EBMM JPM PICKUPS JUST SOLD FOR .....

[jpwannabe]

Wow...
An auction just ended for a piar of pickups pulled out
of a EBMM JPM, it went for 200 USD, thats insane.
Even though you can't buy them I'd never spend that
kind of money just to buy a pair of pickups, they were
designed around the Air Norton and Steve's Special,
I'd be guessing getting the same thing would still
sound evenly good, and save a load on cash.
YOu guys think its worth it? I was trying to get it
for cheap, but can't belive how high it went.

[Two hands31]

$100 per pickup sounds decent to me, but then, I'm in Canada

[darren wilson]

$100 per pickup ($130-140 Canadian) sounds a little much to me, but i did probably spend at least that much on each of my Duncan 7s, but they had to be special-ordered. Unless i'd heard the pickups in the EB/MM JPM and knew their tone was unattainable anywhere else, i probably wouldn't spend that kind of cash on pickups.

[bob mclaughlin]

I agree with Darren, that is a little too much if you can find that "unattainable tone" elsewhere. But if you noticed the sales of pick-ups (e-bay) that come out of "signature" guitars....(EVH Wolfs/EVHEBMM/etc..) that you can't buy in a store, people make some VERY good money on them.............

[tony777]

Congrats on your pickups!

Since your nickname is JPwannabe, I guess your into petrucci's sound.
I have a JP bridge humbucker, and it's quite different from steve's special, though it's character is the same. It has more punch in the lows (which really rocks!) and mids, but slightly reduced highs, though very notififying (imo it's flipside).
i had the pickup in my RG2020 which has a mahogany body, and the highs became too dark for that guitar, so I put it in a basswood RG model, where it sounds great.

So my dream pickup will be the steve's special, with the JP custom lows

Another thing is that they have too big holes for screws if you want to mount them on a pickguard or mounting rings. You'll have to improvise something then, but it shouldn't be too difficult. There's no problem for direct mounting.

BTW i payed about $75-$80 (can't remember the actual price) for the pickup, a year and a half ago, on ebay.
The seller didn't note that it was dimarzio's so I guess the traffic wasn't that big because of that.

Anyway, good luck with your pickups.
I guess you'll get almost the same price for them if you don't like them and decide to sell.

Tony

[jpwannabe]

NO NO
I DIDN'T BUY IT... HAHA

[tony777]

Originally Posted by jpwannabe

NO NO
I DIDN'T BUY IT... HAHA

You got me, I do understand now, when re-reading your first post

[Artist]

Some places in England sell single Dimarzios (E.g. just the bridge Evo) for £70 (about $130)

[jeffrey]

The pickups in my EBMM JP7 are qutie different from the Steve's Special/Air Norton in my JPM1.

I guess the word that comes to mind is "ballsier". If that's even a word.

I wish I could buy a set, I have an Ibanez 7 string they'd sound fantastic in.

They do have quite a unique tone, not quit like anything else I've heard out there.