Guitar Pickups UK - Axetec online

“I recently purchased a pair of Hot Slags for my new Epiphone Les Paul Custom. I'm used to high end Jacksons with Seymour pickups, and bought the budget LP for throwing around at band practice. I have to say the advice given was spot on, the delivery lightning fast and the pickups are incredible. Completely changed a bland Epiphone into my current favourite guitar. Through my Engl Screamer amp they sound heavenly, from blues, through rock, even to metal. Amazing service, product and price. I will be back for more!” – Matt Aldridge, Buckley

“My Epiphone Les Paul had the usual stock pickups in it and the search was on for decent replacements. After a look online via eBay and reading reviews and advice from yourself of the Hot Slag pickups, I decided to have them. The price of these monsters is unreal £24.95 !!.. bargain. So after putting them in the Les Paul - BLOODY HELL WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE !!!. These things are outstanding they do exactly what they say they will. The tone has come alive on my Epiphone, pinched harmonics, fast riffs and shredding all there without having to fight the bloody thing. Again thank you for being so helpful on the phone and I will be without doubt using IRONGEAR from here on in. I also have a Schecter with Seymour Duncans in it and the IronGears are far, far better.” – John, Bebington. thegiff@dsl.pipex.com

“Hi, in an idle moment last night I sat down and completed a long term restoration on an ancient and abused Epiphone Les Paul and fitted the pair of Hot Slag zebras that you sent me earlier in the week. To say that the results were a revelation does scant justice to the experience of putting these bitches through their paces. Slammed through a pair of AC30s they have the sweet clarity of an angel’s first kiss with just that saw edged hint of something unspeakably wicked lying underneath. All the tones are in the toy-box for you to play with, crank that volume wherever you like and you won’t be disappointed. But crank up the gain and boy do these babies get down and dirty!
Although I’d had these particular items recommended to me, I must admit that their pricing at the budget end of the spectrum left me sceptical and you go through the rather unfair process of trying to find the catch. Well, as owner of a collection of over 30 classic axes and a pro-player of nearly 40 years, if there is one I can’t find it. Not one for testimonials, Axetec, you’ve earned this one!” – Dave, Chesterfield.

“Having read a great review in Guitar Buyer`& some good You Tube Demo`s about their good quality, I was impressed & decided to treat myself to a Michael Kelly Patriot Custom Amber Guitar Les Paul type Guitar, but when playing live in my Function Band, (Action Replay) I thought It lacked some bite in the pickup area. As I run my own business here in Southend (Essex Guitar Services) and had already fitted a few of your pickup set`s to my customers guitars with great feedback. I thought I would investigate your IronGear Humbucker Pickups, for my own use for a change, and decided on The Rolling Mill & Hot Slag as a matched pair. Well, once I got them fitted in using your wiring diagram, I was impressed, I don’t know how IronGear do it for the price, but they are without doubt, the best matching pair of humbucking pickups I have ever heard! Even on my small 15 watt Fender Valve, they are just so good, and when you roll off the volume, they clean up wonderfully, coil tapped, they give a lovely Fender Strat and Telecaster sound and on my larger Fender deluxe 90 DSP, it`s just pure heaven and when you add gain they have that wonderful, just breaking up, sound, right up to full on high gain and are great with my Boss Pedals and Wah! Thanks again Keith, I will keep recommending your pickups, and and all your other Axetec Guitar Parts to my Customers here in the Southend/Rayleigh area, and thanks again for your good customer service and prompt deliveries with the parts that I order. Best Regards,” - Chris Cutmore, (Essex Guitar Services) Tel 01702-554916, Mob 07717130559. (For Set-Ups & Repairs).

“Pickup arrived within 24hrs…great service. Having been an avid SG player for many years I always believed in keeping them “stock” (PAFs, 490s,etc). Until one day I noticed a loss of power in my Standards PAF. A quick check revealed that this 40 year old had given up the ghost! So, after searching the net for some re-wound classics, I came across this website. At first I thought the cost was incorrect on the Hot Slag, my initial thought was low output junk. However, after reading the many reviews on this site and others, I thought, what the hell its only pennies. So, the pickup arrived. Within 10 minutes it was sat in all its Zebra glory in my 1966 cherry SG. Having never had open coils, this looks fantastic. The time came to warm up the old JTM45. This pickup has major output, the thing breathes!! With minimal effort it grunts, spits, and screams! You don’t need much gain with this thing. Without doubt, this has the edge over stock gibbo pickups.
Also, when you lower the guitar volume, the tone remains without too much loss of definition. Will definitely be buying more. Now thinking of the same for another guitar, this time coil tapped! If this pickup was £80-£100, I would still buy it! What a find.” - Keith, Worcestershire

“Just had to drop you a quick email to tell you that I love my Hot Slag set and please keep on with the good work. Dropped them into a mahogany Ibanez RG and they really brought this guitar to life, excellent balance with the darker wood. Hotter than the Dimarzio D Activators and EMG HZs and stock Ibanez pups I had in there before. They are hot and really hit the front end of my amps hard, but cleanly. They create searing gain when wide open, but still with clarity and cut. No mud here. Please consider bringing out a 7-string set of these, the tight bottom end would be perfect for that big fat B string; I will be first in the queue ...” - Jean-Pierre, Liverpool

“Just dropping you guys a line to say how beautiful the IRONGEAR HOT SLAG ZEBRA COILS are! I have just installed a pair in my Fender FMT as replacements (Black Canyons were originally fitted) and I have to say, they sound AWESOME; this guitar already sounded great but now it sounds even better. The pickups produce a lovely bite and warm and are very responsive to the dynamics of my playing and built quality is very good. The price of these pickups are amazing too, why bother paying the high prices for Seymour Duncans or Dimarzios? Well done! I highly recommend these to other players.” - S.Johnson, Plymouth, U.K.