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Best replacement pups for strat?

  • 27-03-2010 7:05pm
    #1
    K0K0
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭


    I'm playing a japanese strat with standard pickups through a mid nineties fender twin which sounds really nice clean, but I'm sure there's a lot more to be got with a good set of pickups. I'd really appreciate some opinions on what's the best option

    I tried emg sa x which were no good for me, they're active pickups and they just dominated the whole sound, killed all that fender magic

    I base everything on the clean sound, use a pete cornish for od, so the best possible clean sound is what I'm after...

    thanks


Comments

  • #2
    NoQuarter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭NoQuarter


    Kinman...cost a pretty penny though


  • #3
    Mataguri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 247 ✭✭Mataguri


    king-stew wrote: »
    Kinman...cost a pretty penny though

    +1 on the Kinmans. I would also recommend the Dimarzio Area 67 pickups, first noiseless pickups I've heard that actually sound like proper single coils.


  • #4
    K0K0
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭K0K0


    thanks for that guys, I'll check em out...


  • #5
    i57dwun4yb1pt8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭i57dwun4yb1pt8


    Lindy fralin

    noisier than kinman - but way better tone


  • #6
    slavedave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭slavedave


    Put a new set of Tonerider Blues pickups in my Korean squire Strat last week and the improvement is chalk and cheese. The do a traditional Vintage set and a City Limits set too. Can be benchmarked against the likes of Kinmans and Fenders own Custom Pups apparently but I am no expert - just wanted to see what the improvement would be. They tend to work out at less than 100 euro for a set. Ebay have several guys overseas that will ship here.
    Like all things read the reviews. Tonerider have a website with audio demos on it http://www.tonerider.com/pickups/stratpickups.html


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