Members rusholmeruffian Posted April 4, 2010 Members Share Posted April 4, 2010 I'm one of those strange dudes who likes all of his guitars to have similar output levels, mainly so I don't have to change all my effect settings and gain levels when I swap guitars. For those of you who have already bought and installed your GFS Surf 90s, how would you compare the output level to a typical Strat pickup? I'm about to put Carvin AP-11s (which are delightful in the Bolts I've played) into my parts Strat and want to know if they're going to be a reasonably close output match. I know that the AP-11s are a bit hotter than regular Strat pickups, since they're essentially a P90 design (bar magnet, steel polepieces) in a Strat-sized shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uma Floresta Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 I don't own a strat, but the Surf 90s seem a bit hotter than your typical vintage single coil. Certainly much hotter than the lipstick pickup that was in my Tele, for whatever that's worth. Probably not much help. They're not as hot as the Filtertrons in my other guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rusholmeruffian Posted April 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Guess I'll have to do some pickup height tweaking. They arrive today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uma Floresta Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Guess I'll have to do some pickup height tweaking. They arrive today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 I don't own a strat, but the Surf 90s seem a bit hotter than your typical vintage single coil. Certainly much hotter than the lipstick pickup that was in my Tele, for whatever that's worth. Probably not much help.They're not as hot as the Filtertrons in my other guitar. Other than output what do you think of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Other than output what do you think of them? +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uma Floresta Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Other than output what do you think of them? Love them. They're my favorite pickups. They've got a great 50s gretsch sound going for them. Twangy but full sounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted April 8, 2010 Members Share Posted April 8, 2010 Seriously? Thanks for the description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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