• From: Illinois
  • Registered: 2008-06-15
  • Posts: 52

Topic: pickups

ok, i'm know this question has been beat to death....not by me.... joes pickups in his past strat days.  i've been browsing in my spare time, and i know they were mentioned, but i'm overlooking the topic i guess.  anyway,  after i'm thinking about starting another project strat again, i have everything figured out what i'm after, except for pickups. my strat i play right now has texas specials and sounds amazing, but i want something different.  i thought joe was big into fralin's long ago, but i'm not sure.  does anybody know what pickups were in his gold guitar?  that thing has sweet sweet tone.  they may even be custom wound, idk. does anyone know anything at all about them?

  • From: Florida, USA
  • Registered: 2008-06-04
  • Posts: 1,420

Re: pickups

If I was building a strat from the ground up I would seriously consider any of the noiseless options out there.  Since playing humbuckers and my rig being completely silent it's hard to compromise.  I like the original Lace Sensor pu's, Dimarzio Virtual Vintage strats, SCN Pickups are amazing, hell even a YJM set might be cool.  Nothing bugs me more than switching from my LP to my Strat and hearing that 60-cycle Hz in the background!  BTW to answer your original question I think Joe had a original set of 60's strat pickups that were rewound by Lindy Fralin.

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  • Rick
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Re: pickups

Yes, I read too the Gold Strat had originals rewound by Fralin

Another article Joe mentioned something like "Duncan Antiquities or anything by Fralin"

Think Joe favored Blues Specials
Think thats whats also in his Gilloti

Then again, the lace sensors in his black strat from ANDY sound really good