The GFS NYIII is now the ONLY
way to get true humbucker crunch into any guitar sporting Gretsch
Dynasonic, Rickenbacker Toaster or other vintage style pickups.
The
Shell is basically similar to a vintage Rickenbacker pickup, and the
physical footprint exactly covers a Dearmond Dynasonic. While the
mounting holes may not always be a perfect match for you Gretsch fans-
the baseplate covers the hole completely, so you can upgrade and then
revert back to your stock pickups without seeing any telltale holes.
This
was a tough pickup to engineer- We had to start with totally new and
proprietary bobbins forms, wind them as hot as we could with Plain
Enamel Formvar wire, then find a way to fit them into the shell. Once
installed we put two Alnico III magnets on either side of the
polepieces, and placed a reversed Alnico V Helper” magnet in the middle.
It’s
kind of a complicated structure- and all of the assembly is done
totally by hand. BUT- what you get is the coolest vintage Filtertron
jangle and crunch- DEAD QUIET, and it fits right in the footprint of
most old Dearmond style pickups.
On a Gretsch you’ll probably
have to do a very slight amount of trimming on the body rout to
accommodate our magnets and polepieces- especially on the neck pickup.
But the shell completely covers the work- and you can even revert to
your stock pickups and it LOOK STOCK. They’re wound like good, firm
PAF’s- WAY hotter than old Filtertrons- Bridge is around 8.4K, neck is
7.6K.
I’ve put these on old hollowbodies, bad 80’s Rickys- even
on a melody Maker- They really sound fabulous. The difference between a
pair of these and stock (Even Vintage) Dearmond Dynasonics is huge. The
shell sits 5/8” high at the bridge, 3/8” high at the neck.
Hey- where else can you buy THIS MUCH TONE for under $100 a pair??
Who loves ya baby?
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