You deserve as many subscribers as possible. Your content by far excedes many people in quality, knowledge tips money saving etc. Just know there are people out there that seriosly feel undeserving of what you do. The hard work that goes into what you do isnt un-noticed. Thank you for being such a huge shoulder for the guitar community and for people like me that would be lost without people like you sharing all that you know with countless hours that you spend behind all your content. Seriously, you are awesome.
I really like gfs pickups, put them in many of my guitarist's instruments. Great value and tone, many RIFLE songs were recorded with the Crunchy Pats in particular.
I've always thought that EMG's solderless quick connect system should've been adopted industry wide because changing pickups and installing pickups with this system is so easy. Unfortunately I heard that the problem is that EMG won't let other companies use this system :(
From Leo: That is interesting, especially since they did not develop those connectors. The Bergstik system has been used in the electronics industry since at least 1970. The GFS has the advantage uses shielded wire that is way more important with passive singlecoils.
There can still be another kind that can be made but the real reason it doesn't exist is because of how many "tone purists" there are in the guitar community. Everyone would be complaining that the tone wouldn't be as good for some reason or something.
I love the Dragonfire pickups. I converted all my guitars to EMG quick connects. Any non-EMG pick ups I just have to put a connector on the wires. But it definitely makes swapping easy.
@@BOBANDVEG homade man, made it for bout 300 bucks, it's a fun machine, I highly suggest building a guitar even if you have no experience, very fun, and dragonfire screamers are pure and saturated as freah hell, always would recommend them.
@@seankelly6139 Literally look at the amount of actual wires coming from your pickup (unscrew it and pull it out) cut the wire(s) underneath the pickup and solder a male to one end and a female to the other, remembering to solder the wires to the correct side of the connector so each sides are wired properly. Take both hands and make a peace sign, now touch the peace sign fingertips together. Imagine a male connector on one side and a female connector on the other. This is literally what you are doing with the pickup wire. If you buy a new set of pickups, solder the _opposite_ connector to what is attached to the guitars electronics and just 'plug it in'
@@minkorrh thanks. I didn't know anything about the kwikplug system when I asked the questions. I have ordered parts for doing this but have yet to try to put one together. I know you can wire the pickups for split coil but the diagrams for it only show it as coil tap. I would like to wire a Jimmy Page harness in my firefly but but there aren't the right amount or colors to do this. Do you know how that would be possible wiring the pickups to the little microchip boards will actually work with the Jimmy Page Wiring? I have the knowledge for wiring new harnesses but I can't see that being done. Thanks for your reply on my questions
@@seankelly6139 Ok, used the words 'split coil' and 'coil tap'.....those are the same thing. What they mean is you are 'tapping' into the coil at its mid-point of the winding, or 'splitting' the coil so to speak. When coils are wound they make a small loop after winding a bunch of turns on the bobbin. That little loop is twisted together, and the winding if the coil continues until it meets requirements. That little loop that was made in the middle is the point you connect to to use half the coil. Now to determine which of the 3 wire coming from the coil is the 'centertap' you will need an ohmmeter to measure the resistance of the 3 wires in relation to each other. I'm not exactly familiar with what you're working on and the pots and their connections. I'm just giving you some more general info that might help you get there. I didn't even know there was a product called the Kwikplug. Honestly if I had the time I'd research it for you and tell you how to wire it up but I do have a million things going on atm.
@@minkorrh coil tap is not the same as coil splitting. Coil tap is done with a single coil pickup starting a wire for coil tapping part way thru of wiring the bobbin. Coil splitting changes to south pickup on humbucker. 2 single coils put together is a humbucker. Coil split a humbucker goes to the use of one North or south sides of the pickup. You can't coil split a single coil pickup due to the fact that it only has one coil. Therefore coil tap is for a single coil pickup and coil splitting is for a humbucker. Look it up. Every description of coil tap is not the same as coil splitting. Coil tap needs 3 wires. Coil splitting need 5. So not the same. I've been fixing guitars for years now plus I have friends in huge bands that have expressed to me that those are not the same. Look up Jimmy Page Wiring harness. How you gonna manage to do that with 3 wires per pickup. You can't.
