Artec Vintage Blues

Submitted at: 10:20, 11/3/2005

Product Info

Pickup features: Passive humbucker
Impedence or other specs: 7.88K
Price Paid: UK Pounds 18
Purchased from: Ebay

Instrument

Model of guitar or bass: 'Vintage' Les Paul Copy
Position: neck
Pickup being replaced: Original stock
Other pickups on guitar: Original stock
Artists using this pickup: None
You musical style(s): Blues
Reason for pickup change: Original pickup sounds poor

Sound

Perceived output level: Like a PAF copy should - low /medium output
Tone: Bassy and muddy, not enough treble. Not enough clarity.
Sonic evaluation: Used with a Fender Blues Deluxe valve amp. These are probably the cheapest replacement pickups. A lot better than the stock pickups but the tone is too muddy and not enough treble.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Blues

Overall Rating

Comments: I have been playing for 25 years. The pickup is very cheap and good value but if you want a serious tone I think you need to spend a bit more money. A lot of PAF copies are too high in output, SD's for example, this one is just right and would suit an improvement for a cheap copy but no more.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this pickup a: 7