Chinese Wilkinson pickups?

[rythmpulse60]

I've come across this website and found these bass pickups
the website doesn't actually list the name wilkinson but the pictures do knock-offs? or maybe they just get them straight from the supplier in china but anyways there pretty cheap. could they be worth anything?
Durable Musical Instrument Appurtenance Electric Bass Humbucker Pickup - DinoDirect.com

any thoughts?

[SGD Lutherie]

Well they are Chinese made pickups, so either these are from a supplier, or they are knockoffs.

[rythmpulse60]

Originally Posted by SGD Lutherie

Well they are Chinese made pickups, so either these are from a supplier, or they are knockoffs.

thank you?

[LilloEsquilo]

Yeah they are worth 17.19, that's the price.

[darkstorm]

This is a Musical Instrument Appurtenance Electric Bass Humbucker Pickup. Its not a wilkenson. But since it says wilkinson on it, it belongs in, or was mfg as one to put in, a otherwise also faked bass. Like them much happyness all will be well, chinese fake boutique basses that float around ebay. $17.19 for the set might be a bit generous price lol.

[SGD Lutherie]

Originally Posted by darkstorm

This is a Musical Instrument Appurtenance Electric Bass Humbucker Pickup. Its not a wilkenson. But since it says wilkinson on it, it belongs in, or was mfg as one to put in, a otherwise also faked bass. Like them much happyness all will be well, chinese fake boutique basses that float around ebay. $17.19 for the set might be a bit generous price lol.

How do you know that?

I think "Musical Instrument Appurtenance Electric Bass Humbucker Pickup" is a poorly translated description and not the manufacturer of the pickup.

Wilkinson pickups are made in China. They are not high end pickups. All Wilkinson parts are made in China or Korea. Same with the non hand wound Kent Armstrong pickups, which are made by Dongho Electronics in Korea. They also make SKY pickups.

If you go to a site like guitarpartsresource.com and look at the "economy" pickups, you see pickups ranging in price from $18.99 to $34.99. So if they are selling a pickup for $18.99, how much do you think they get it for? Probably about $9. Maybe less.

Even with something like Kent Armstrong pickups, if the list price is $75, the dealer price is about $37. The distributor, in this case WD Music, probably gets them for half of that, or around $18. So how much does Dongho Electronics sell them for?

So it's easy to see how these Wilkinson pickups can be sold cheaply from the country of origin. The list price on that Wilkinson pickup is £32.99, or $53.55. So wholesale dealer price is $26 and the distributor gets out for about $13.

So just because they are cheap does not mean they are fake.

[rythmpulse60]

Originally Posted by darkstorm

This is a Musical Instrument Appurtenance Electric Bass Humbucker Pickup. Its not a wilkenson. But since it says wilkinson on it, it belongs in, or was mfg as one to put in, a otherwise also faked bass. Like them much happyness all will be well, chinese fake boutique basses that float around ebay. $17.19 for the set might be a bit generous price lol.

Almost all there pickups are called that it doesn't have anything to do with the product in most cases :P and many have the exact same description they list a few single coils as humbuckers

[warnan]

there r also gotoh made wilkinson pickups.

[Collider]

Be very wary. I installed Kent Armstrong (which I think are slightly upscale from Wilkinson) pickups in a Squier J-bass and they were no better than the originals in my opinion.

You don't say why you're changing but if you're looking to upgrade then you might want to save for something better. I really doubt these $18 ones are going to be worth the effort.

[XtheDeadPawn]

Yeah be wary. Personally I'd go for Guitar Fetish pups if you want cheap pups or the Basslines QPD line.