Dave McLaren Talks MFD Pickups

Dave gives us the lowdown on MFD Pickups.

[matthewt.]

Love my ASAT Special.... the character of the MFD's is very distinct and clear with great separation. No muddiness, but there is still a bit of warmth to them even though to do pack in more ummph than traditional tele pu's. And they LOVE a great tube amp.

[bobbyadamson]

This is beautifully explained. I’m trying to understand the MFD and this helped so much

[green_henry]

Love my new (to me) SC-2! Wonderful pickups and compliments my ASAT Classic very well.

[Joefess]

Please do more behind the scene videos. Thanks!

[medor]

Arguably the best versatile pickups ever. I just purchased a dohene and it is smoking hot with those pickups.

[mikeaustin]

I have an ASAT Special. I would like to see G&L apply the MFD design with alnico magnets.

[whatwouldhousedo]

I just picked up a used Tribute ASAT Tele. Great guitar with one thing I don't care for- you can't drop the neck pickup lower than its stock height. I like my pickups lowered. Sounds great though but I wish it had that option. Also the bridge pickup is a bit micropohonic and it's only three years old.

[truthof]

G&L has maybe the worst marketing of companies in the industry with fantastic products. Then again, maybe they don’t want to sell more.

[godsinbox]

sold my sb-2 bass as the jazz pickup, supposedly an MFD, wasnt hum bucking. I suppose I bought into the marketing of the Zcoils and got fooled.

[sempercompellis]

a magnet underneath the coil with adjustable pieces going through the coil-- sounds like a p90 to me??? am i missing something??

[valueofnothing]

It's a p90 with lower wind like a strat (5.6-6.5k). Which is a good idea, actually. GFS also does this with thier "Gold Foil SIngle Coils" I think. They are also bar magnets with low windings but in a convient, humbucker package.

Simply using a bar magnet (like a p90) in place of pole pieces increases the inductance quite a bit, however. Many use ceramic magnets.

[zacharycochran]

I have a commanche ..can anyone recommend tone and volume knobe settings?

[therory]

You have great guitars!
But please change the headstock!

[IgorHatesEverything]

This is such a terrible, inarticulate explanation. G&L makes terrific guitars, but these kinds of awful videos combined with a truly horrible website hold the company back. Hire a director of marketing. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️