@@GuitarMAXMusic "All" your videos are helpful. Some tell me what "not" to do, or not to buy, and others, like this one give me more input into what I'm getting myself into so at least I don't go in clueless!!! Thank you again. You Friggin' ROCK!!!!
I've got four GFS VEH Kwik Plug PUs installed in two guitars. Guitarfetish says they are modeled after the Van Halen "brown sound" pickup. They are close to that sound. They have really nice distinction and clarity and are very responsive to pick attack. They aren't as high output as a modern shred pickup but are perfect for 80s metal and classic rock sounds. Top quality pickup that holds it's own against my DiMarzios. Thanks for the demo, it's easy once you get the wiring in.
Max I bought this guitar based on your video and recommendation... It it's awesome thank you and now I will be buying all their pickups and try them out... I gotta say this floating trem hold tune like a real. Floyd.. Thanks again dude you rock.. Love your channel
@@GuitarMAXMusic yes and I also think you're the best at doing these affordable guitar reviews and I'm gonna head over to your patrreon and become a member... Thanks again dude!!!!!
Max you should review the NUTBUSTER! Its a floating non-invasive attachment that sits behind the nut. It locks the strings like an FR, but it super easy to install. It turned my regular floating trem into a locking trem!
I totally agree with you. There should have been a standard system from a while ago. Wher all pickup and guitar companies used an auxiliary style jack system, no different than all guitars using the same guitar jack.
Excellent! Max, the way you pulled out the trem and went at it! You are right! Plug in, dependable, solid pickups are long overdue! Technology is suppressed! Your camera style is do filmic and resolution Excellent as well!
16:28, channeling Dickie Betts! Tip: wrap once or twice around on your screw bit to keep it from falling out. Those pickups and guitar sound amazing-more metal than Les Paul. And the price! Wow. Great vid (as usual).
The GFS pickups are balls dude. I'm shocked. Just saw Xavier guitars on Darrell Braun's channel before the alg sent me over to you. Will check out Xavier for next LP type single cut. Pretty impressive at this price range. Killer paint and finish.
Wow you have that 80's Paul Stanley thing! That's so rad. Thanks for this vid. I ordered this guitar and took a clearance set of pickups from gfs, but forgot the quick plug adapters. I've ordered 3 gfs guitars and I wouldn't complain about any of them. They sound good. Need upgrades where you'd expect. The pickups are good: even though I can't get the dimebucker clones in yet. The stock pickups split really well and have a good unique tone of their own.
Good job man oh, and I really like that Xavier I'm thinking I might want to try to get one of those very pretty guitar and and seems very well made. Thanks Max that was a good review
Your playing has gotten a lot better ! ! Great riffs ! ! Good video btw ! ! Wow, really impressive output with those pickups. Perfect setup for a Les Paul that'll be playing like 80's covers and pretty much any kind of rock.
I haven’t tried their pickups but I have purchased their qwuikplug system and installed those on two set of pickups. It was much easier for me to go that route and solder a few wires to adapter rather than trying to solder up all the wires normally especially with pull/push pots.
Was looking into getting some of these pickups a while back, but they were out of stock. I had to settle on a different brand, no patience to wait for them to get restocked. Excellent idea, too bad more manufacturers don't follow suit. Definitely convenient and I would buy more pickups if they were this (easy) to replace. Oh, BTW, that's a freakin' awesome VH t-shirt!
I built about 5 guitars maybe more to break up the boredom due to covid. Some of the bodies and necks I got from GFS but I got some stuff from Warmoth and got some Mighty Mite necks but the first build I got everything from GFS. I love their pickups at GFS. They’re made in Boston MA and basically GFS sells a pair for the cost of one Dimarzio or Seymour Duncan and they offer wiring kits for most common Strat Tele or dual humbucker or single humbucker configurations that eliminates soldering and I love em. I haven’t swapped any but if you like swapping pickups you’ll love these. The pots seem like decent quality as well. They have PAF pickups, ceramic pickups, alnico 2 and 5. And they do sound great. I’ve ordered one super distortion for my American Strat before I found these and haven’t bought anything else since. Great pickups and seems like great wiring and electronics. Their bodies and necks can be more hit and miss. I hear many complaints about the bodies not being cut well and I got one that could’ve been routed better but all in all the electronics are great.
