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I've looking for pickups for a new guitar build. I going to get a pair of humbuckers. After much looking a searching and probably getting more confused, I don't understand the wild variance in prices. A pickup is basically magnets and wires, no electronic parts. The output is the result of magnet strength, wire gauge and number of coils on a bobbin. Now I can understand there may be a variance in output if the windings aren't exact. What is attributed to a bad pickup vs a good pickup? Magnet quality, wire quality or is it the care of the workmanship? Here's the low down. I've been debating between GFS (FAT PAFS); at a very reasonable cost of about $60 for the pair and a set of hand wound boutiques by Jon Moore; his V-59 for the cost of about $160. So I'm really trying to understand if there is a huge difference in sound quality in respect to the difference in cost? thx

Has anyone used this style of bridge? I'm currently doing a build in the Mocking Bird body style using walnut for the body. The neck is 25 1/2 inch scale 22 frets in maple/rosewood; bolt on. I still haven't decided on the bridge. Whether roller/tailpiece, roller string through body and now I found this HipShot (Stew-Mac). Can anyone see problems with this style of bridge? At first I was leaning towards a Schaller roller tuneamatic (custom string spacing adjustable) with strings through body. But I'm little leary about the angle of the strings meeting the back of the bridge without having rubbing problems. I kind of like the look of the HipShot Grand Piano. Any ideas or thoughts?