Members Belva Posted September 13, 2012 Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 So my tastes have changed and the 3 GFS lil killers are just plain too hot for me. I wanna use the 6K neck in the bridge and come up with some sc mid and neck pups. The goal is something close to vintage strat with a bit of hair on it's sack. Noiseless would be nice but not necessary as I'm not a ganiac by any means. Classic rock, blues and even some country from time to time. Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PeaveyPlayer Posted September 13, 2012 Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 I would go with the texas wound but I would change the bridge pup too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thecornman Posted September 13, 2012 Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 If you are going noiseless I highly suggest the Dimarzio Area pickups! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members diceman1000 Posted September 13, 2012 Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 single coil options are almost endless... i will suggest the same thing i always suggest... i would contact a custom winder like Rose Pickups or BG pickups and tell them exactly what you have and what tone you are looking for. Ken at Rose and Bryan at BG are both pretty damn good at nailing whatever tone you describe... not to mention that most of the Rose single coils sell for $60 a set, for hand wound pickups... if you'd rather have something off the shelf... Texas Specials and CS 69s come to mind right off, but like i said, the options are almost endless... for noisless, i agree 100000% with the Dimarzio Area reccomendation, very nice sounding pickups... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kit_strong Posted September 13, 2012 Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 BG strat 90s have fit the description of classic strat sound with extra bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 67mike Posted September 13, 2012 Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 After an exhaustive investigation for the same question.....I say either Fender CS 54 or Lollar blackface. The CS are affordable and to my ears sound AS GOOD as Fralins. The LOLLARs are the absolute best you can get...I don't care what anyone says. Period. YOU CAN ASK JASON to overwind them....he calls it "dirty" if you want more bite. He actually sells a "special" strat pickup which has more output and may be what you are after....they are $90 each pickup. Here is a great sound board to compare most of the Fender CS stuff to the Fralin Stuff.......For me the CS 54's are every bit as good as the Fralins. http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/Acme-Guitar-Works-Sound-Clips-W60C345.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted September 13, 2012 Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 I always recommend Fender Texas Specials, since they're my favorite Strat pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elessar [Sly] Posted September 13, 2012 Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 Bare knuckle Irish Tours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultradust Posted September 13, 2012 Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 I always recommend Fender Texas Specials, since they're my favorite Strat pickups. I'd be tempted to go this direction as well, with just enough midrange honk to be really nice all-around rockers. No doubt I and a few others would attest that GFS '64s would do very well for the money, too. PErsonally I'd generally steer away from Fender's Noiseless pickups, as they've always have been a bit stuffy and "artificially compressed" to my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kit_strong Posted September 13, 2012 Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 Here's a crappy old video I did comparing my Fender CP 60s Strat (Grey bobbin 69) with BG Strat 90 equipped Benford Strat.[video=youtube;4ADSlFSMcPc] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted September 13, 2012 Moderators Share Posted September 13, 2012 I'd take a walk down the Strat sized P90 route as Kit above did^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted September 13, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 Good suggesstions so far. I may go the BG route, but still looking for any other input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elessar [Sly] Posted September 13, 2012 Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 I also like the SD antiquity II surfers, they sound good for rock as well, but I'm not quite sure that is the sound you are after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted September 13, 2012 Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 You can get Tex Mex sets at good prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted September 29, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 Welp, I decided to go thru my packrat stash of pups I had a Dragonfire rail pup and a coupla of 'Duncan Designed' pups I'd pulled out of a customer's Samick Malibu. DC resistance is 12K bridge, 11K mid and 10K neck. I wish now I had recording capability because this set is incredible! Balance is spot on. I usually don't go into high gain territory but I have with these. Note definition remains crystal clear regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted September 29, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 29, 2012 Oh and BTW, I stripped and repainted it last fall with Reranch daphne blue. Sorry for the crappy pics. If I could afford a good camera I'd first get recording stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SrDeMaFp Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 Is that Strat a home-made job? I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 I probably overpost these, but... bg-pups v60's:[video=youtube;9eF1iAu2aPY] [video=youtube;UkFzrNblwis] rose pickups hermosa's:[video=youtube;aIgYHhu8cHY] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted September 30, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 Is that Strat a home-made job? I love it! Yup. Not the neck, it came from USACG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PeaveyPlayer Posted September 30, 2012 Members Share Posted September 30, 2012 How do the GFS Texas Wound compare to the Fender version? I've read several post from people using GFS pickups and they seem to be happy with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members almightycrunch Posted October 1, 2012 Members Share Posted October 1, 2012 Kinman, Kinman, Kinman:wave: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted October 1, 2012 Members Share Posted October 1, 2012 Kinman, Kinman, Kinman:wave: Over $300 for strat pickups is just too much in my book. That's the base price too, noiseless woodstock's are $385. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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