Nice! I put a VEH at the bridge and a Crunchy Rails at the neck of the Indio Cali Classic I modded recently (and I totally cheated by ordering a GF KwikPlug harness too). I like the sound of both, especially the Crunchy Rails.
Affordable? Check! Well made and great looking? Check! Quick connect pick-ups? Check! Unbelievable tones? Check! Awesomness! Sold! Great video on this pickup swap! Thank uou!
this is great! thanks for showing it off Max I was interested in their Thinline tele and their hss Strat and was worried about how "Kwik" the Kwikplug system was.
That was f..... Awesome.🤘🏿😎🤓I have a Dime ML and I want to have that setup on my Jackson.But never changed Pick up before and this is a game changer.Thanx dude and here's to you and all you do.Getcha Pull 🥃-CHEERS 🍻
Did you see Phil McKnight's test of the Somnium guitar? The pickups are in modules that plug in from the back of the guitar. Granted, it's a lot more expensive and doesn't have a tremolo tailpiece, but it's hard to imagine a cleaner, "no-tools" pickup swap.
Check out ObsidianWire wiring harnesses. I got one for my strat and it's awesome. Solderless pickup swaps but there's no special plug or anything like that, so you're not limited to a specific pickup brand.
Your obviously a darned good guitarist Max. Please give us your honest opinion on the quality of these replacement pick ups. I'd love to see a review of their P90s, their filtertrons, their alnico 2 and the hot ones you just put in. I know they have quite a variety.. Are they anywhere close to Seymour Duncans?
Love the harbor freight driver, best $12 I ever spent. I have a name brand version, but I tend to always grab the warrior because it weighs nothing and the battery lasts forever.
There's other companies out there that do swappable pickups that aren't that expensive and they do a swap in like 10 seconds and mount from the back and the connection is magnetic so you don't have to screw with wires at all or take off the strings anyways thanks for your videos greatly appreciated take care and have a great day
emgs have a whole system by themselves. When you buy a set of emgs they come with pretty much everything to replace your electronics, not just the pickups. Also they are the easiest by far to instal as also the best active pickups (81/85 or 81/60 sets) for thrash at least in my opinion, close to the apocalypse series by schecter (passive pickups).
@@DocDeBlangis yeah. I have old school emgs back when they weren’t solder less, but still rock awesome. Been thinking about renewing them and get new, solder less ones, but I wouldn’t know if this would improve the tone. Do emgs have to be replaced over time? They are easily 15 years old.
@@LosRockson to be truthful i have no idea on how time treats pickups on a formal level. However if the pickup is intact in my opinion it should stay the same because its literally metals. Now you will have to take into account that each emg (and every pickup pretty much except fishmans) is just a little tiny bit different. 2 emg 81s can sound slightly different because if their wiring. However , they should sound more or less the same. Now i am saying this because the way they were made 15 years ago might have changed. So it wouldnt be bold to assume that some difference can be found. TLDR: I am a clown and i have no idea
@@DocDeBlangis hahaha loved the TL DR. Anyways, yeah I was thinking the same thing. I am still undecided on wether to renew them or not. But if I decide to, I will definitely go for the splitables
Man I've gotta be careful when I watch your reviews...! If I'm not? Then I end up buying.! Lol I've learned to be cautious ⚠️ when I'm here watching... Great review as always Max... I can't tell you how many times I've thought about purchasing these kwik plug pickups from Guitar Fetish over the years
Max, do you think you could make a video which converts the Firefly LP to the GFS Kwikplug system? Since all GFS Kwikplug pickups come with the connector already included, it would be easy to choose any GFS pickup. I think your viewers would be interested in such a video because the Firefly LP's come with microphonic pickups. I searched and there is no such video or website. Soldering is required. Microphonic pickups are notorious for having feedback.
Max: im gonna take it off without touching the tuners with my superman strength (failed to pull) Nope! Cant do it🤣🤣🤣🤣 you're really are fun to watch bro..really really fun to watch, i waste no time watching your videos....
