Ang hindi ko maintindihan bakit inuunahan na yung pickups and yung manufacturers. And trying to insinuate that they cannot make good products because they don't own the more expensive pickups.
Everybody has to start from somewhere. If the Rufo pickups are not as good as Bareknuckles, Kinmans and Lollars, then there is always room for improvements.
Alex, a lot of us cannot and probably will never afford the expensive pickups you own. Hindi namin sinasabi na masama na magkaroon ng mamahaling produkto. Pero wag mong ipantay sa amin ang yaman mo. Mahihirap lang ang karamihan sa amin at hanggang dun lang ang kaya naming bilhin.
Alam namin na maganda tumunog ang mga Kinmans. Pero hindi ibig sabihin na dapat mong ikumpara sa mga murang pickups amin.
Don't teach us to be tone snobs. We cannot afford it. Respetuhin mo na lang na hanggang ganiyan lang ang kaya naming bilhin.
Sorry Alex, hindi talaga kami ka level mo. Langit ka lupa kami. Hayaan mo na lang kami sa aming mumurahing instrumento, we make beautiful music naman e. I have yet to hear you play great music with your Baker.
Ika nga ng librong Small Is Beautiful, why give us a tractor when a shovel will do the job just fine if not better!
Wait a minute... mga satisfied clients ni Mang Max ang nauna. Tapos for tweaking pa pala ang pickup. In my opinion, what you are paying for in expensive pickups IS NOT THE ACTUAL MATERIAL, LABOR INVOLVED, OR PACKAGING but rather the exposure, the experience and the ability to HEAR by the designer. So right now price is NOT yet an issue because I have not yet tested his pickup.
Fender Pickups started somewhere and I think that their production today against bareknuckles, kinmans and lollars are inferior and are getting worse by the year without any chance of improvement.
It has nothing to do with wealth. Sinsabi ko lang na huwag niyo muna rin IPANTAY si Max sa mga magagaling gumawa ng pickup regardless of price lalo na kung hindi niyo pa nasusubukan.
My point is that you only need one set of pickups on a guitar. YOU CAN SAVE UP FOR THEM IN A YEAR. If Max can produce a cheaper pickup that rivals kinmans than I am for it. Better because you have to SAVE UP FOR LESS. Again at this point, hindi ko pa pinapasok and price sa equation. Eh kung kasing ganda ng Kinmans ang gawa ni Max at itaas niya ang presyo kagaya ng Kinmans, bibilhin niyo ba? Hindi naman ata fair kung hindi niyo bilhin.