Strat single coils
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What guitar are you putting them in? Do you have a budget for your PUPs?
I like Bare Knuckle Pickups 'Irish Tour' set for any kind of vintage-hot Strat sound. Lollar 'Special S' pickups seem suitable, too. I haven't actually used those myself, though I have several other Lollar pickups.
I like Bare Knuckle Pickups 'Irish Tour' set for any kind of vintage-hot Strat sound. Lollar 'Special S' pickups seem suitable, too. I haven't actually used those myself, though I have several other Lollar pickups.
Rickgrxbass
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GFS would be a good place to start, I suppose... (guitar fetish, not Gordon Food Services)
Death by Uberschall
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EMG SA in all three spots. :icon_thumright:
For the late 60's Strat sound (AKA "the Hendrix Sound"), Lindy Fralin Woodstocks. $250 for a set; they aren't cheap, but they capture "the Hendrix sound" better than any other pickups I've ever heard, as they are actually designed to be like left-handed pickups for a right-handed guitar. "The Wind Cries Mary" is SPOT-ON.
(I know, the reverse angle of the pickup and the reversed headstock play parts in the sound, but the pickups by themselves IMO get it 96% of the way there.)
(I know, the reverse angle of the pickup and the reversed headstock play parts in the sound, but the pickups by themselves IMO get it 96% of the way there.)
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I'm contemplating a set of GFS Neovin vintage for my 12 string, based on reviews I've heard here. I love my EMG SA's in my main strat, but hate to put too much money into that guitar. Good guitar, just has no resale value (Yamaha - might as well be Carvin - great instruments, heck of a bargain, flip side of heck of a bargain is someone else gets a heck of a bargain if you ever do let it go.)
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Callaham Fralin H/SRV set is a popular one. I have a set and they are quite nice. I would not buy another set though. For the price/product/sound/service, I would call/email Ken at Roadhouse and tell him what you are after. The Callaham Fralins are quite pricey. Also if you are in the US, the BKP are quite pricey as well. I have a set of humbuckers from them. They are quite nice. I got Ken to build me one that sounds quite close to a nailbomb, and it was a lot cheaper, and really I like Ken's better. He does something that make the pickups very alive and responsive to changes in your playing. In a good way, it isn't like you have to play to exacting standards to have them play nice. However, if your heart is set on a brand/model, then get them. If you want a sound, find out what make and model. If you just have an idea and a varied vocabulary, that is useful as well. Ken is great to work with if you have a concept, but it might not be a standard model, and generally gets you what you were after. Very nice guy to talk with.
Patrick
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Take a peak at David Allen pick ups. I've gotten three sets of single coil pickups from him and every time I show the guitars to another player, they have always loved the pickups. One of the sets I have is the 69 VooDoos, and I think that that may be just the sound you're looking for.
but everytime I've wanted pickups i just send him an email with a description of what I want and what other equipment I'm playing through and he's gotten back to me promptly. hasn't led me astray yet
but everytime I've wanted pickups i just send him an email with a description of what I want and what other equipment I'm playing through and he's gotten back to me promptly. hasn't led me astray yet
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Dimarzio Area-67s were modeled after the Hendrix tone at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Awesome pickups, affordable price, and noiseless.
if you want noiseless with a good sound at a nice price id look at dimarzio area whatever and bill lawrence. your all can keep your bkp and kinmans and fralins and lollars. it's not worth the price. i also cant discourage roadhouse. ken is a forum member with many great forum member reviews though i dont know what his pricing is like..
They're all the same. It's been widely known how to make great imitative pickups for the historical reenactment crew for at least a quarter-century. As long as that's what you want, there's
Fender
DiMarzio
Duncan
Roadhouse
Rio Grand
Fralin
Kinman
GFS
Keystone
Lollar
Schaller
Golden Age
Bare Knuckle
If you want something different, that's when you look to EMG, Lawrence, Kinman, Joe Barden, DiMarzio and other's bladed pickups, Lace Sensors, Lace Alumitone, who knows what-all.
There are many manufactures who make both traditional and modern pickups, like Lawrence, Duncan, DiMarzio and Lollar.
You've got your noiseless pickups that are made with a hum-canceling coil below the main coil, the hum-canceling pickups made with side-by-side blades (or even cute li'l coils, like the Duncans). And then the really innovative ones like the Lawrences, Laces, Harmonic Design, Alumitones, that mess with inductance and impedance and Eddy fields in way only they understand.
For regular, ordinary tone, you can buy any of two dozen makers' pickups and you'll be happy.
Fender
DiMarzio
Duncan
Roadhouse
Rio Grand
Fralin
Kinman
GFS
Keystone
Lollar
Schaller
Golden Age
Bare Knuckle
If you want something different, that's when you look to EMG, Lawrence, Kinman, Joe Barden, DiMarzio and other's bladed pickups, Lace Sensors, Lace Alumitone, who knows what-all.
There are many manufactures who make both traditional and modern pickups, like Lawrence, Duncan, DiMarzio and Lollar.
You've got your noiseless pickups that are made with a hum-canceling coil below the main coil, the hum-canceling pickups made with side-by-side blades (or even cute li'l coils, like the Duncans). And then the really innovative ones like the Lawrences, Laces, Harmonic Design, Alumitones, that mess with inductance and impedance and Eddy fields in way only they understand.
For regular, ordinary tone, you can buy any of two dozen makers' pickups and you'll be happy.
