TC5&TM5- Single Coil Vintage Guitar Pickups Set Neck and Bridge Pickup Compatible with Tele Telecaster Style Electric Guitar Parts Replacement (Neck&Bridge)

Cold out of the case, OEM bridge PU no output: found de-potted and shorted to ground - was time for replacement. Great quality; shielded 26ga-5 conductor leads, vintage tone & appearance nickel and direct replacement fit. Ohm' d out exactly as spec'd. Included very clear polarity/termination diagram for correct installation. Significant tonality/sustain improvement over OEM ceramic PU's. I used .023uf poly caps in both positions. Very clear definition in both positions. Treble position is not tinny bright requiring a tone control adjustment when playing clean. As well, both pick-ups sound great together its not always this way. Very impressed at this price point. Came to me in a little 2"x 2"x 4"L brown card board box containing properly ESD packaged components. Big brand name PU mfg's should be aware; passing advertising & marketing and packaging cost on to customers/players today is not going to get them revenue when I can purchase a product of the same or better quality for a quarter the cost and get it just as soon. Note: I did not feel comfortable checking the box for "easy to install". So I must say; If don't have the correct tools, or your not confident or comfortable in your mechanical disassembly, electrical diagram reading, and soldering skills I would recommend taking these and your instrument to a "professional" music shop for correct installation the first time. 2hr install

I have installed these pickups in my Ibanez G10 that I had completely reworked and refinished. I was a little skeptical at first, but, why not try? Anyway, the result was very positive. The pickups have a nice and warm sound, they tend to deliver a lot more treble sound, that is, they provide a lot of high frequencies, especially in the bridge pickup. This is kind of obvious, several Dimarzios and Seymour Duncan do the same, depending on the model you select. If you use both pickups at the same time, the result is a very smooth and clean sound which is also very nice with some overdrive. Each pickup, when used individually, has a different gain, very brilliant. My conclusion: it`s definitely worth trying them, they are an excellent choice for a guitar player that does not want to spend $200 bucks in top branded pickups. The result may not be the same, but the overall sound yo can extract from these pickups is pretty cool.

About a year ago I transferred my old Iron Gear Pickups (which I like very much) out of this guitar and into a new Les Paul that I had just purchased. This guitar has been waiting for a set of pickups since that time. These were so affordable, I figured they were worth a try, and boy was I right! They are on par with my other favorite pickups (the Tesla Shark from Iron Gear, which are supposed to be a knock off of Seymour Duncan's Slash pickups). The construction of the Ascendas HZ5 is very high quality, and I love the fact that it comes in a simple cardboard box - no money wasted on BS packaging that I would just dispose of anyway. I do wish they would have provided a link to their website so I could check out their entire product line. I have several guitars and there's always something I need. Anyway, these pickups have a rich smooth sound when using them in double coil mode and they chime wonderfully when I switch over to the coil splits. If you're reading this and you don't know what I'm talking about, don't worry about it. If you don't have your guitar wired for coil splitting pickups, you won't be using this feature anyway. The point is that these pickups can do it if you want them to. When used in the standard humbucking mode, the tone is nice and creamy on the neck pickup and bites just right on bridge pickup. The sound never gets muddy. I love these things!

First off, the sound is good for the price, bot great. The wiring diagram was not correct, and after checking my connections several times, decided the problem was with the pickups. Pulled out the trusty multimeter and sure enough, the start and finish wires were reversed on the south coil on both pickups. Quick fix if you know what you're doing but very frustrating to have to troubleshoot a new item that is expected to work out of the box.

I used a set of these before and always regretted selling the guitar with these in it. The tone is far better, IMHO, than the Gibsons that were original. I had read a few reviews about how people were buying up all they could find for the guitars they played on stage! I never thought I could buy replacements for ANY major brand for less than $250 and these are still less than $50 for the pair! Great sound, great price!

First, the pickups did NOT have all the supposedly included springs and screws. After about two weeks of trying to get replacements for the missing parts, and not getting anywhere, I had to purchase pickup mounting screw/spring set from somewhere else. The only pickup that had any sound quality was the bridge pickup, the neck pickup did NOT work at all, after finally installing it. All it did was loud static hum with no sound what so ever. The wires were not making contact to the coils. and cannot be fixed. These are very cheaply made. I guess that you get what you pay for.. :( Save your money for a better set of pickups that at least includes everything it supposed to and obviously work when installed.

I bought these for my late 90's Korean Epiphone Les Paul, which always felt good but never sounded quite right. I had long ago replaced the original pickups but was never really happy with them. So, the reviews for the HZ5's appeared to be positive and the price was definitely nice. Unfortunately my wiring knowledge & soldering skills leave much to be desired and after putting the guitar back together something was clearly not right. It took me couple of weeks to get someone less useless to help, turns out my efforts had blown a pot or two so they needed to be replaced also. Anyway, the end result was a hugely improved Les Paul! The sound is now pretty awesome - warm clear and smooth at all volumes & pickup selections - whether clean or with some heat!! In my younger days I've had at least 3 real Gibson Les Pauls - this Epi has always played real nice but now it has the sound as well - all without breaking even my modest budget. Can HIGHLY recommend these pickups.

These pickups do what they’re made to do, only downside for me is that they’re too HOT for my taste and too muddy for the style of metal I play. Overall they’re great pickups.