New pu'ps for semi-hollowbody('buckers and P90s)

[snipelfritz]

Hey y'all, so for the longest time I've wanted to swap out the stock Duncan-Designed pickups on my Schecter CSH-1, but I've always just ended up wasting my money on something else. After five or so years, the guitar still feels better than any instrument I've ever held, but the sound leaves something to be desired. I've got some birthday money coming in the near future and I think I'd finally like to go ahead and do this.

It has coil splitting for each p'up, but I never switch them. That is, I always play with the bridge p'up split and the neck not, but I've always wanted that neck pup to sound a bit beefier without loosing it's bite. Naturally, I'm thinking I'll find a humbucker sized P90 to pop in there. I know there's a lot of options as far as that goes, so I'd like suggestions for a somewhat hotter P90 I can use.

As for the bridge, I'd like something that retains the thick bluesy tone of a JB with just a little more clarity.

Any suggestions? I'd like to spend around $150 on this so I have a bit left over so I can have a tech install it (Any idea how much a two p'up installation + standard set up might run me? ). I have no desire to mess around with wires and such in a guitar with no pickguard or otherwise that you can simply pop off to get inside.

[snipelfritz]

By not posting in this thread you are complicity stating that Duncan Designed pickups are the best pickups ever made.

[Fuzzy Fred]

they are















but f'realz, for the money, i groove on gfs p90 pickups

[Jeff-7]

GFS makes some good stuff, a setup will probably run 60-80 bucks, not sure what your tech would charge to install these though. If it were me I'd probably throw a Gibson '57 Classic in the bridge.

[colin]

I recently put a set of the GFS Mean 90's in a guitar, and I like them a lot. Sure, there are better pickups out there, but for the price I'd say they are hard to beat.

[snipelfritz]

Internet seems to love Mean 90s. I think I'll put that in the bridge.

The Gibson '57 is a bit out of my price range and I think I'd like to try something a tad more "modern" sounding (note: i'm not dead set on one sound, just something that would sound interesting in a good way).

Anybody try GFS Dream 180s? They seem kinda cool. Like the Mean 90s they're damn cheap too. I might have extra cash for a pedal when this is all over.

[Toonster]

Do those GFS people have a site? Why is it so hard to google them and don't find cork-sniffer forums with people saying that it is better to buy some boutique pu's for the price of a pretty nice guitar..

[Jeff-7]

http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-Pickups_p_612.html

[Toonster]

http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-Pickups_p_612.html

I thought it was just a shop selling them