Artec VH59A Vintage Tone Alnico 5 Humbucker Neck Bridge Pickups Set, Chrome

I installed these in a BCP 335 type that came with microphonic pickups (not bad clean but would howl under the slightest gain and feedback). I didn't want to spend a lot on pickups for such an inexpensive guitar (not a bad guitar at all after some fret work and a slight setup) and these were recommended to me on a guitar forum. Wow! First, the howling screech was gone from under a bit of gain compared to the stock pickups. They handle higher gain as well quite nicely (great hollow body feedback.....the good kind.) Wax potted and stay quiet. Second, I use SD 59s in the necks of most all of my guitars....and this is so close that you won't notice the difference after a bit of playing. Not a fair comparison, LP versus 335 will change the tone, but I know the pickup well enough to know what it sounds like. Not sure on the bridge compared to the SD (don't have one to A/B with), however, I'm sure that the comparison would be favorable. Third, four conductor wiring with a very nice split sound. Although I did not hardwire these to be split, I played around with them before deciding (clip leads are great for this). Very nice and comparable to the SDs. But I didn't want splits on this guitar so decided not to (I use the splits on my LPs a lot). Fourth, the pair is very balanced and complimentary. Adjust to taste and you will find that the neck and bridge work very well together. Fifth, the fit and finish are top notch. Easy drop in replacement pickups. All in all, I highly recommend considering these pickups if you are looking at replacing the pickups in an inexpensive guitar. $200-$300 on a set of SDs on a $100 guitar doesn't make much sense in most cases. However, these do sound great. To me, they are good enough that I ordered another set for an inexpensive LP type that will be used on stage in my bar band (along with the 335 knockoff).

My diagram had green as the hot and black as the ground. It was completely opposite. Once I mapped out the pickup correctly they sound fantastic. They are very close to any $200 PAF clone out there today.

Bought these for a project SG and was very impressed with how these sounded! I backed a couple of the pole pieces out and can confirm they are indeed wax potted (you can see the wax in the threads). Dead quiet too, which was such a nice surprise I'm getting another gold set for a LP. Had a hell of a time pulling both sets of 4 conductor wire through a small control cavity hole and was happy to see that they both held together after the amount of force applied. While the construction seems better than adequate (I am not sure if these are "18% nickel steel covers blah blah") the tone was what really impressed. I have been tinkering with guitars for 40 years now, and favour single coils generally, but these sounded great clean or distorted, with a very nice pronounce growel in the low end and a singing, non-ice pick high end with great sustain that sounds as good or better than my Duncan 59/JB PRS setup. Not sure if they will go "death metal heavy" but I suspect those players will probably be looking at other options anyway. These do classic rock very well, including heavier stuff. I don't think you can do better when looking at budget sets. Hell, I hesitate to call them a "budget set", they are just a real nice set of pickups that I would not hesitate playing out or taking to the studio. Highly recommended.

A nice strong set of Humbuckers for the money. Artec makes reliable pickups. Pay attention to wire color code. They are not like Seymour Duncan. Here the green is the hot lead and not the black wire like everyone else's. Check the indo that comes with these pickups as those color codes can change..

These are really good 59' p.a.f. copies especially for the price! Are they as good as my Seymour Duncan 59' set absolutely no.They kind of have they're own character of the 59. For the low price they're definitely worth it!

Inexpensive vintage humbucker pickups. Put them in my Les Paul and they are perfect for what I needed them for.

These sound fantastic. I've owned a lot of different humbuckers that are modeled after 59 PAFs and these sound very similar. I put these on a Les Paul I built and I couldn't really tell the difference compared to other more expensive pickups I've owned in the past. This company make a lot of pickups for other companies so its no surprise they can make a good sounding pup.

Installed these in my Ibanez ARX320 with musiclilly pots, switch, pushback wire, and caps and it was night and day! Super clear, very nice vintage tone! Rivals other more expensive name brand pickups. Seriously. Just buy them. You won’t regret it.

オークションで最近落とした、安物のダブルカッタウェイタイプのギターをレスポールっぽい音にしたくて購入しましたが、いやー化けましたね。物凄く心地よい扱いやすい音のピックアップです。 昔持ってた中堅クラスのレスポールカスタムタイプのギターに似た音色が出たのでとても懐かしくなりました。 ただサイズが図面より大きく、収まらなかったのでボディのネックマウント箇所をヤスリを使って削る作業が発生しました。購入の際はサイズ気をつけた方が良いと思います。

*UPDATE* I contacted the Amazon Help Centre, the associate was very helpful and provided me with a return label for the defective pickups. My purchase will be refunded. Excellent customer service! Disappointed in these pickups, very noisy, bridge pickup sounds weak and thin. I would like to return them but the return date window has closed.

cela sonne très bien, bonne qualités.