I Bought the CHEAPEST Guitar Pickups in the World. 

This feels like a dankpods episode in the best way!

I am so sorry you had to do this that microphonic one was painful to watch please seek profess help even though it is probably too late also love your channel thanks for torching them at the end

Found my way here after KDH’s re-upload of your Yngwie video, awesome playing and great content, subbed, keep it up

Another great vid! The cathartic destruction of all that garbage probably saved you from what would probably have ended up as some form of PTSD(pickups that suck disorder), where even good pickups sound terrible due to overexposure to cheap crap pickups, but luckily you exorcised those demons and purified everything with fire! 🧑‍🏭. Lol, just fudging around 🤪✌️

Awesome vid dude this must’ve taken way more work than those pick-ups deserved lol 💜

I’ve gotten some fairly inexpensive pickups from eBay. They were no SDs but I didn’t think most people would had noticed. When I first started building guitars I knew I was going to destroy some electronics learning to solder. So, I used cheap parts.

Listening to you read the keyword-spamming names of these cheap products is my favorite part 😂

Loved the Nuno licks, very rare seeing anyone playing that stuff. Keep it up dude!

me when sixstringtv eats a kitkat: 😼😼🤜👍👊👊✊🏻🦷🧠👶

Dat benton is very handsome for its price.

Some times you find a diamond in the ruff! I've found some cloth wired bell cat pick ups sound amazing! I've been playing for 40+ years! And have around 40 guitars! Most Gibson and fenders! Thanks!

Not only did you provide fun and informative shit, you also provided some ASMR at the end for good measure. Brilliant! 😅

This channel is dope. Can you do a video on fret wraps, would love you input on them

I was pretty shocked at how good that $4 pup sounded. If I liked Fender pickups, I'd buy that one! Our currencies achieved equivalency today, so a four Euro pickup is four bucks here.

Keep it up man I wanna see some more shit like that on your channel

About a year ago I bought a hot-rail cheapy pickup on a whim because the Duncan Designed bridge pickup on my Squier thinline Tele sounded like breaking pottery. I was quite taken aback how much better it sounded. I went even further and filed the rails flat as they were so domed that the outer strings were quieter than the central ones. This done, and a quick matt-black rattlecan mist later... all was well. It was worth the bother. While it won't exactly set the world on fire, it ain't half bad either for a princely £10. Enjoyed your vid, lot of fun and I couldn't wait see how your hot rail performed. Cheers.

Easily the most egregious thing about this video was the way you ate that Kit Kat, you're a monster. In all seriousness, love your content, please keep it up 🤘

Totally awesome vid ..

Damn, some of these were half decent! Nice review too

I bought a quad rail pickup off amazon for 15 dollars and put it in a guitar I was modifying and it slowly became my favorite instrument I own, there’s currently 19-20 guitars in my house

Nice video. You are fortunate the pickups did not explode when you set them on fire.

Laugh all you want but that piezo lives in my baglama and it is perfectly workable XD

Cool test! I just made my first pickups (don't know how they sound yet, the bridge's probably gonna be way tamer than I would prefer, and the neck's got nice value of 6.66k lol, both SC) and not experienced with pickups overall but AFAIK the feedback issues should be tied to the pickup being insufficiently waxed (it did look like that lol). It's mind blowing that it's possible to sell pickups for less than 2e and make profit...

Perfect for practice

I have that dual rail singlebucker in my bass IV, which I use for doom/death metal and the sound of it is so damn thicc it's even unfair to 150€ pickups out there. I bought it as a temporary fix and it is not moving any time soon.

Should have given them pups the balloon test 😂😂

I bought a set of those Yibuy SD invader copies for a cheap ESP rebuild I did and I was actually surprised at how decent they were. Sure they aren’t like the OG but I didn’t expect that for 20.00. Definitely not bad for a cheap build solution.

Loved The Haunted riff!

