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Got Antiqs in one strat and Fat 50's in another. Strat #3 needs something unique. No HB's allowed. Those tones are covered in spades but everything else is fair game.

What say you?


Originally Posted by TheArchitectGot Antiqs in one strat and Fat 50's in another. Strat #3 needs something unique. No HB's allowed. Those tones are covered in spades but everything else is fair game.

What say you?maybe a set of Fralin SP43's...or just one SP 43 in the bridge and a pair of SSL-1's or APS-1's...that sounds nice.

Fralin also has Alnico III Strat pickups, but to be honest I know nothing about them...still an idea!

Me too. I've been using Surfers and Fat 50's.

Got an ancient Chinese secret for ya......Chubtone Custom Pickups.
Ask Mike Gray to wind you a 63 strat set with his new El Gordo bridge. The bridge is slightly taller to accomodate 42.5 gauge wire - overwound. The neck and middle is SRV reincarnate. He'll charge you $150 shipped.
For the price of Fat 50's you can have something that you may even like better than Surfers. 7.5-6.3-6.3 They're the quality of Ants or Fralins for $100 less.

Something unique...how about a good set of noiseless single coils? Maybe Kinmans, Bill Lawrence 280's, Lace Holy Grails, or even the new Duncan noiseless single coils which will hopefully be released soon.

Ryan

DiMarzio Red velvet in the bridge, blue Velvet in the mid/neck.

Hot hot hot!

Full set of DiMarzio SDS-1s. That'd be unique...

Hang in there and wait for the new noiseless Duncan Stack Plus Pickups to come out.

You'll be glad you did!


Originally Posted by LewguitarHang in there and wait for the new noiseless Duncan Stack Plus Pickups to come out.

You'll be glad you did!

I have to admit, I did like those Duncan noiseless pickups better than any other noiseless. The silence is something that could spoil a person, especially when recording.

Kinman Woodstock pickups some of the greatest pickups i've ever played no hum and ****in fantastic tone

Rio Grande single coils are hands down the best I've ever heard. Ever. And I mean Ever. They have that $hit nailed better than anyone else. I have yet to try a Duncan single I like. Just an honest observation.

And the reason I don't feel bad about saying that here is because I'm mainly a humbucker guy. And who makes the best humbuckers in the world? , Amen.

How 'bout a spanking set of P90s (SP90-1) or some such? New scratchplate, and wiring-session joy... Maybe I should consider....hmmmm...


Originally Posted by LewguitarHang in there and wait for the new noiseless Duncan Stack Plus Pickups to come out.

You'll be glad you did! Very true, and as Lew knows I did a head to head shootout with nothing but noiseless Strat pickups...


Originally Posted by LewguitarHang in there and wait for the new noiseless Duncan Stack Plus Pickups to come out.

You'll be glad you did!

I've had that in the back of my mind since these are recording tools 99% of the time but they really don't seem to be anywhere on the horizon. I could drop something else in for the short term I guess.

I have a bunch of the lil' buckers. I thought about wiring them up in parallel or something.


Originally Posted by the guy who invented fireVery true, and as Lew knows I did a head to head shootout with nothing but noiseless Strat pickups...And I've still only read Lew's reviews on these?


Originally Posted by STRATDELUXER97And I've still only read Lew's reviews on these?

I sent my set to Curly, Gearjoneser and Christian to check out and you were on the list too John as you know. (You lefty you! Thanks for not disassembling the set to put them in a lefty pickguard, BTW, but if you'd have liked to give them a try I'd have trusted you put it all back together again. )

Christian compared them to the Kinmans! From what I understand, he thought the new Duncan Stack Plus pickups were BETTER than the Kinmans!

Since the Kinmans are considered by many players as being the Holy Grail of noiseless Strat pickups I thought that was way cool that he thought more highly of the Duncans than the Kinmans!

That's what I was hoping for: that someone could verify for Evan and Seymour how the Stack Plus set compared to the best noiseless pickups out there, and Christian came through.

I think the only reason he hasn't posted a review here is because none of us are sure if Evan wants us to do that here or not. I'm not sure my set is the final version or just prototypes they plan to further refine.

But, IMO, they are refined enough. The Stack Plus set is the very, very best set of Noiseless Strat pickups I have ever owned or tried.

Lew


Originally Posted by LewguitarI sent my set to Curly, Gearjoneser and Christian to check out and you were on the list too John as you know. (You lefty you! Thanks for not disassembling the set to put them in a lefty pickguard, BTW, but if you'd have liked to give them a try I'd have trusted you put it all back together again. )

Christian compared them to the Kinmans! From what I understand, he thought the new Duncan Stack Plus pickups were BETTER than the Kinmans!

Since the Kinmans are considered by many players as being the Holy Grail of noiseless Strat pickups I thought that was way cool that he thought more highly of the Duncans than the Kinmans!

That's what I was hoping for: that someone could verify for Evan and Seymour how the Stack Plus set compared to the best noiseless pickups out there, and Christian came through.

I think the only reason he hasn't posted a review here is because none of us are sure if Evan wants us to do that here or not. I'm not sure my set is the final version or just prototypes they plan to further refine.

But, IMO, they are refined enough. The Stack Plus set is the very, very best set of Noiseless Strat pickups I have ever owned or tried.

Lew

Thanks for clueing me in on why I haven't seen more about these pickups...I just didn't have the time nor the ambition to take your guard,pickups,and all electronics off your guard and convert them over to the lefty guard,only to have to remove and reassemble again....Wasn't that important really...I'm pretty happy with the pickups I already have and I'll wait until several more guys buy them before they become any real issue for me..Thanks again buddy..

John

Something noiseless, definitely. There are a plenty of options you can try out before trying the Duncan vintage noiseless pickups.

I have not posted my review of them yet due to not wanting to step on any toes...I compared the Duncan Noiseless pups to Fender Vintage Noiseless, Fender Hot Noiseless, an EMG set, a Kinman set, and a set of older Fender Lace Sensors...I won't say much but I will say this...the Duncans at least tied with the Kinmans for a killer Strat tone...the Kinmans were the AVn 56 set and while the Duncans were stronger the tone was the real thing, and IMO the Duncans held their own quite well. As soon as I get my paper work to Evan, and get the go ahead I will be posting a review.

Kinmans are nice, but some of his stuff is too bright for my taste. The AVN-62 is my favorite, it has a bit more warmth than his other pickups, and it works really well in the neck spot. I also like the Bill Lawrence 280S, the Lace 6k Hot Gold, and the Lace Holy Grail. Lace does make some really good pickups, but I think most people overlook them due to bad experiences with the original sensor series.

Ryan