That's like Nascar Guitar tire/pick-up change and you are the pit crew. I know what you mean about burning your fingers, i almost got to the point where it was too much heat to really make some physical damage and I had to make sure next time I was really careful doing the soldering. lol
Oh, Xaviere guitars are really nice and affordable. Philip Mcknight has a good video on them too, he's all compliments. They are great for their price point. Buy one.
One man Pirelli Pit Crew pickup swap. Now if electric guitar makers would adopt a standard way to pop in pickups from the back of the guitar without having to take off the strings, we could get that down to the 10 second benchmark. That was fun. Thanks
Can you do a video of the other end of the kwikplug system in the potentiometer cavity. I have one kwikplug on my neck volume but not the bridge volume. Wondering why. Thanks
I was going to buy one of those right before you even reviewed it, but ever since they have been "out of stock". Oh well, in time I'll get one I'm sure. Keep up the great videos... William C. central Indiana.
When I swap pickups they usually come with the body and strings attached to them.
When i imagine myself playing i sound so good! But then when i sit down and actually play it sounds like crap. Anyone ever experience that?
@@tomflynn2912 Amen to that! xD
For the most part? I'm right there with you!!! The Body, Neck, Strings...Another All-In-One Swap!!!
Great response and I do the same
I have the same thinking 😅 it leads to a good problem... where to store all your guitars 🎸 with many different pickups?
You deserve as many subscribers as possible. Your content by far excedes many people in quality, knowledge tips money saving etc. Just know there are people out there that seriosly feel undeserving of what you do. The hard work that goes into what you do isnt un-noticed. Thank you for being such a huge shoulder for the guitar community and for people like me that would be lost without people like you sharing all that you know with countless hours that you spend behind all your content. Seriously, you are awesome.
That's a very kind comment. Thank you very much.
I really like gfs pickups, put them in many of my guitarist's instruments. Great value and tone, many RIFLE songs were recorded with the Crunchy Pats in particular.
I've always thought that EMG's solderless quick connect system should've been adopted industry wide because changing pickups and installing pickups with this system is so easy. Unfortunately I heard that the problem is that EMG won't let other companies use this system :(
From Leo: That is interesting, especially since they did not develop those connectors. The Bergstik system has been used in the electronics industry since at least 1970. The GFS has the advantage uses shielded wire that is way more important with passive singlecoils.
There can still be another kind that can be made but the real reason it doesn't exist is because of how many "tone purists" there are in the guitar community. Everyone would be complaining that the tone wouldn't be as good for some reason or something.
You convinced me to buy from dragonfire and I even bought a Firefly LP some months ago, love your reviews max!
I just put df quadrails in a epi special satin. Its Ridiculous!
@@BOBANDVEG I have a screamer in my Frankenstrat replica, it definitely screams!
I love the Dragonfire pickups. I converted all my guitars to EMG quick connects. Any non-EMG pick ups I just have to put a connector on the wires. But it definitely makes swapping easy.
@@appleslayer3337 I'm jealous
@@BOBANDVEG homade man, made it for bout 300 bucks, it's a fun machine, I highly suggest building a guitar even if you have no experience, very fun, and dragonfire screamers are pure and saturated as freah hell, always would recommend them.
You can also get KwikPlug connections to retrofit any brand of pickups, from Seymour Duncan to Bareknuckle to DiMarzio.
How do you wire the regular pickup to the kwikplug. I would love to know what wires go where both for full humbucker and coil splitting
@@seankelly6139 Literally look at the amount of actual wires coming from your pickup (unscrew it and pull it out) cut the wire(s) underneath the pickup and solder a male to one end and a female to the other, remembering to solder the wires to the correct side of the connector so each sides are wired properly. Take both hands and make a peace sign, now touch the peace sign fingertips together. Imagine a male connector on one side and a female connector on the other. This is literally what you are doing with the pickup wire. If you buy a new set of pickups, solder the _opposite_ connector to what is attached to the guitars electronics and just 'plug it in'
@@minkorrh thanks. I didn't know anything about the kwikplug system when I asked the questions. I have ordered parts for doing this but have yet to try to put one together. I know you can wire the pickups for split coil but the diagrams for it only show it as coil tap. I would like to wire a Jimmy Page harness in my firefly but but there aren't the right amount or colors to do this. Do you know how that would be possible wiring the pickups to the little microchip boards will actually work with the Jimmy Page Wiring? I have the knowledge for wiring new harnesses but I can't see that being done. Thanks for your reply on my questions
@@seankelly6139 Ok, used the words 'split coil' and 'coil tap'.....those are the same thing. What they mean is you are 'tapping' into the coil at its mid-point of the winding, or 'splitting' the coil so to speak. When coils are wound they make a small loop after winding a bunch of turns on the bobbin. That little loop is twisted together, and the winding if the coil continues until it meets requirements. That little loop that was made in the middle is the point you connect to to use half the coil.
