Golden Age Humbuckers

I put a pair on my PRS Tremonti SE and it has become my favorite guitar. Used the StewMac Les Paul control assembly and added a treble bleed. Crisp and clear on my Fender amp.

I installed a set of SD Pearly Gates in one LP and a set of SD Seth Lover PAF's in another for a customer. This gave me an excellent opportunity to do a head to head comparison with the Golden Age pups in one of my LPs and the Parson Street in the other. I was expecting the SD's to blow them away. I found that, for twice the price, the SD's just aren't worth it for me. Id rather have the SD's, but for half the price, these are awesome pickups. Just one man's opinion. (I have GA pups in 2 lps, a strat, a tele and a pbass and love them all)

I researched many top name expensive and inexpensive pups and decided to go with the Golden Age Zebras. My Epi Les Paul plays beautifully, but the sound was dark and somewhat muddy. Went with the uncovered because they tend to be a bit brighter. Glad I did. Still not as articulate as my Gibson SG 60's Tribute with the stock covered PAF pickups, but that could be the different wood, style, electronics, etc..., and price. My guitar buddy really noticed the difference from the stock pups as well. I recommend these...BTW, I checked the resistance value of the pups and they are just as advertised.

I wanted to add to my review that the shipping speed was super. Arrived just two days after ordering (Ohio to AZ)! Also, I made the connection by splicing the wires (with solder) rather than soldering to the pots - quick, easy, and excellent sound quality.

I installed these in a Gibson Les Paul studio I was not happy with stock pickups they were too muddy sounding. The GA Humbuckers are a great improvement better note clarity better sustain and warmth. The single coil sound was not useable before but now I really like it. These pickups are a great bargain.

I own so many brands of pick ups including very expensive ones but the Golden Age humbuckers are like the vintage late 50's which are not dark or dull or muddy sounding. I'll be buying more of these pickups for other guitars I own and the price is so great. My bass player loves the sound of these pick ups in my guitar as do I. These Golden Age pick ups make my Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Custom sound better and clearer than any other pick up I own so they are staying in this guitar. I so love the sound of this guitar now. If you want a warmer sound get the other series with the alnico 2 for the bridge and if you want more midrange thickness get the series that are overwound at such a great price.

Bought the Zebras for neck and bridge position for my Epiphone LP Standard Plus TOP that comes factory equiped with the Burstbuckers. Those Burstbuckers sounded muddy, especially in the neck position. But now with the Golden Age Humbuckers, wow, what a difference, nice warm vintage sound and the lows are clean, not muddy. Great for the price, no need to spend +80 bucks per pickup on Seymour Duncan or Gibson.
If you need a bit more bite out of the bridge pickup, you should go with the hotter overwound version.

I recently purchased a set of Golden Age humbuckers for an Ibanez AS73 (an older one I found with the sunburst finish) I wanted to upgrade. I had previously had good luck with the Parson's Street buckers, but wanted the regular Golden Age for this upgrade because of the wax potting. Fortunately, the regular Golden Age sound great to me, and I have since a/b'ed the guitar along with my Gibson Les Paul, which has burstbucker pros. The Golden Age sound great to me, and compare very favorably. If available, I would have used an Alnico II bridge to soften it slightly on this semi-hollow, but a slight adjustment to the treble control on the rear pickup has mitigated that. In short, the Ibanez semi-hollow has become one of my gigging guitars now, and sounds like I want it to through stage monitors and also thru my favorite amps, for small gigs. Wonderful product, I can heartily recommend to anyone considering a pickup upgrade.

I bought an Epi Special I limited edition a few weeks ago on sale knowing before hand that I would be changing pickups. All I was looking for was a nice straight neck, honestly. I'd been considering trying the Golden Age pickups for quite a while and this seemed like a great opportunity. I'm really, really glad I did. The difference in tone from the original Epi pickups is astounding! The guitar didn't sound bad stock, but suddenly the tone is more crisp, round and articulate. All the harmonics and overtones are present and the guitar just sounds great! I have several guitars including a custom-built Strat and Tele, but I have to say, the Epi Special is my absolute favorite (at least for now). I have used lots of different pickups over the last 40 years of playing guitar and none have impressed me as much as the Golden Age pickups. I would not hesitate to put them in any other guitar I own - in fact, I may just do that. If only they made a GA mini-humbucker for another Epi I own, an Alleykat semi-hollow body. Maybe a P-90? Hmmm. Just buy these pickups. Not just "great for the price", they are simply great sounding pickups.

Installed in a 1982 Ibanez AM205 Mahogany Burl (similar to a 339 Gibson). These pups are deep and brilliant and compare nicely to Bartolini's. Cts pots and .047 caps and switch for parallel / tap / series on bridge pup.

I bought this brand for the neck and bridge for my 335 copy. What an improvement. The more I play, the better it sounds. It's almost like you have to break it in or something. I am new to this website but my first impression were pretty great. Fastest then ANYTHING I ordered on the web (and my wife thinks I order way to much stuff) for mail delivery.