Hamer95USA Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Hello HFC! Has anyone here who has owned either an Artist or a Studio ever installed a set of Filtertron pickups in their guitar? If so, how was your experience with it and how did it sound on your guitar? Guitar George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murkat Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 depends on the model. I really like TV Jones stuff. Plenty of options, Plaenty of true Filtron Tone. The T90 (P90) and Classic Plus are my Favs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobB Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 TV Jones is the way to go. He makes a humbucker-sized Filtertron that drops right in. I put a pair of Classictrons in my old (now owned by Lockbody) Newport. Fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff R Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 ^^^^^ This and ^^^^^^ that above it. Go check out their website's descriptions of TV Classics, Powertrons, Supertrons, etc., keeping in mind you can get most of what they do in a drop-fit PAF format. I am VERY fond of the TV Classics in that pickup demo guitar I threw together for the shop a few weeks ago (I'm a TVJ dealer). I told Vonnie after I finished it, my first impression of a 'Tron-like pickup in a pure solidbody ... superstrats are my DNA (child of the 80s) and I love fundamental LPs, strats, teles and what each bring to the table tone-wise ... but if I could only have one electric guitar, just one electric guitar, and it had to do everything under the sun I could throw at it really well ... whatever guitar platform it would be (probably a strat), no question it would have TV Classics in it. Not a drop of hesitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanspanzer Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I`m a big fan of TV Jones. Both these have Powertrons. The first is a Korina solid body Nebelung (Norwegian designed but this particular is built by ESP) belonging to my bandmate that I have installed HB sized Powertrons in. The green one is a Gretsch Streamliner. Good guitar but not that good pickups. TV Jones to the rescue. The Powertrons is more punchy than Classic Plus that I have in another guitar but still has that Gretsch flavour. Copes with overdrive really Well. Works nice on both guitars but the solid body has a nice articulation in it that cuts really nice thru the mix (We`ve been using that guitar a lot on the new album). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeboy Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Dude, check out the search function for my thread when I installed a set of Rumpeltrons in my Korina Artist HB. I have vintage wind Rumpeltrons in my Artist and they ain't coming out. Cheaper than TV and these actually sound better imo...I did have a TV Classic in the bridge for a while and it didn't make the cut. But the Rumpeltrons are perfect. Trons are cool and weird. Cool in the vintage tone...neck tone may be the best ever....weird in that the plain treble strings are cutting and the wound strings bring the thud. Almost like two different pickups in the same enclosure. I love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murkat Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 6 hours ago, Jeff R said: I could only have one electric guitar, just one electric guitar, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Spent some time with this - found it to be pretty similar to a regular buckered Studio. Reduced midrange punch, tho not Gretschy to my ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santellavision Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Love TV jones pickups. I put a PowerTron Plus in my Gretsch Pearl Jet and it sounds amazing. This has moved up to my #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citrus Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 8 hours ago, murkat said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citrus Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Man that is sweet!!! Make it a blonde with a CHunky neck, and I'd be all over that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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