Now to determine which of the 3 wire coming from the coil is the 'centertap' you will need an ohmmeter to measure the resistance of the 3 wires in relation to each other.
I'm not exactly familiar with what you're working on and the pots and their connections. I'm just giving you some more general info that might help you get there.
I didn't even know there was a product called the Kwikplug.
Honestly if I had the time I'd research it for you and tell you how to wire it up but I do have a million things going on atm.
@@minkorrh coil tap is not the same as coil splitting. Coil tap is done with a single coil pickup starting a wire for coil tapping part way thru of wiring the bobbin. Coil splitting changes to south pickup on humbucker. 2 single coils put together is a humbucker. Coil split a humbucker goes to the use of one North or south sides of the pickup. You can't coil split a single coil pickup due to the fact that it only has one coil. Therefore coil tap is for a single coil pickup and coil splitting is for a humbucker. Look it up. Every description of coil tap is not the same as coil splitting. Coil tap needs 3 wires. Coil splitting need 5. So not the same. I've been fixing guitars for years now plus I have friends in huge bands that have expressed to me that those are not the same. Look up Jimmy Page Wiring harness. How you gonna manage to do that with 3 wires per pickup. You can't.
Great video Max... that was pretty fast. The pickup rings are the time killer with that stupid spring.
Love Guitar Fetish!
Max I love your videos ! You are very informative and stay rooted to affordable guitars and equipment. Thank you sir.
Thank you for this Great Informative Video. Answered a lot of questions I've had about the GFS Kwik-Plug System. Keep up the Great Work!!!
Glad it was helpful!
@@GuitarMAXMusic "All" your videos are helpful. Some tell me what "not" to do, or not to buy, and others, like this one give me more input into what I'm getting myself into so at least I don't go in clueless!!! Thank you again. You Friggin' ROCK!!!!
I've got four GFS VEH Kwik Plug PUs installed in two guitars. Guitarfetish says they are modeled after the Van Halen "brown sound" pickup. They are close to that sound. They have really nice distinction and clarity and are very responsive to pick attack. They aren't as high output as a modern shred pickup but are perfect for 80s metal and classic rock sounds. Top quality pickup that holds it's own against my DiMarzios. Thanks for the demo, it's easy once you get the wiring in.
Dam bro! Way to go on the springs! Muscles 💪
Max I bought this guitar based on your video and recommendation... It it's awesome thank you and now I will be buying all their pickups and try them out... I gotta say this floating trem hold tune like a real. Floyd.. Thanks again dude you rock.. Love your channel
Great to hear! I'm glad you like it so much!
@@GuitarMAXMusic yes and I also think you're the best at doing these affordable guitar reviews and I'm gonna head over to your patrreon and become a member... Thanks again dude!!!!!
Max you should review the NUTBUSTER! Its a floating non-invasive attachment that sits behind the nut. It locks the strings like an FR, but it super easy to install. It turned my regular floating trem into a locking trem!
Sweet guitar...Cool shirt ....gotta love Harbor Freight !
I want to cry for any guitar I own. They will never reach their potential.
I totally agree with you. There should have been a standard system from a while ago.
Wher all pickup and guitar companies used an auxiliary style jack system, no different than all guitars using the same guitar jack.
Great video! That guitar is sick! I like the convenience of how easy they made the pick up swap. Of course Max your awesome playing makes the video!
