Mark_H They ain't cheep - I had a iBeam in a yahama CG171S - pickup was worth more than the guitar. And that is a nice guitar! The cheapest Cherub ()installed undersaddle) is gonna be R500-600 before installation. A real good pickup one with blend is R3k++ before installation.
Or a set of Elixir's for your Squire is around R250-300 and won't need changing for years 
Yeah,I actually saw an Ibanez Acoustic with built in amp for R1100 on Marketplace,so there's that and one can pick up a fairly decent Fender acoustic also for around R2000.
Please please please tell me where you got Elixr's for R250-R300 as Bothers as well as Musiekwêreld's starting prices were R500
and quite keen to test em out(never played on elixr's - that I know of)
I must admit, I quite like D'addarios,especially the XT's copperwound and nicklewound that I use on the 12 string as they are very gentle on you finger tips in comparison to the cheaper strings that start feeling like barbwire after a year
Mark_H the Elixirs at R200 was when Veee bought them 4 years ago. In today money, they are R500 
guidothepimmp the Elixirs at R200 was when Veee bought them 4 years ago. In today money, they are R500
Actually R175 was the price I recall...yeah, it was probably 4 yrs ago when I bought that set 
Heh, a set of Nanoweb nickle 11's are now R269.
A set of Nanoweb bronze 12's are now R355
Those were the cheaper sets of the range...and both around 30% more than I remember. EIsh!
If you wanna skip shipping, try the gear junkie - I know they have stock and the prices are around the same.
V8 I'm going to investigate this as I would like to give em a try. I am actually in Tableview,Cape Town and have been to the Gear Junkie in 2018 to book in my Epiphone for repairs.
But yeah,all the places I've seen had Elixrs in the R500 range. Maybe pay musicician clearance mart a visit (in Paarden Eiland) as well
Really? I did not know that. I was there in December looking for som D'addario's for my 12 string, ended up going to Music Experience
Mark_H I was there a couple times during lockdown - they weren't keen to move, but the big bosses had decided . Went past there on the way to builders warehouse - two weeks ago - the store was empty.
Just checked their FB page - it's now a address in goodwood (Google says tekkie town...but probably they're inside the Bothners Branch).
Interesting, they were there for quite some time. If I remember correctly it was just for temp (pop up store?) Think it makes sense due save that rent rather or to move to an area that's busier.
Oh so it seems like my 11's are the ones that are really expensive,the 11-52. Go figure,saw a few elixirs for R269,but not the 11's.
