£399 for pickups?

[Cam_H]

Am I losing it, or does £399 sounds a little bit pricey? They're Throbak MKVs. They're meant to be perfect replicas of vintage PAFs, but haven't companies been trying this for years? What makes this so different that justifies the price of other companies making Vintage PAFs

http://www.musicradar.com/reviews/guitars/throbak-mxv-579630

[Slartibartfarst42]

Can't see why anyone would want anything other than Mules for that.

[blue]

I have a set of Throbaks, they came in a guitar I bought.  They are very good pickups, but worth double the price of a set of Bareknuckles?  No.  He has set himself up as some sort of pickup sorcerer, coupled with the fact he has some of the machines that he claims the original PAFs were wound on.  If people are willing to buy into that "mystique", then fair play to him, he's charging a premium and if he can get it that's his business.

Neville Marten wrote the review.  What pickups does he have in his own guitar?  Bareknuckles.

[Telerocker]

Premiumbrands like Amber, Flame Tone and Kloppmann ask peppery prices. Compared to those BKP is affordable. Excellent price/quality-level. That's why I stick to BKP. 

[littleredguitars2]

Or I could buy a guitar for that much money.  Good god

[xXNicFlairXx]

Compared to Seymour Duncan Zephyrs they're cheap.

[Cam_H]

Compared to Seymour Duncan Zephyrs they're cheap.

Christ 'O Mary! They're twice the bloody price!

[littleredguitars2]

What makes a set of pickups worth that much?

[Brow]

Loads of people on the Duncan forum, of which I'm also an active member so I'm not picking on them, always say that they'd go for BKPs if they weren't so expensive etc. But the Zephyrs are perfectly acceptable!  :lol:

[Afghan Dave]

People like this..

[Dmoney]

What makes a set of pickups worth that much?

Unicorn horn bobbins and ambergris dipped coils with 42awg unobtainium wire

[Cam_H]

What makes a set of pickups worth that much?

Probably wax potted with the product Jesus used to style his hair!

[Toe-Knee]

Hmm I find this hilarious as quite frankly BKPS are way overpriced now. I would only consider buying them second hand nowadays. I refuse to pay more than £80 for a pickup.

It baffles me how every other company has managed to maintain steady prices over the last decade yet BKPs have shot up by £30+ per pickup

So yeah what im saying is I agree £399 is ridiculous.

[Afghan Dave]

Hmm I find this hilarious as quite frankly BKPS are way overpriced now. I would only consider buying them second hand nowadays. I refuse to pay more than £80 for a pickup.

It baffles me how every other company has managed to maintain steady prices over the last decade yet BKPs have shot up by £30+ per pickup

So yeah what im saying is I agree £399 is ridiculous.

I agree with pretty much everything Toe-Knee just said. Love my BKPs but the cost of some wire and a magnet is getting too high.

[Dmoney]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvmvxAcT_Yc