Excellent! Max, the way you pulled out the trem and went at it! You are right! Plug in, dependable, solid pickups are long overdue! Technology is suppressed! Your camera style is do filmic and resolution Excellent as well!
16:28, channeling Dickie Betts! Tip: wrap once or twice around on your screw bit to keep it from falling out. Those pickups and guitar sound amazing-more metal than Les Paul. And the price! Wow. Great vid (as usual).
The Vintage Extra Hots are supposedly the EVH copies.
Really? And only about $35? Amazing!
@@carlbaumeister3439 Hahahaha! 😂🤣
The GFS pickups are balls dude. I'm shocked. Just saw Xavier guitars on Darrell Braun's channel before the alg sent me over to you. Will check out Xavier for next LP type single cut. Pretty impressive at this price range. Killer paint and finish.
I just ordered the harness, alnico 2 for the neck, and veh for the bridge, for my Korean les Paul. I'm excited. Nice review and demo Max 👍
Wow you have that 80's Paul Stanley thing! That's so rad. Thanks for this vid. I ordered this guitar and took a clearance set of pickups from gfs, but forgot the quick plug adapters. I've ordered 3 gfs guitars and I wouldn't complain about any of them. They sound good. Need upgrades where you'd expect. The pickups are good: even though I can't get the dimebucker clones in yet. The stock pickups split really well and have a good unique tone of their own.
Good job man oh, and I really like that Xavier I'm thinking I might want to try to get one of those very pretty guitar and and seems very well made. Thanks Max that was a good review
Your playing has gotten a lot better ! ! Great riffs ! ! Good video btw ! ! Wow, really impressive output with those pickups. Perfect setup for a Les Paul that'll be playing like 80's covers and pretty much any kind of rock.
I enjoyed the swap of both and the mix and match....I am really intrigued and I like drums primarily.
I haven’t tried their pickups but I have purchased their qwuikplug system and installed those on two set of pickups. It was much easier for me to go that route and solder a few wires to adapter rather than trying to solder up all the wires normally especially with pull/push pots.
Was looking into getting some of these pickups a while back, but they were out of stock. I had to settle on a different brand, no patience to wait for them to get restocked. Excellent idea, too bad more manufacturers don't follow suit. Definitely convenient and I would buy more pickups if they were this (easy) to replace. Oh, BTW, that's a freakin' awesome VH t-shirt!
I'm currently on the waiting list for this exact guitar. Best deal around for a premium guitar!!
Great as usual Mr Max. No more explanation really needed.
I built about 5 guitars maybe more to break up the boredom due to covid. Some of the bodies and necks I got from GFS but I got some stuff from Warmoth and got some Mighty Mite necks but the first build I got everything from GFS. I love their pickups at GFS. They’re made in Boston MA and basically GFS sells a pair for the cost of one Dimarzio or Seymour Duncan and they offer wiring kits for most common Strat Tele or dual humbucker or single humbucker configurations that eliminates soldering and I love em. I haven’t swapped any but if you like swapping pickups you’ll love these. The pots seem like decent quality as well. They have PAF pickups, ceramic pickups, alnico 2 and 5. And they do sound great. I’ve ordered one super distortion for my American Strat before I found these and haven’t bought anything else since. Great pickups and seems like great wiring and electronics. Their bodies and necks can be more hit and miss. I hear many complaints about the bodies not being cut well and I got one that could’ve been routed better but all in all the electronics are great.
more companies need do to a system like this for real
Love the video, keep em coming 👍
Thanks! Will do!
Love your channel dude it’s awesome!
Gfs pickups rock they are what I use in all my builds now.
I prefer hard tails on LP's, but this one looks pretty cool ! And also sounds very nice !
Wow! Those pickups sound really good! Great review!
Nice! I put a VEH at the bridge and a Crunchy Rails at the neck of the Indio Cali Classic I modded recently (and I totally cheated by ordering a GF KwikPlug harness too). I like the sound of both, especially the Crunchy Rails.
Please don't use power tools for this unless you are really careful. Little screws strip very easily. Good how to vid Max, keep it up.
You're not using it correctly, power drills have settings for a reason....
I think he did do it really careful.
