MIJvintage
Well-known member
I have been curious for some time about the fabled Greco ?Dry Z? pickups, mainly because of the laurels they have received from the few here that have played them. I have been curious to actually know what the fuss, the hype, and the mystique is all about.
I have heard statements like, ?the next best thing to original PAFs? as an example, when those that have played Dry Z pups offer an explanation about them.
I don?t care for the EGF series in general & I?m not gonna shell out $3K or more for a guitar I don?t want so, how else to get these Dry Zs? Well, I did what I said I would never do; I $helled out $everal bill$ for a (matched) set of Dry Z pups.
Thanks to TF member RyanC for these :wink:
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I installed the Dry Z pups in my 1989 Greco EG plain top, with stock/original Greco electronics that are pretty much the identical electronics these would have been hooked up to in a 1980 EGF 1200.
I believe I now know what the fuss, the hype, and the mystique is all about
The thing that strikes me most about these is the clarity & the cleanness of tone.
I don?t remember playing another set of ?buckers that has the clarity & the definition of these pickups.
Mind you this is via a normal channel.
Played via a 2nd channel with a bit of gain & reverb the complexity of sound & the real fun begins but there is no loss of the previous clarity & the definition of tone; it?s quite interesting.
I don?t know if a set of Dry Z pups is worth the multiple bill$ that I paid for them but then again, I have seen these go for 5 to 6 bill$.
After all, these were only produced for less amount of years than original PAFs, and of course, they aren?t making these any longer.
Sorry Huw, the 1989 EG isn't arriving in the UK with the Dry Zs
I am thinking the next place of residence for these will be my Bacchus BLS-59 8)
I have heard statements like, ?the next best thing to original PAFs? as an example, when those that have played Dry Z pups offer an explanation about them.
I don?t care for the EGF series in general & I?m not gonna shell out $3K or more for a guitar I don?t want so, how else to get these Dry Zs? Well, I did what I said I would never do; I $helled out $everal bill$ for a (matched) set of Dry Z pups.
Thanks to TF member RyanC for these :wink:
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I installed the Dry Z pups in my 1989 Greco EG plain top, with stock/original Greco electronics that are pretty much the identical electronics these would have been hooked up to in a 1980 EGF 1200.
I believe I now know what the fuss, the hype, and the mystique is all about
The thing that strikes me most about these is the clarity & the cleanness of tone.
I don?t remember playing another set of ?buckers that has the clarity & the definition of these pickups.
Mind you this is via a normal channel.
Played via a 2nd channel with a bit of gain & reverb the complexity of sound & the real fun begins but there is no loss of the previous clarity & the definition of tone; it?s quite interesting.
I don?t know if a set of Dry Z pups is worth the multiple bill$ that I paid for them but then again, I have seen these go for 5 to 6 bill$.
After all, these were only produced for less amount of years than original PAFs, and of course, they aren?t making these any longer.
Sorry Huw, the 1989 EG isn't arriving in the UK with the Dry Zs
I am thinking the next place of residence for these will be my Bacchus BLS-59 8)