Gemini Pickups GAS thread

[almondcity]

Anyone have any Gemini Pickups?

GEMINI PICKUPS

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I'm GASing hard for the Suprocaster and a tele gold foil neck. Sadly I already have some nice Bootstraps for my next build. Not many clips out there of these but I've heard nothing but positive word on various forums. Are gold foils legit or a fad?

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

I can relate to being sad that you already bought pickups and can no longer justify buying more pickups.

Fad or not, toans aside, I've always liked the aesthetic of gold foils even though I detest gold hardware and jewelry. I'd likely struggle with shitting at Mar-A-Lago.

 

[jimilee]

I can relate to being sad that you already bought pickups and can no longer justify buying more pickups.

Fad or not, toans aside, I've always liked the aesthetic of gold foils even though I detest gold hardware and jewelry. I'd likely struggle with shitting at Mar-A-Lago.

What is this justify of which you speak?

 

[MichaelW]

Anyone have any Gemini Pickups?

GEMINI PICKUPS

The website is a work in progress. Sometimes more than others. Now is one of those "more" times. If you encounter anything weird or have any questions at all (preferably questions regarding guitar...

www.geminipickups.com

I'm GASing hard for the Suprocaster and a tele gold foil neck. Sadly I already have some nice Bootstraps for my next build. Not many clips out there of these but I've heard nothing but positive word on various forums. Are gold foils legit or a fad?

Interesting stuff! I love his unconventional approach. Never heard of him before.

 

[joeyd]

I'm in the "never heard of him" boat but his stuff looks really cool. I've been searching for a reasonably priced set of wide range humbuckers so I'll probably pick up a set of tone rangers at some point (I have to carve a neck first).

I tried gold foils for the first time a few weeks ago. I think it was a custom shop jazzmaster with a b/m/n configuration (and a bigsby). The middle and neck positions sounded great. I don't know if I spent more than two minutes playing on the bridge - it didn't match the sound in my head that I'm looking for. I never use middle-position pickups and I noticed I was smacking it pretty frequently. The pickup did a great job of letting me know my picking technique is apparently mediocre. (And I confirmed that I hate bigsby's). I'll probably do a gold foil neck at some point.

 

[Silver Blues]

I've got their site in my bookmarks but don't know too much about them either; I really want to try the Mercury One but alas have no guitar that takes a standard-sized humbucker.

 

[coltonius]

I've been GASing for their Strat foils, leaning heavily toward Guyatone-spec Neck and Middle with a DeArmond-spec Bridge. The only thing keeping me from taking the leap is the lack of demos. (I'd like to get a sense of the output relative to what's already in my Strats...)

 

[spi]

I can relate to being sad that you already bought pickups and can no longer justify buying more pickups.

Yeah, time for a new guitar then.

 

[mdc]

I have two sets of his gold foils for jazzmasters, they're great sounding pickups imo.

 

[almondcity]

Thanks for the replies. I think I've decided to get a Suprocaster to replace the bridge pickup in my other tele that I've never been totally sold on

 

[spi]

Thanks for the replies. I think I've decided to get a Suprocaster to replace the bridge pickup in my other tele that I've never been totally sold on

Great! Please give us an update when you get it in. I've been thinking of replacing the bridge pickup of my tele.

 

[almondcity]

Got my Suprocaster in the mail today, will install it later and report back. Pretty sure I will need to rout the cavity a bit; it's got some thick bar magnets on the bottom

Initial impressions are superb on build quality

 

[spi]

I'm also intrigued by their Nosquire pickup.

Untraditional - GEMINI PICKUPS.

Last time I checked I couldn't find any reviews of it. Very under the radar.

 

[sticky1138]

Fact: The weirder the covers, the better the tone

 

[almondcity]

I've got this installed. It's definitely a telecaster bridge pickup but it's slightly different feeling. Less sharp attack and a little dark. I need to live with it a bit more. Definitely takes dirt pedals really well being darker.

I actually think my neck pickup is brighter since I disconnected the tone control from it. Not a statement I'd think I'd ever make. Might want a 500k pot for this one

I decided not to rout the cavity because I'm lazy. It just barely fits

 

[coltonius]

I have two sets of his gold foils for jazzmasters, they're great sounding pickups imo.

Which spec do you have in them? And do you remember how the output compares to the stock pickups, by chance?

I’m still leaning hard toward getting a set for my Strat, having tried (and been hugely disappointed by) the Fender CuNiFe pickups!

 

[mdc]

Which spec do you have in them? And do you remember how the output compares to the stock pickups, by chance?

I have the dearmonds. They're a little hotter than stock JM pickups but not wildly so.

 

[coltonius]

I have the dearmonds. They're a little hotter than stock JM pickups but not wildly so.

This is perfect. I’m going to quit hemming and order a Strat bridge in Dearmond spec! Hopefully it doesn’t take the full 6 weeks to produce..

 

[almondcity]

This is perfect. I’m going to quit hemming and order a Strat bridge in Dearmond spec! Hopefully it doesn’t take the full 6 weeks to produce..

Mine did just now

 

[Feral Feline]

I remember a magazine article from the '80s where a guy took his Strat, routed out a swimming-pool and then had quick-connects for the pick-guards. He had nearly a dozen pickguards with nearly every pickup combo you could possibly need/want.