I think he did do it really careful.
@Chuck Wood it'll twist your nuts off
Affordable? Check! Well made and great looking? Check! Quick connect pick-ups? Check! Unbelievable tones? Check! Awesomness! Sold! Great video on this pickup swap! Thank uou!
this is great! thanks for showing it off Max I was interested in their Thinline tele and their hss Strat and was worried about how "Kwik" the Kwikplug system was.
Awesome time to be a guitarist! Quality gear at decent prices and being able to easily change pups in minutes
This system looks like a no-brainer. Time to HOOK IT UP!!
Thanks Max! 😎👍👍
I have KwikPlug Dream 180 and Dream 90 paired with a Seymour Duncan Blackouts Active Preamp in an Epiphone Les Paul. Love it.
That was f..... Awesome.🤘🏿😎🤓I have a Dime ML and I want to have that setup on my Jackson.But never changed Pick up before and this is a game changer.Thanx dude and here's to you and all you do.Getcha Pull 🥃-CHEERS 🍻
Did you see Phil McKnight's test of the Somnium guitar? The pickups are in modules that plug in from the back of the guitar. Granted, it's a lot more expensive and doesn't have a tremolo tailpiece, but it's hard to imagine a cleaner, "no-tools" pickup swap.
Doesn’t Phil describe that he had to have that guitar made for him?
Is it available for purchase?
Pickup swapped and relicing done!
Check out ObsidianWire wiring harnesses. I got one for my strat and it's awesome. Solderless pickup swaps but there's no special plug or anything like that, so you're not limited to a specific pickup brand.
How many weeks of bench press will it take to pull the bridge out the way you did 🤣
about 14
Rofl 🤣🤣🤣
I'll "never" make it to the point I can pull the bridge out like Max did. Not even gonna fool myself into thinking about trying. I love the comment!
Great and honest review.
I bought 2 abalone Wolf LPs because of you (Love 'em). Don't be scared of your double neck guitar 😉
i have the gfs power rails on my Agile, they are amazing pickups.
I love GFS products!
May be quick and easy but I’m sure contact resistance could be issue on the plugs eventually. I’ll stick to soldering
Your obviously a darned good guitarist Max. Please give us your honest opinion on the quality of these replacement pick ups.
I'd love to see a review of their P90s, their filtertrons, their alnico 2 and the hot ones you just put in. I know they have quite a variety.. Are they anywhere close to Seymour Duncans?
That looks like it'd be a fun guitar to own! Swappable pickups? That's really cool!
Hello Max. I Love your Channel . Keep going my Friend .
Seems like you and Dan might have had a bet to see who could change out some pups the fastest lmao
Love the harbor freight driver, best $12 I ever spent. I have a name brand version, but I tend to always grab the warrior because it weighs nothing and the battery lasts forever.
Was wondering how the GFS products were! Thanks Max!🤘🤘🤘
There's other companies out there that do swappable pickups that aren't that expensive and they do a swap in like 10 seconds and mount from the back and the connection is magnetic so you don't have to screw with wires at all or take off the strings anyways thanks for your videos greatly appreciated take care and have a great day
I got a dumb Question. Why those crunchy pats sound pretty damn good!
Awesome T-shirt bro!
Thanks!
EMG is doing this for decades now and i just love it
Hasn't quite been decades yet. Closer to 1 but, either way. Other manufacturers need to get on board with this style of simple plug and play wiring.
@@SrDeMaFp there should be a standard for passive pickups in general that would be amazing
@@Turbo-D Exactly.
One day I will also own this guitar ☺️
Relish Guitars also has pickup in modules that plug in... fast but very expensive. Darrell Braun has done a great review.
You make me want to buy a guitar right now!
Love the shirt EVH
I’m all for it. Can I get some EMGs? I need to learn how to play or at least start to work on guitars. Tones were great.
emgs have a whole system by themselves. When you buy a set of emgs they come with pretty much everything to replace your electronics, not just the pickups. Also they are the easiest by far to instal as also the best active pickups (81/85 or 81/60 sets) for thrash at least in my opinion, close to the apocalypse series by schecter (passive pickups).
