Reviews
The Guitar Magazine, UK
ID:Chris Buck Signature Strat Set
9/10 Choice Award Winner
“We love the bright, snappy and dynamic character around the amp’s breakup point … clean tones are sweet, powerchords chug along beautifully and those classic rock and blues solos can be pulled off with the proper authority … An ideal solution for sprucing up a guitar that plays well but lacks distinctive character – or simply making your favourite axe sound even tastier.”
Click here for the full review.
‘Justin Guitar’, YouTube Show
JustinGuitar Channel (Custom Radioshop PAF/ID:Chris Buck/RadioTron Set)
Pickups: Radioshop PAF, ID:Chris Buck Strat, RadioTron
As suppliers of pickups to the awesome Gray Guitars of London we were extremely proud to make this custom PAF, ID:Chris Buck, RadioTron set to go in legendary Antipodean YouTuber Justin’s custom Emperor guitar from Gray Guitars. It’s a pretty interesting pickup combination, we think you’ll agree and here’s what Justin had to say about his set:
“I’m so glad that Tom Gray convinced me to put Radioshop pickups in my custom guitar, they sound fantastic and the splittable humbucker in the bridge is super special, really sounds like both a fat humbucker or twangy single coil. I played about on Chris Bucks guitar a bit too and his ID pickups sound sweet too – very detailed and punchy. Chris did try and explain the magic winding techniques but I didn’t really get it, but they sound great and that’s what counts!”
Hope you enjoy this video Justin put together for his hugely popular YouTube channel exploring his new sounds and switching options from his custom Radioshop loaded guitar …
‘That Pedal Show’, YouTube Review Show
ID:Chris Buck Signature Strat Set
9/10 Choice Award Winner
We were extremely proud for our ID:Chris Buck Pickups set to be featured in August 18’s interview with Chris Buck on the hugely popular ‘That Pedal Show’ and for our pickups to come out on top in an impromptu pickup shoot out against some very highly rated competition. Watch from the 30 mins 30 secs mark to find out more …
‘The Lick Loft’, UK
ID:Chris Buck Signature Strat Set
“They are THAT good – they are DANGEROUSLY good!”
You can enjoy the full YouTube review below with stunning sound clips and playing from the guys at the Lick Loft.
Reviews From Our Customers
"These pickups are the best I’ve had in my Strats"
ID:Chris Buck Strat Set
“These pickups are the best I’ve had in my Strats … It was the right decision to sell my twice as expensive Kloppmann Pickups to buy yours. Yours sound so much better!”
Markus (Germany)
“The pickups are phenomenal"
ID:Chris Buck Strat Set
“The pickups are phenomenal. Both loud and really fat sounding but extremely clear at the same time.”
Andrew S (CA, USA)
“These CS63s are in a different league"
Case Study 63 Strat
“How can I put it? Seymour Duncans are like Debbie Harry. These are Whitney Houston - I like Ms Harry and Mr Duncan’s products, but like Whitney was (in the early days), these CS63s are in a different league.”
Julian H (Birmingham, UK)
“up there with some early 80s Fullertons and Ron Ellis pickups"
‘The Montereys’ Strat
“I recently did a back to back comparison of all my Strat pickups. The set you made me is right up there with some early 80s Fullertons and Ron Ellis pickups for my favourites … I’d like another set from you!”
Grant S (Wisconsin, USA)
“What can I say, OUTSTANDING!"
ID:Chris Buck 57s Strat
“What can I say, OUTSTANDING! I thought they’d be good but they’ve exceeded all expectations!”
David C (Cheshire, UK)
"AMAZING!"
ID:Chris Buck Signature Strat Set
“These ID:Chris Buck pickups are AMAZING! Probably the best I’ve ever played, which is saying something because I’ve played just about every brand out there. I’m not sure if you are familiar with Ron Ellis’ pickups but they are basically the gold standard here in the States. I have Ron’s in my other Strat. I have to say I think these are better. I’m in absolute LOVE.”
Cory Scanlon (New York City, USA)
"best single coil set I’ve ever had in 25 years of playing.”
ID:Chris Buck Strat
“I’ve been using the ID:Chris Buck set for a month now and I can definitely say that this is the best single coil set I’ve ever had in 25 years of playing.”
Flavio G (Italy)
“The P90s are fantastic"
Classic P90 Set
“The P90s are fantastic - so responsive! I just don’t want to play anything else now!”
Don E (Cambridge, UK)
"Something magical. The sound is incredible"
Radioshop PAF Set
“What I know for sure is you did something magical. The sound is incredible - I did not expect such a big difference!”
Paschalis S (Greece)
“Installed the pickups … and MY LORD!!!
ID:Chris Buck Strat
“Installed the pickups … and MY LORD!!! It’s one of those moments where you capture a sound in your head and bring it to life.”
Sal C (San Francisco, USA)
"Pure Strat tone the way it was meant to be!”
ID:Chris Buck Signature Strat Set
“Clean or dirty. Light or Hard. Just pure Strat tone the way it was meant to be!”
Brian (Pennsylvania, USA)
"Nice, vintage warmth with excellent clarity"
Custom 62 Hot Tele Set
“I used my Tele last night and it sounded amazing - nice, vintage warmth with excellent clarity … Thanks for winding these AMAZING pickups!’
Ian O (Portsmouth, UK)
"Looks absolutely epic!! That Relic’ing is superb."
Relic CS 63 Pickguard
“Good god, Paul, it just turned up and it looks absolutely epic!! That Relic’ing is superb. Well done and thank you.”
Gareth P (Abergavenny, UK)
"Your pickups blow them all out of the water!"
ID:Chris Buck
“I have had pickups that cost three times the money I paid you and still your pickups blow them all out of the water! This is one happy Swede, Paul!”
Conny (Sweden)
"Absolutely stunning!”
ID:Telecaster Set
“… they pick up everything you do in a controlled an inspired way … absolutely stunning!”
Lasse (Finland)