[Steadfastly]

Any experience or thoughts with these pickups? Like - not like. Reasons?

 

[vadsy]

Do some research.

 

[vadsy]

Let me repeat. Do some research.

 

[Robert1950]

Here are a couple of YouTubes. There appears to be two types. Gold foil alnico and gold foil ferrite magnets (ceramic?)The Alnico are warmer sounding and the Ferrite are brighter to my ear. I prefer the Alnico sound myself

Not sure which one this is...

 

[mhammer]

The One Weird Thing About Gold Foil Pickups - tonefiend.com

Note, though, that there are several kinds of gold foils. Some used a rubber magnet and some used ceramic. It would seem they behave differently.

 

[Steadfastly]

Here are a couple of YouTubes. There appears to be two types. Gold foil alnico and gold foil ferrite magnets (ceramic?)The Alnico are warmer sounding and the Ferrite are brighter to my ear. I prefer the Alnico sound myself

Not sure which one this is...

Thanks, Robert: Have you ever had them in a guitar? BTW, I only used the GFS pic because it was the most convenient to copy.

 

[Robert1950]

No experience. You are more likely to find someone in one of the US based forums

 

[Kerry Brown]

I had a 60's Harmony Rocket with a Dearmond mustache gold foil pickup. It had a unique, very cool sound but that sound was it, only the one sound. It was so microphonic you could play a drum line with the pick on the guitar body. Playing at gig levels was almost impossible. You had to be careful where you stood in relation to the amp. As I said it had a very cool tone but eventually I got tired of how cantankerous it was and moved it along. It may have worked better on a solid body. I'm glad I owned it and recommend everyone try one at some point on their musical journey.

 

[Jim DaddyO]

I worked on a '64 Harmony Rocket a while back. I loved the gold foil pickups in it. I check out the sound at about the 27 minute mark.....Yeah, I know, my playing sucks.