Korean pickups

[Sock Puppet]

http://artecsound.com/

Some beautiful pickups in there - almost a pickup primer in the blurb too.

S.

Wonder what their parts store looks like...

[madialex]

I bought one of the P90s off ebay to see what they sounded like and it was awful!!!! It was so bright that even turning the tone all the way down it was still shrill as hell. I imagine all their stuff was like that. I striped it and use it for a tester for different winds....

[gilligan]

1. Each wire is carefully wound to get exact DC resistance.
2. Special blended wax-dipping (mixed Bees wax and Paraffin wax with special ratio) eleminates microphonic noise.
3. wound with special gauge, heavy formvar coil.
etc...etc...
Way too much info for typical musicians. ( that I know anyway ) They don't care about all that stuff. They just want pickups that sound good. Hell, I'd be amazed if they could read all that!
I wonder, why would they sound crappy? Could it be the computerized winding machine, cheap parts, or over engineered? From the descriptions they should be amazing! Never heard of them.
Ron

[WolfeMacleod]

I'm really tempted to buy one of thier cheapo humbuckers to take it apart. I suddenly get the feeling that this company are the people making the "Dragonfire" crap we're seeing on Ebay lately.
I bought one recently. And trust me, it's crap. With a capital K.

[Ruel]

Someone ought to talk to them to convince these guys to just sell parts instead of complete pickups.

[David Schwab]

From the descriptions they should be amazing!

I was reading the description for the Wood Custom Narrow Bass pickup. They wrote:

Active pickup has low impedance, wide frequency range, quiet, and less accuracy in general.

What a crock! When does wide frequency range = less accuracy?

Unless we are talking about EMG, it doesn't.

These people haven't a clue.

[rocket]

What a crock! When does wide frequency range = less accuracy?


These people haven't a clue.

I think that is rather a language problem. Many of the product describtions sound a little messed up.

[David Schwab]

I think that is rather a language problem. Many of the product describtions sound a little messed up.

Yeah the English is poor, but they still go on about how these bass pickups are smoother and more musical.

That's not hard if you are comparing them to EMG-DC's though! They are anything but smooth.

[Ruel]

Yeah the English is poor, but they still go on about how these bass pickups are smoother and more musical.

That's not hard if you are comparing them to EMG-DC's though! They are anything but smooth.

Maybe they sound smoother and more musical when playing traditional Korean music.

[David Schwab]

Maybe they sound smoother and more musical when playing traditional Korean music.

Ha!

That could be interesting.

[kevinT]

I was curious and requested a price sheet. One thing i can say is they have one hell-of-a selection. i just listed a few categories.




Single Staggered Pickup (Ceramic Bar) $1.06 WH,BK,BL,GR,RD,IV,MG
Single Flat Pickup (Ceramic Bar) $1.06
Single Closs Covered Pickup (Ceramic Bar) $1.06
Single Staggered Pickup (Alnico5 Rods) $3.70
Single Flat Pickup (Alnico5 Rods) $3.70
Single Closs Covered Pickup (Alnico5 Rods) $3.70



LP Humbucker "CR" Cover Plated Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $6.46
LP Humbucker "BK" Cover Plated Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $6.83
LP Humbucker "SD" Cover Plated Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $7.36

LP Humbucker "ABZ-Antique Bronze" Plated Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $8.56
LP Humbucker "ABK-Antique Black" Plated Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $8.93
LP Humbucker "ASV-Antique Silver" Plated Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $9.46
LP Humbucker "ABZ-Antique Bronze" Cover Plated Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $8.33
LP Humbucker "ABK-Antique Black" Cover Plated Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $8.70
LP Humbucker "ASV-Antique Silver" Cover Plated Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $9.23

Humbucker Open Pickup (Ceramic Bar) $2.24 WH,BK,IV,GR,BL,RD,ZB
Humbucker Open Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $5.28

Humbucker Black Hexagonal Pole-Piece Pickup (Ceramic Bar) $3.40 WH,BK,IV,GR,BL,RD,ZB
Humbucker Nickel Hexagonal Pole-Piece Pickup (Ceramic Bar) $3.40
Humbucker Nickel Adjustable Pole-Piece Pickup (Ceramic Bar) $3.20
Humbucker Gold Adjustable Pole-Piece Pickup (Ceramic Bar) $3.55
Humbucker Nickel Adjustable/Hexagonal Pole-Piece Pickup (Ceramic Bar) $3.40
Humbucker Black Nickel Adjustable Pole-Piece Pickup (Ceramic Bar) $2.47
Humbucker Black Hexagonal Pole-Piece Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $6.44 WH,BK,IV,GR,BL,RD,ZB
Humbucker Nickel Hexagonal Pole-Piece Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $6.44
Humbucker Nickel Adjustable Pole-Piece Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $6.24
Humbucker Gold Adjustable Pole-Piece Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $6.59
Humbucker Nickel Adjustable/Hexagonal Pole-Piece Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $6.44
Humbucker Black Nickel Adjustable Pole-Piece Pickup (Alnico5 Bar) $5.52

[black_labb]

at those prices some people should buy them and use the parts for winds. i wonder if they would sell the parts on their own

[kevinT]

at those prices some people should buy them and use the parts for winds. i wonder if they would sell the parts on their own

That was my original message to them....to see if they sold parts. Apparently they don't because they sent me their pickup price list.

[NightWinder]

All Those are plated brass covers, brass baseplates........Not ideal for some.....I bet they sound similar to a dimarzio, scratchy and cardboard sounding.

[Lukas]

has anyone bought artec pickups for parts? they gave me contact on their exclusive europe partner, but I've got no reply from them