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DaveWW said:
If they make the exact sound you want what does it mattter if they are true single coils or not?

Well, what it really matters is the 322? tag :lol: but if I had the chance of getting just the bridge pick up I'd probably take it. I was looking on eBay.

What I didn't find convincing enough is that I checked other youtubes of people playing kinmans and they sounded some diffent from Hank Marvin's guitar, some of them sounded like a fat strat.
 
mirrorboy said:
It's hard to tell from a video. Hank's video sound sweetened up via post production versus John Smith in his lounge through a camcorder.

that's a point

mirrorboy said:
Here's my Goldstar with VI pickups through the camcorder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU0m8DEPhzE

Here through my modest home studio (lead on neck/rhythm on bridge)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIrMudDRZBU

I like this one :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIrMudDRZBU I play tons of music like this. It is curious how much surfer a Strat can sound against the glorified jaguars and jazzmasters.
 
I got some Tonerider Classic Blues pickups for my springy and it turned it from sounding brittle and crap to wonderful (also upped the string guage which may have helped). They are about 90-95% as good as 3x as expensive boutique pups. Only ?60 for a set of 3 on ebay... highly recommended!!

Thanks to whoever recommended them on here for the tip
 
Tokai U-stamped :wink: :D Seriously!

For vintage sounds, and a bit of rough blues, the Us in my Springy are great - never thought of changing them.

I did swap out the Us on my Goldie to make it a bit more suitable for rock though. Red/Gold/Blue Lace Sensors and an EMG-SPC. Dirties up great, but the clean sound lacks punch and sparkle - I'll settle for it but I wouldn't recommended it!
 
ganzua said:
JohnA said:
ganzua said:
Any sample of Yutas I could listen?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VjPt9Gi2Dc

Thnaks for the youtube, JohnA, :D they sound good, I like them.

stratman323 said:
JohnA said:
Mike's right about pickups, they need to suit the guitar, quite what it is I can't really put my finger on.

I think one "rule" is that fatter sounding pickups & ash bodied Strats or Teles go well together. Brighter pickups seem to work better in alder guitars.

Well, this guitar is an alder body but it actually has no strat body. It is a custom guitar that I'm building from a cheap chinese thing I purchased in Germany.

It has a Jaguar body but with strat pick ups and strat trem :lol: I'm going to replace all hardware, electronics and neck with high-end custom parts, same as I did with my japanese Tele.

The pick up set that I'm looking for must provide some 60s surf tones but they have to cover some of the classic strat sounds too. The most suitable candidate set so far is Fender CS 57/62 but Van Zandt true vintages can do both jobs.

Does anybody know what pick ups has Hank Marvin in his red strat? This is exactly the sound I want;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB91ayDlQLE

He has only the bridge pick up on

Sometimes Hank uses Bare Knuckle Pickups - Their Apache set

http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=b36093d7f0b9341697e219eacb5464f6&topic=13226.0
 
Tonerider Pure Vintage,well made authentic sounding single coil at very affordable price!
Ive also a set of Lindy Fralins Vintage hot and to be honest its hard to tell which is better(maybe im tonedeaf..LOL).
If people are convinced more $$$ pick up equal better sound..good luck
I know which set ill be buying again though!
imho..
 

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