Mini Humbucker of possible interest...

[Fretworn]

I haven't tried Mr Fabulous' pickups, but the hardware he sells is cheap Chinese mystery metal cr@p. I'm guessing his pickups are also sourced from China somewhere.

[tonyw]

I haven't tried Mr Fabulous' pickups, but the hardware he sells is cheap Chinese mystery metal cr@p. I'm guessing his pickups are also sourced from China somewhere.

Yep the pups are Chinese

[wokkaboy]

Tony you seem to like your avatar you haven't changed it yet. Saw the Demons beat the Saints yesterday on TV !

[tonyw]

Just got back from the bush and havent had time to do much of anything, and yeh the pfft NAB cup bring on round 1

[wokkaboy]

haha nice one Tony, is that your metal detecting group ?

glad that roast chook avatar has gone, it makes me hungry every time I see it !

[tonyw]

haha nice one Tony, is that your metal detecting group ?

glad that roast chook avatar has gone, it makes me hungry every time I see it !

haha yeh thats us, we go places others wont go and create havoc at events, including giving away gold to a kid trying to pan for hours. 2 of the group plonked about $100+ worth of nuggets in his pan, the kids face lit up like you wouldnt believe, his mum and dad were ecstatic. The Darkside are pretty well known on the goldfields lol

[fender3x]

Yep the pups are Chinese

In that case it ain't cheap or good. This post is, however, the last one I understood.

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[fender3x]

So just some quick closure on this. Paypal finally ended the dispute with the seller who baited me with alnico and swtiched me with ceramic. They refunded my money. However, it took lots of back and forth with the seller and two amicable but lengthy calls with Paypal and one with Ebay.

So, none of you wise folk need it, but for my peace of mind, if you see a seller using either of these monikers avoid them like the plague:

2014thxues

MICHELLE TRADING CO., LIMITED

PayPal also gave me a "better yet": be careful about ANY Chinese sellers since they can ship cheap, but returns are an arm and a leg.

Not sure if this is a problem for you folks in Western Australia who may be close enough to throw the stupid things back to China (and hopefully bean my seller), but for the rest of the world... caveat emptor.

[stan]

bad luck there fender, but i guess the moral is if it is cheap and comes from china, it is cheap and chinese....

lots of brand faking unfortunately... hope you find something cool and inexpensive

[fender3x]

Thanks, Stan. We'll see. It's hard to buy for this thing. The slots are for full sized humbuckers. DiMarzio X2N-B's are still available for US$90+ each, even though the mfg has discontinued them. GFS has lipstick tube humbuckers for about $40, which is closer to my price range than the US$180 that SD wants for them. Or I can get an adapter ring for minis, and drop in Wilkinson minis for around US$40. The GFS's come in bridge and neck flavors, whereas the Wilkinsons come in just the one flavor. In the end, I may just go for the GFS's because they will at least look cool...

Then there's the old "throw good money after bad" approach: For around $30, I can get alnico II bar magnets to replace the center pieces...but that way lies madness...