dbenc]

Great demo! I've heard these p/u don't have great sustain. True..?

[ivncdo0809]

what neovin are those specifically?

[rodchubb]

@ivncdo0809 fat strat

[ivncdo0809]

for rhcp purposes what gfs would yo reccomend?

[AdamFreeman123]

did anyone else laugh when he said "I'm kind of a tweaker?"

thanks for the demo though, I'm gonna pick up a set - this has me convinced :)

[9timesnine]

You want those old pups man. Im broke so i cant pay you. Ha. Keep pickin. Thanks. Cody Lee Meece

[LockOnTone]

Great review Rod. NIce playing as well.

[guitar62751]

Thanks for posting this demo ! Sounds really good and quiet !

Is it a pre-wired set or bought seperately ?

I'm also a single coil purest and hate the hum when using overdrive.

My Highway Strat is very noisy with the factory vintage stock pickups !

I'll be seriously thinking about having them put in now.

Stu

[rodchubb]

@guitar62751 Hi Stu,

I just bought the pickups and wired them myself.

[phallystorm]

Rod! I just bought a 70s reissue Fender ASH Strat with the GFS Vintage FAT Neovins in it. I was skeptical, because nothing else goes in my Guitars but Duncans/DiMarzios/Bardens/Fral­ins, PRS etc. When I played this guitar yesterday 12/29/10 for the 1st time I was FLOORED. I go through a very nice sysatem a MESA Quad pre/and a MESA 295 Simulclass Amp, and the MESA RECTO 4 x 12 cab. I could not put the guitar Down! Allll day today too. These GFSs are AMAZING. I am SOLD. WOW I'm in SHOCK

[pbstratocaster]

I would guess it was impossible to get such a warm and deep tone, using 500kohm pots?? I never dared using other than 250kohm for my singlecoils.

[rodchubb]

@pbstratocaster These are 500K pots.

[pbstratocaster]

@rodchubb Thankd R. So you can even get a warmer tone by changing to 250 ` .

[keithsa41]

these sound a tad too muddy lacking the spank and sparkle of true coils...

[freenamdar]

I tried the CV 50s squier and i loved the sound of the stock pickups. but i want noiseless. are these pickups pretty close sounding to the stock ones? i tries some deluxe strats and a eric clapton, sounded too thick and bassy. what do you suggest?

[rodchubb]

@freenamdar I like the neovins but I am not sure they really sound like a single coil. You just can't get that sound out of a humbucker.

[Fajah]

Great demo and sound. You mention you're using 500K pots. What cap are you using?

[rodchubb]

If I recall it is a .22

[Fajah]

ok, thanks.

[bazzamcgurk]

Which Neovin's have you got in there?

[rodchubb]

Vintage with a fat bridge

[gretscher]

I have Custom '54 single coils by Fender in my Strat and although not "noisless" they are very quiet, almost silent. I don't know why but they are very quiet. Maybe my wiring job in my guitar is good but I have no shielding though.  Thanks for the demo and review.

[gretscher]

Thanks for the demo. Do you think that the Hank Marvin tone can be attained by using those GFS noiseless pickups? Thanks.

[Leonard5555]

sound good. I'm pretty set on GFS pups for the Strat

[FxManItalia]

Nice playing, bro.

[twelvemeister]

think i prefered the sound of the original pick ups no offence

[wwwdwhite]

I appreciate this articulate, specific review. Good playing, too, Rod.

[ace69er]

Sounds great.

Im liking Guitar Fetish more and more. Cheap and GOOD!

Good competitor for Seymour Duncan (which i swear by), Gotoh (which I also swear by) and Dimarzio.

Everything thing I've heard from GFS has been outstanding and SO affordable,

Their ready made guitars are amazing vaule and sound just like what theyre cloning, (or as close to as possible anyway)

[BenEzraSoundProject]

Those are really nice sounding pickups! They definitely don't sound like authentic or 'vintage' strat pickups - the bridge pickup in particular jumps out at me as being too thick, especially considering that's a maple-neck strat. But I think you're right - if you're not a single-coil purist, and can get over the fact that these don't fit those expectations - the tone is definitely nice, and being noiseless is so useful!

[Aether77]

Great demo, I'm thinking of getting these for a Strat project.

[jojay25]

nice n' sweet

[heinzdziurowitz]

Very detailed review, much nicer than just hearing some kid bang out some power chords! Based on reviews like this I ordered the Neovin Tele vintage set. Yes, these are dead quiet and the bridge actually has a real Tele twang, while the neck is not a bit muddy, very clear. Normally would have to put a strat pup in the neck or remove the chrome cover to get the same clarity. Very nice for noisy venues or a studio indeed. I will be trying a Strat set soon. Thanks for a very informative review.

[ImageRiver]

Excellent review.

I'm ordering the Power Rock bridge and the Pure Vintage neck for my SX STL-62 that I'm gutting. You have nice chops. Keep it up brother.

[pipesstratman]

At what height do you set your pickups to get that tone? Can you fret at last fret and measure from pole piece to bottom of high and low "E" string? You make that guitar sound great!

