How much do you like/dislike HFS pickups?

How would you rate HFS pickups?

  • Extremely excellent

    Votes: 4 13.3%
  • Really good

    Votes: 8 26.7%
  • pretty good

    Votes: 7 23.3%
  • OK

    Votes: 2 6.7%
  • Not that great

    Votes: 6 20.0%
  • Really dislike them

    Votes: 2 6.7%
  • Hate 'em

    Votes: 1 3.3%

  • Total voters
    30
It was an improvement (for me), but they weren't as "PAF sounding" as I'd hoped. I should have gone with Duncans, but I wasn't used to pickup changes and didn't know quite what would work at the time. So I figured the Gibson pickups would be a safe bet.

This was long before the plethora of pickups builders who are now popular were offering more authentic vintage sounding sets.
Which Gibson pickups did you have put in?
It's interesting that builders other than Gibson are better at making a pickup that sounds like an old Gibson pickup.
 
Which Gibson pickups did you have put in?
It's interesting that builders other than Gibson are better at making a pickup that sounds like an old Gibson pickup.
It was whatever Gibson was selling as their vintage PAF style pickup in 1991. That's all I remember. It's been 33 years.

I'm sure I just said to my dealer, can we make this sound more like a vintage PAF, and he said, sure, have the tech install these. It's not like you could pull up a YouTube video and do comparisons in those days.

Apparently the plastic box had already been invented, because that's what they came in. ;)
 
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Very versatile pickups if you know how to use the volume knob. No one makes more usable volume/tone controls than PRS.
 
I have the VB/HFS set in an older CE-22. The HFS has a healthy output and is ok. But it’s got too much low mids and bass. I actually had the PTC install a bass-cut switch when the guitar was in for a Floyd conversion. I like the set in the splits modes for clean sounds. But use the switch for high gain rhythm. If the HFS was just a bit tighter with a little more clarity, it’d be great.
 
Not A Fan Of Them Overall But Could Make Do With Them If I Had To. I Am Glad I Don't Have To Make Do And Can Get Several Better Options From Any Number Of Pickup Manufacturers. That Being The Case, I Remove Them As Fast As I Can Acquire The Guitar They May Be In.
 
I have one in my ‘92 cu24 and I put one into my ‘08 core Mira bridge. I play in a working rock/pop/classic cover band so nothing super high gain but I just like the tone of that pick up. It’s fat and full sounding through my rig (mesa/Marshall) with medium gain settings.

Pickups are so subjective. One persons love is another’s dislike. I just play what I like.
 
I used to only play the HFS when I first bought it in 89 but now I mostly play the VB or one of the two settings that combine the single coils on both pickups
 
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