@@DocDeBlangis yeah. I have old school emgs back when they weren’t solder less, but still rock awesome. Been thinking about renewing them and get new, solder less ones, but I wouldn’t know if this would improve the tone. Do emgs have to be replaced over time? They are easily 15 years old.
@@LosRockson to be truthful i have no idea on how time treats pickups on a formal level. However if the pickup is intact in my opinion it should stay the same because its literally metals. Now you will have to take into account that each emg (and every pickup pretty much except fishmans) is just a little tiny bit different. 2 emg 81s can sound slightly different because if their wiring. However , they should sound more or less the same. Now i am saying this because the way they were made 15 years ago might have changed. So it wouldnt be bold to assume that some difference can be found. TLDR: I am a clown and i have no idea
@@DocDeBlangis hahaha loved the TL DR. Anyways, yeah I was thinking the same thing. I am still undecided on wether to renew them or not. But if I decide to, I will definitely go for the splitables
A one-man guitar pit crew!!
Great chops, GM! I'm not into sawtooth, but you make it pleasant.
Man I've gotta be careful when I watch your reviews...! If I'm not? Then I end up buying.! Lol I've learned to be cautious ⚠️ when I'm here watching... Great review as always Max... I can't tell you how many times I've thought about purchasing these kwik plug pickups from Guitar Fetish over the years
Max, do you think you could make a video which converts the Firefly LP to the GFS Kwikplug system? Since all GFS Kwikplug pickups come with the connector already included, it would be easy to choose any GFS pickup. I think your viewers would be interested in such a video because the Firefly LP's come with microphonic pickups. I searched and there is no such video or website. Soldering is required. Microphonic pickups are notorious for having feedback.
Max: im gonna take it off without touching the tuners with my superman strength (failed to pull) Nope! Cant do it🤣🤣🤣🤣 you're really are fun to watch bro..really really fun to watch, i waste no time watching your videos....
I think the kitty at 3:29 used its tail to give the camera the finger.
That van halen shirt I sweet!
I'm looking at getting GFS Red Active pickups, hop they sound as good as the one's you checked out.
The idea with soldering is it minimizes connections which cuts down on garbage noise. Extra connectors cause background noise.
First time I’ve ever seen anyone rip a Floyd out like that. Neat 😂
I would get rings for each pickup. Be alot faster. Those springs are funny to put in.
That's like Nascar Guitar tire/pick-up change and you are the pit crew. I know what you mean about burning your fingers, i almost got to the point where it was too much heat to really make some physical damage and I had to make sure next time I was really careful doing the soldering. lol
Oh, Xaviere guitars are really nice and affordable. Philip Mcknight has a good video on them too, he's all compliments.
They are great for their price point. Buy one.
Pretty cool 😎
Pretty cool dude
Hey max could you do s run down of pedals your using please brother it always sounds super 80s! Must be a Boss or 2 in the mix.
I wish ALL pickups came like this
I want that xv 555
The pup rings are a pain in the AZZ!!! Im building a Candy apple red Tele from GFS. I have all the parts except the neck. Hope I get it soon
Mister Max..make a Vega Trem video please....!
Great video 😃👍🔥
One man Pirelli Pit Crew pickup swap. Now if electric guitar makers would adopt a standard way to pop in pickups from the back of the guitar without having to take off the strings, we could get that down to the 10 second benchmark. That was fun. Thanks
damn i am gonna start taking off the whole block to change pickups from now on!
Can you do a video of the other end of the kwikplug system in the potentiometer cavity. I have one kwikplug on my neck volume but not the bridge volume. Wondering why. Thanks
Your Soloing kinda had a Kirk Hammett sound with those pick ups. What’s your thoughts on the emg hetset?
Try this on a Tele with the vintage bridge plate.
@Spike Elwood You seem to be forgetting the strings.
This should be available as standard feature on all high end guitars !
I hate lining up the screws of in the rings with the pickup, with the spring in there... It's so frustrating.
I was going to buy one of those right before you even reviewed it, but ever since they have been "out of stock". Oh well, in time I'll get one I'm sure. Keep up the great videos... William C. central Indiana.
All those dings from dropping bumping while changing worthbit?