[rodchubb]

Thanks for your kind words. I just set each pickup where I think the sound best and it changes from time to time.

[luckyguitar123]

Hey there, nice review. One question tough. Do you have 250k or 500k pots?

[rodchubb]

500k

[itzed]

Maybe it's the way this is recorded, but I don't hear much difference between these pick-ups in any of the positions.

[stratman9]

Are you listening to this on crappy speakers? Unless you're talking about the overdriven tones, which are less distinguishable, but still distinct. I just really hate the Bad Monkey, but the clean tones were nice.

[itzed]

Hardly, a nice set of Sennheisers actually. :) I was speaking in terms of comparing this to single coils. I have three strats, and an Xaviere XV870 with GFS single coils and they all have a LOT of tonal difference between the PU positions. I just don't hear as much with these noiseless PUPs and was wondering if any of that sound distinction suffers with the noisless wind.

[rodchubb]

ooops... someone posted a comment to there pickups being noisy but instead of hitting reply I hit remove... sorry. My response would be if these pickups are noisy in you guitar I believe you have them hooked up wrong. Mine are dead quiet even on high gain settings.

[rocknrollradioz]

they are great pickups im getting mine soon to put in my decked out squier stratocaster deluxe with a two point bridge, locking tuners, electronics redone, and a new nut this thing will be cruising!

[lednicky1]

please, what you think of your crate V50? is it good amp for the price 250 € ? thanks

[rodchubb]

I no longer have the Crate amp. It was a cool amp just notfor me. I decided to go another road. I still think it is a great deal for $200 though.

[RosaRose168]

um I have a question. Is it worth it to upgrade my stock Squier pickups to GFS pickups? I'm playing through a Marshall MG30dfx. i heard it does not make much of a difference because my amp is just an average solid state amp.

[rodchubb]

First off, those Marshall amps are anything but "average". They are great sounding amps. I use the 50watt version of that myself. As far as pickups it depends what you are after, if you want a quiet guitar it is worth the upgrade. If you like the sound of your guitar as is, save your money!

[RosaRose168]

Haha thanks man. What about the tone? I'm looking for a more vintage tone, less output maybe.

[CadillacJackBand]

Hey nice playing! When you say these are low output, how low do you mean? For example, are they 50% quieter than typical single coils? I know it's subjective, but if you could give me an idea that would be great. Thanks!

[rodchubb]

I have no idea really. If you play heavy music these are probably not what you are looking for unless you have a ton of gain. I like low output pickups so I dig em.

[maubahia]

Hi! Nice demo and playingI have the same pickups as you do and they sound cool but have you noticed that the bass strings are not crisp and clean, specially the 6th? How about the distance of the strings from the pickups? Do you set them as close as possible? Thanks a lot!!

[rodchubb]

The say to set the pickups as close as possible. I move them around til I find the tone I like.

[maubahia]

Thank you!!!

[stratocastermaster2]

hey, i was considering seymour duncan hot rails till i heard about the gfs pickups. they are extremly cheap! i play funk, altern rock, punk, and reggae/ska. would you reccomend these pups? i wasnt sold on the hot rails because i love the single coil sound. so these are good with noise? im getting a big muff aswell and they are extremly noisy.

[rodchubb]

Mine are dead silent and I still love them. I think the tone is great.

[Yngwie811]

are u modifile pickup?

[surfco]

uhmmm.... WHAT?

[longwhip]

They sound great but I can hear the sterility to where when you switch pickups, they just about sound alike and same level...no interaction between your hands and sound. A great Strat pickup fights the others just a bit to add to the depth...Super nice playing...just about like EMG's...just a plain vanilla output.

[rafarads]

Great Demo! Great Playing!!!!

[pastorkev777]

What set did you get? If I was to get them I would get the overwound set four some alnico sound!

[rodchubb]

These are the vintage set with the fat bridge I believe.

[sjbcrews]

Thanks for the demo. The pups sound really good. I've read that these pickups have to be jacked up really close to the strings to sound good. Is this what you found?

[rodchubb]

That is what they recommend in the instructions.

[guitardbucket]

Very nicely done.

[heinzdziurowitz]

Good demo, I was interested in seeing what these sound like. I am interested in these or maybe the GFS Lil Killer's, I have lots of strat's but want an option for a quiet pickup set. Thanks for the professional demo and the chance to hear these.

[moosey62]

Hey Rod, thanks for that. That's my mind made up. Jay Fetish ought to give you a commission for every set you're selling ;-)

Great chops too btw!

[RocknDrTom]

Well done and a great demo of the pickups.

[JacqueShredo]

Man those sound great!!

[rednebb]

Hi, great video and great playing,

the Neovins sound great! In fact I have a prewired pickguard with Neovins waiting to be installed in my strat copy, I just haven't had the time yet. But when I get round to it, I'm planning on making a comparison video with the old Wilkinson Alnico PU's that are in there now and the Neovins.

[heyman321]

Nice video! All your videos are nice acutally. Great playing too. How much did that CV strat cost you?

[rodchubb]

they go for $299, thanks for the kind words.

[YogiSizzle]

You changed the pickups? Blasphemy!!

[rodchubb]

lol