Going for Gold: Pickups

Charlie4

I just stumbled upon accident on these trough YouTube and they sound amazing.
Gold Foil pickups. Something like a single coil pickup but damn, there's just something different to these. If you like the clarity/openness of say lap steel with that country tele spank then these will feel like home. To my ears they sound perhaps brighter, and a bit more upper midsy perhaps with a nice top end, than a normal single coil pup. Very chimey indeed.

Lollar is the champ of new production gold-foil pickups imo.
Enjoy. 8)

Neil-Nitro

They do sound very cool indeed. I think Teisco came up with these in the 60's or something?

Chocklit_Thunda

Been a fan for a long time! Just never had the cash to get a set....
The thin, almost microphonic tone these things put out is right in my ballpark! Always been a lover of those quirky Japanese and European guitars with the non conventional pickups

Neil-Nitro

Those quirky guitars are awesome! I recently bought an old Crescendo from my uncle which has one pickup that looks like a goldfoil. Just without the gold! It a really cool and quirky guitar. Action is crazy high. Can't adjust pickup height because the pickup is attached to the scratchplate and there's no pickup cavity under it! I enjoy playing slide on it though!

Charlie4

Chocklit_Thunda wrote: Been a fan for a long time! Just never had the cash to get a set....
The thin, almost microphonic tone these things put out is right in my ballpark! Always been a lover of those quirky Japanese and European guitars with the non conventional pickups

You know that's one thing I've realised is that the majority of guitar players, world wide, don't really know the value of some obscure brands like Teisco and Magnatone for example. It's great that we're still able to pull out some tone gems out of the time vault. On the other side of the coin though, ambitious folk tend to believe that vintage = quality, therefore a lot of $$$. Wrong!
However, I enjoy scouring for the mule gear that play AND sound like a purebred. ?

I've heard the Gold Foil pickups combined with a VOX AC30, Brett Kingman, and they sounded pretty thin too me. I initially thought they would pair great due that both have a nice chime, however that was not the case unfortunately. With a proper tweed amp though they sound AMAZING. My favourite single coils are the Lollar Charlie Christian pickups and these Gold Foil pickups. They're very different, slightly dark vs bright, but both are harmonically rich and ring like bells. Tim Lerch knows what's up. 8)