G&L Comanche pickups - Tribute V USA - same pickups

[tildeslash]

Just got a Tribute Comanche a while go and have spent hours on the pickups and tone controls.
Thinking about buying a set from G&L and throwing them in my partscaster and get a pickguard made as well.
Are the pickups in the Tribute model the same as the USA model.
I suppose they sell the USA model on their website; but wanted to know if they are the same.

Thank you.

[john o]

Hi Tildeslash, welcome.
The Z coil p'ups in the Tribute Comanche are american made, same as the US Comanche.
They do sell them thru the G&L online store. There was also a hotter "Will Ray" z-coil sold for the bridge position, was a good deal, not sure if it is still available...Personally, I love the z-coils, very 'tonally' versatile

[Elwood]

Welcome,
If you haven't seen this thread, check it out...

Comanche for Dummies Redux

[Craig]

Hi Tildeslash, welcome.
The Z coil p'ups in the Tribute Comanche are american made, same as the US Comanche.
They do sell them thru the G&L online store. There was also a hotter "Will Ray" z-coil sold for the bridge position, was a good deal, not sure if it is still available...Personally, I love the z-coils, very 'tonally' versatile

All MFD pickups in Tribute models are the same pickups as the US models and are built at the Fullerton factory. See, Note About G&L Tribute Series Guitar Pickups.

The Will Ray z-coil is still available and on sale, see: https://g-l-online-store.myshopify.com/ ... dge-pickup.
I also recommend it for the bridge pickup, too.

Hope this helps.

[tildeslash]

Thank you. And the Will Ray pickup sounds like a good option.

[jdetente]

The Will Ray pickup is awesome. Definitely recommend it!

[john o]

Looks like only the black WR Zcoil is available, white sold out. It is the same price as the asat classic mfd pups and the alnico pups

[GuitarBender]

anyone have an idea about the POLE to POLE measurement of a ZCOIL? I just purchased one and it looks like it is a little more than 50mm and less than 51mm.

I am disconnecting the link between the two coil segments then run the outputs to a dual concentric potentiometer (250k each) then out to a TRS jack. Tip will be the top 3 strings and ring will be bottom 3 strings. Each 3 string will get a separate effects treatment.

The ZCOIL will get mounted on a humbucker base-plate and into a open ring chrome cover. then the open top will get a peice of plastic like the pickguard. All this gets mounted in a test subject, my MM fender tele.

The need to know the POLE spacing will help me drill holes in the pickup cover plastic.

Regards
TC