The ending was very metal 🤘🏿🤘🏾🤘🏼🤘🏻

The descriptions remind me of the brain episode of futurama. “I’m leaving earth for no raisin”

8:43 yo that mini hot rails actually sound fuckin great 😮 been thinking about getting a Squire Contemporary Tele and upgrading the pickups, think you’ve sold me on it 🤘

Do you remember what wires were the hot and which ones were the ground on the hot rail pickup you linked in the description?

That shirt is gold. Where did you get it?

These dem pickups that come in shwacky meals when it's dime month at Whack Arnolds

This was funny af

when you said the pickups where going to meet an unfortunate fate I didin´t expected a flame thrower XD

13:18 is kind of a cool effect tho XD

That fucking wind machine tho 😂

I got some invader ripoffs from aliexpress that sounds pretty good, the bridge in split coil sounds like a telecaster

Damn - I want a steamed hams shirt! 😆

those invader clones actually look pretty badass when they're on fire. it's a shame that they sound even worse than the already bad invaders

Kit Kat was like, "Free adverts!" And then out came the blowtorch. The hatchet was a nice touch.

"How satisfying is this gonna be? Not at all" LMAO

I actually have something that looks like the last one but mine came in different packaging and does not sound thin like that...mine actually has some bass for the price(I got it for 1 euro).The circular thing is actually red and looks the same like yours but tha jack inputs does not(and maybe the cable is not the same length, not sure). Maybe I am just lucky I guess or maybe it is slightly biger so it has more bass(if that makes any sense) or it has better attachment so it gets "more of the sound". I don't use it but I tried a lot of stupid shit.I blocked my tremolo with that(yes I am that stupid) and had an interesting sound on my strat, so mine is kinda usable but doesn't sound great or anything.I have it glued to my kalimba now and it sound just fine. Great video btw.

Pretty sure I have that exact set of rails in my microtonal project strat. I overspent on the single coils and got it as a placeholder. Switch stays on 5 most days lol

4 euro pickup actually sounds millions time better than that microphonic crap

The single coil rails sounds great.

WHAT MONSTER EATS KIT KATS LIKE THAT

You make anything sound amazing!

I’ve found some decent cheap pups off Amazon. Most of them just need wax potting to be made pretty sick

MMMMM Kit Kat! That was hilarious.

I am still in shock over the double rail. Dude seriously, did you use a good pup or is Glenn Fricker right? Wtf is this world I am living in.

Well you COULD have recycled the black nuts and bolts from the first one ;) Is this gonna be your 'hammer of truth' (y'know like ol Glenn lol? 'The Metal Meltdown''? As a bass player people say I sholndt fuss about pickups, but loud high-output ones make me happy

Holy shit…the $4.00 single coil sized pickup was Fire! I would put that pickup in my Strat guitars

Broman....the video helped give me clarity. But my brain hurts too. Tell me wise one....are Wilkinson humbuckers any good in your opinion? I'm looking for an inexpensive pair for a mod project. I have spent probably 1000+ dollars on Seymour Duncan and Dimarzio last year. Trying to catch a break and expand my knowledge. Appreciate some feedback my guy. Also, I'm glad you did it through that fantastic amp of yours instead of some amp modelling shit. Although shit is shit brk 🤣

1. Change the ceramic magnet to alnico ones. 2. Wax pot them. You will be surprised by the result. Or invest in a bobbin wonder. Pay back after 4 sets of Di Marzio or SD pickups. Don’t burn em bro !

Stuff like this is always entertaining to me. I would watch more of these for sure. Digging your channel sir. 👍

That kit Kat tho!

Hilarious video, I can't believe how good the hot rail sounded.

Anyone that refuses to eat a Kit Kat one stick at a time, is a savage.

KitKat needs to sponsor you immediately.

Love the Guthrie Govan even if the pickups are bad lol

Dude, nice job on the wonderful slippery thing !

