Kent Armstrong

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Took a flyer on Ebay with some Kent Armstrong Jazz pickups. Put in a low bid, went out for the day and was surprised to see i'd won them for very little. Anyway, i took some photos and emailed the Kent Armstrong website hoping against hope that someone might help me identify them.

Got an email last night from the man himself not only telling me what they are and also what to expect tone-wise. And can you believe he also told me who made them!

What a star. Just saying.

[fingerz]

Great! SO good to hear people taking pride in what they do. I've chatted to them in the past (I think it was his son?) and they were really helpful.

[Bilbo]

Isn't Kent Armstrong the alter ego of Superspiderbatman?

[fender73]

That's great customer interaction - makes you want to deal with them for future purchases etc. I had a similar email back from Hipshot with an enquiry a while back, really helpful info etc.

[JTUK]

Not surprised to hear this story....

Always REALLY knew his stuff and always very helpful.


I've got a blinding set of his pickups on one of my main basses

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[quote name='Bilbo' post='1358611' date='Sep 1 2011, 11:30 AM']Isn't Kent Armstrong the alter ego of Superspiderbatman?[/quote]

I was thinking more a mix of Clark Kent and Stretch Armstrong (the rubbery 70s super hero toy). What a guy though. In this day and age he gets a lot of Kudos for taking a bit of time to help someone out.

[EdwardHimself]

Great pickups, nice low prices as well.

[kevin_lindsay]

Kent is a great guy! His son Aaron deals with most of the pickup stuff these days as far as I'm aware.

Also, Kent's dad was thr famous Dan Armstrong - the bloke responsible for the classic "plug in" guitar effects, and the plexiglass guitars and basses.

Oh yeah, forgot to add my recommendation to the pickups themselves, really great items

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Yep - I have Kent Armstrong 'Jazz Lipsticks' in my Highway 1 and an Alinco P in my fretless bitzer - great pickups at good prices. I believe the pickup wizard learned his trade working for KA.

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I am a bit excited about these now. It was a random Ebay impulse buy.

[BottomE]

Just got an email from his son too! Wow what a company.

[ahpook]

i was very impressed with them when i had a mystery KA pickup - they gave me all the info about the wiring i could need and very lovely too.

[spinynorman]

I've got a Kent Armstong rebuilt pickup in my Ripper and was trying to get some information as I thought it was wired wrong. Emailed from the KA website, got immediate reply from Kent, saying he'd forward to question to his son, who built the pickup. Got nothing back, tried again, politely, still nothing. Must be doing something wrong.

The pickup was wired wrong. In the end I just took a very deep breath and rewired it the way I thought it should be. What could go wrong? Luckily, nothing.

[Duroc17]

Howdy newbie here;

Just bought a 66 mustang with KA's on - will let ya know what i think when i get it delivered - but people seem to like them - anyone use them on a mustang before?

[Yank]

I knew his brother "Stretch".

[yorks5stringer]

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I knew his brother "Stretch".
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and his other brother, the cyclist, Lance...

[Duroc17]

His brother Neil said they were 'out of this world!"

[Dad3353]

Someone has to mention their uncle Louis to trump it all.