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Other Stuff => Guitars => Topic started by: TerryD on September 20, 2010, 06:06:18 pm

Title: Are Airline Pick Ups a Complete Rip???Off, that is??
Post by: TerryD on September 20, 2010, 06:06:18 pm

I got some Airline pick ups off of ebay.  I thought they sounded cool.  I heard a clip.  I had to deground the metal covers for a fender super switch.  I understand that the mojo of the originals may well be that they are junk....but this thing looks like a cheap strat pick up in a metal PAF shell filled with wax.  I know the airlines were single coil but I was expecting to find a "little" mojo inside,,,perhaps a wider coil base....or SOMETHING!!!.  I paid 49.99 plus 8 to ship.  I know that is not very expensive but I was hoping for something, at least.

Am I wrong, did I not get ripped off in reality.  Is there really something there? 


Or am I one of those people to whom W.C.Fields atttested wast born once every minute?

Title: Re: Are Airline Pick Ups a Complete Rip???Off, that is??
Post by: G._Hoffman on September 20, 2010, 11:14:34 pm

They were cheap guitars, and one of the easiest ways to save money on a guitar is cheap electronics.  They will have a particular sound, but don't look at them expecting to see Gibson quality.  If it works and you like the sound, well, there you go.


Gabriel

Title: Re: Are Airline Pick Ups a Complete Rip???Off, that is??
Post by: rafe on September 21, 2010, 12:00:15 am

"Godfrey Daniels" "Ah yes my little electron pusher, That's not wax in there, it's co-ag-hulated snake blubber, it's purpose it to soften the ultar-hertz and roll off the bottom end truffles, yes,yes. And today
only, they can be yours for only five hundred and fourty -five dollars....
Sorry I couldn't resist,as I'm a WC fan .....how do they sound in your guitar?  That is pretty much what will determine the value to you......