Man you should've bought wilkinson pickups they are decent for how much they cost anyways nice video I feel bad for anyone who has bought these and installed them into their guitar

Are you sure there wasn't a color coding difference on the wiring for the pickup that didn't work? Now that I ask, I feel like you probably checked that, but I may as well ask. I have pickups from two different manufacturers in one of my guitars, and I had to reference two different coding conventions.

Mans eats KitKats like a savage

That Hotrail made my cat run away.

seems like the filth actually does add to the tone

I keep trying to come up with something smart or witty to say, but you really seemed to cover everything quite nicely yourself, so I'll just comment to appease the almighty algorithm! Keep up the great work, man!

He eats kitkats without breaking the 2 parts

Sonic youth would have loved these

why did you eat the kitkat like that?

Tbh I can't tell any difference when you say those pickups are just garbage, they all sound amazing (except the microphonic one) when you're playing, cuz your playing is amazing 😅 (I'm a shrill for cheap shits)

I saw a toy guitar for 4.95 and the humbucker drew one the guitar was better than the ones that you have.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 burn!!

The funniest thing here is that after watching countless of videos of these fake Invader pickups where they sounded like crap, u actually made them sound decent! Lol... And I was also almost fooled into buying those similar pickups since I found them on ebay with the title "Invader style pickups" and I was like "Oh, cool! Invaders are well-known pickups, so these could be cool!", but then I heard the clips from the tubes... But I hadn't actually ever heard real Invaders, so I had no reference point 'till I saw a vid by some guy who compared the real Invaders to like 4 copycats and they ALL sounded BAD! The real one was hardly any better. It's the harsh tone that rubs me. That 2nd pickup that unfortunately didn't seem to work is apparently a Fleor! Fleors are the cream of the crop of cheap pickups! A lot of people have tested them on the tubes with always great reviews. And I actually plan on buying 2 different Fleors in the near future. The hot rail pickup that u tested is one of the many models Fleor makes too and I plan on buying the humbucker dual rail version. Although I do think that all the Fleors are the same cheap pickups sold unbranded by countless others on Ali/Ebay, but they just have branded them under a name. Still, that gives me some assurance that I'm (hopefully) getting the exact thing advertised. Even that 1 dollar pickup sounded totally fine to me :D Apart from the feedback ofc... I don't think soundwise it would differ much from stock pickups (on a Squier)? 🤔 And that piezo mic did work, right? :D Apart from some distortion ofc... But for about 1 dollar it seemed alright, thou I'm not sure what was to be expected of it 🤷‍♂

Have you ever tried making your own pickups? You can buy all the parts to make a set of humbuckers for like 50 quid and wind them yourself with a power drill and a soldering iron.

The hotrail ripoff doesn’t sound that bad to me

Hilarious video! Loved it. Your playing is really good but not even your skillz could keep me from vomiting at min 2:00 🥴🤢🤮 I LOVED min 14:00 😆 awesome! Please tell me that’s one of your original riffs. I’d really like to hear which pickups you are really into these days. Fishmans? Bare knuckles? Much thanks!

Kit-Kats sound better, too.

Whats with the hair fan?? Cheap crappy pickups Fender pickups originally cost approx $4.00 a piece

It’s always a bad signe when you have to crank up the volume when the testing starts…

You look so sad eating that Kit Kat. Like your seriously contemplating your choices in life that brought you to this exact moment....alone....with that Kit Kat....and your not even an adult yet.

What's wrong with those first pickups? Why being so negative?

Dude the pickup will work depends on the materials use in construction not with the brand and price..

Feedback is just a synonym for harmonious, lol!

Hahahaha 1.37 euros? Sounds like pure garbage! 😂

junge wie kommt man überhaupt auf solche ideen man xD

how to make $900 Fender sounds like $50 aliexpress guitar magic

It physically hurt me when I heard that piece of shit pickup in that gorgeous strat. Thanks for your sacrifice for the sake of comedy.

Kids in africa could have eaten those pickups 😭

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