Kent Armstrong vs Guitar Fetish (GFS) JH Exp.

Kent Armstrong

Kent Armstrong Vintage (neck), Standard (middle), Screamer (bridge).
I bought these in the nineties and used them happily for years. The Screamer was a humbucker in a single coil cover, with four connectors for custom wiring. Kent Armstrong doesn't make these pickups any more, but he does supply a wide range of pickups through WD Music.

• DC Resistance: 6.4k neck, 7.2k middle, 14.2k bridge

Kent Armstrong Pickups

Guitar Fetish 'Jimi'

• Reverse, lefty stagger
• Alnico 5 Magnets
• DC Resistance: 5.5k neck, 6.0k middle, 6.4k bridge
• Vintage style Beveled polepieces
• Round, sweet, fat vintage Strat® tone with plenty of bite. Custom designed to provide all the great vintage tone with an amazingly complex mid-high balance and THUNDEROUS low end.

www.guitarfetish.com

Testbed

All pickups were tested on a Warmoth 2 piece alder strat body, with a Callaham vintage style tremolo, Warmoth maple neck and rosewood board.

The recordings were made without an amp, speaker or amp simulator. This is not how the pickups would normally sound. These recordings were made only for direct comparison. The tracks toggle back and forth between pickups at every bar.

For more information see A/B guitar pickup tests

Which is which?

Spoiler:

Kent Armstrong is first (A) and Guitar Fetish EXP is second (B).