even the lower priced ones.. 30.00 or so, in single coils were excellent. I have some KA's in a Benedetto Benny. they have the full range and a brief description of each one. I've got a set in an el-cheapo Flying V I have. Great price. Kent Armstrong pickups - any good? - Ultimate Guitar Hot is darker After listening to Mark Whitfield's videos I thought his playing was excellent, however the Soho's tone was very bright and plinkyto me. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. I would be interested in you comments about the Benedetto swap. Does anybody really play bebop these days? i dont like the idea of a guitar having a battery too toy-ish IMO. I'm really shocked at reading this thread as I have bought 2 guitars that have had KA pups (mini hum and hums) and in both cases these guitars were totally liberated by replacing themI replaced the KA mini humbucker with a Duncan SM-3 mini and the humbuckers with a Duncan JB and a Bare knuckle Stormy Monday. the upgrade turned both guitars from potential ebay items into favourites.go figure!? kent armstrong - Epiphone Electrics - Gibson Brands Forums You cannot paste images directly. no, i don't like those one bit. thanks. If this is your first visit, be sure to Kent Armstrong Review | Pickups | Reviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com His pickups are really, really nice. It will still fit and fasten to any other archtop that is replacing a floater. They are very dull and lifeless None of that typical P-90 sound. It's funny that this thread just came up, because I discussed this topic with my tech just today. I just fitted a tele bridge pickup and it's great. Down solos the bridge pickup. 2 reviews, 4,340 hits, 0 comments 9.9 Superb HSDO-1 Super Distortion This is a high output, tight, bassy Some of the add-ons on this site are powered by. regardless, jazz pickups don't sound anything like MB pickups. Kent Armstrong Pickups I believe he still does hand winds to order in the states. I like a pickup that is able to produce the true "natural" acoustic tone when it's fully on, but can go completely dark and everywhere in between. Mike, thanks for the feedback (no pun intended). Copyright 2021 Gibson Brands, Inc. All rights reserved. I always wanted to get a third pickup (the Armstrong Rock Treble, or something like that) for the guitar, but haven't done so yet. Seymour Duncan Strat Sized Lipstick Pickup, Seymour Duncan Danelectro Lipstick Pickup, Seymour W. Duncan Biography: The Man Behind It All, Mark Holcomb Scarlet & Scourge Signature Humbuckers, The Wes Hauch Jupiter Rails Humbucker Pickup Set, The Present and Future of Lipstick Pickups. 6.6k. He was jamming on it while I was in the store which is what caught my attention. I used them exclusively in my tele strat builds for a long time, and those are all nice pups, too. Playing them clean in a tube amp.best tone I've ever heard. I'd go for that configuration again if I had a 3 humbucker guitar. it does not have that upper mid spike and is much more PAFish? I may be wrong, but i think that is one of the overseas "licensed" pickups, not handmade in Vermont. Well by looking at the list of players that he's made pickups for, he should be **** good.
