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REVIEW wades lowrider gold foil pickups

Ok . as some of you know .. I plopped 4 of wades lowrider gold foils into one of my witches to make an ss4l tribute . and I had some time to test and compare them against the real thing as I have many teiscos with gold foils . including an ss4l .

So , as a few of you have asked my opinion ….

here's the break down .

Do they sound nice ? yes , they have a great tone .

Do they sound just like the vintage teisco foils ? .. well , no, not on par , but they do mimic that vintage tone very well , and come pretty close , and they have that same microphonic effect .They come closer than any name brand pickup that " claims" to have “vintage tone “ that I have ever tried .

Are they worth the price ? I’d say yes, .. considering they are around the same price as most custom wound pups out there , . and when compared to the real teisco foils , they are about half price .. and beyond half as good , so .. its a deal really .

Do they look exactly like the vintage foils ? no , they do not have the set pole screws etc .. and the size is different from the fatter rys and they are smaller than the slim jims . BUT the over all look is almost the same at first glance ,, and not having the set screw poles makes them more versatile and not look as silly on 3 or 4 stringers etc ..

Do I honestly like em ? or am I just being nice ? , well .. lemme put it this way .. if my swamp witches weren't designed around the mini hummer pickups I currently use and already have that established swamp witch humbucker sound, or if I couldn't get em . .. I think I’d have these single foils in my witches . ;-)

Nice job wade .

Here’s the ss4l tribute video with wades pups

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/swamp-witch-guitar-ss4l-tribute...

and here is where you can get wades pups .

https://reverb.com/shop/victory-guitars

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Permalink Reply by Wade on January 2, 2015 at 3:48pm

http://http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/retro-gold-foil-test

Here's a quick vid I did taped to my washboard guitar. More vids on my page. If it sounds good on a washboard, well, you be the judge!

Thanks for the comments,

Wade

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 2, 2015 at 3:54pm

dead link wade cut short . . here

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/retro-gold-foil-test-2

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 2, 2015 at 4:17pm

and during my comparison between teisco and the lowriders . i used an empty guitar husk .. and taped the pups in the same spot .

couldn't really do a vid , my out of date Kodak easy share has no sound on video .. and pic scrolls or matching , woulda been a pain in the ass .

hence my verbal review

Permalink Reply by 3 String Blues on January 2, 2015 at 9:52am

that's a great honest review! I think he will have much sucesss with them and we want to seem more swamp witch and warlocks with gold foils!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Delvero on January 2, 2015 at 10:04am

Wade's pick ups have a great tone! Not only do they sound great, they look very cool! they will be a unique addition to your current or future build, for that matter, due to their height install them on a already completed guitar.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 3, 2015 at 3:51am

that's a beautiful guitar Delvero !

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Permalink Reply by Delvero on January 3, 2015 at 4:11am

Thank you pick! personally i liked it better without pick up (looks wise) but now it has a nice voice!

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 3, 2015 at 4:16am

i like it with the pup .. and it matched well .

good idea on the picture , . ill post mine here too.

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on January 2, 2015 at 3:18pm

Dig these. Thanks for the review. I checked out both your vid and the one at Reverb. Really like the sound.

Love the throaty sound of the swamp witch guitar I have. It might be a cool custom option to be able to choose between the two. Just an idea.....

I have a set of 1970 PAFs. Bought a set of Duncan's PAF's for another les paul guitar. Do they sound the same? Only when I turn the tone down a bit on the Duncans. It's hard to mimic the sound of rotting copper wire and disintegrating wax. Rot and tarnish = warm tone.... : ) Or just turn your tone down a bit. I said that to point out this. It's really hard to get the sound of an old pickup. Kudos for those who come close! Perhaps using a tone to cut the new edge off of these gold foils will allow them to come closer to the old sound.