Which pickups in this strat of joe?

What incredible tone!  It doesn't even sound like a Strat, more like a Les Paul or 335...it looks like he was on the bridge pickup the whole time.  That's the tone I'm trying to get out of my Strat bridge PU!  Anyways, I believe the guitar is a Fender Custom Shop '57 reissue and my guess is that is has the stock pickups that it came with.  It's anyone's guess really, but my guess is the original vintage spec custom wound Fender pickups.  Interestingly, I think that particular sunburst CS Strat was the last official Strat to be in Joe's touring rig before he banned Fender.  I guess the ban is over now that Joe is supposedly rockin' a Rory Gallagher signature model!

I think this is a custom shop - I saw this guitar real close up way back when Joe played Tavistock in Devon, UK  & it has a really flamey neck & relic's body although could be an old strat with a new neck knowing Joe's huge collection of guitars - sounds like he's got the bridge pup wired to the tone control for a little high end roll off a la Eric Johnson too.  As you say the tone is sublime- awesome in fact!

Mitch

Except that it has a maple neck, the instructional one was a vintage rosewood slab '65 Stratocaster I believe.  I think that was shot in 2007 or early 2008.  I believe at that time Joe was only using that Strat for the live version of "Django" and would immediately switch to the Les Paul for "Just Got Paid" as you can see in the last few seconds of the video.  I remember an article from about that time in a magazine or something that had his live guitar arsenal and it included 2 Gigliotti GT's, 4-5 Les Paul R9's, a ES335, BB King Lucille model, and a single maple board Custom Shop Stratocaster.  Besides, for a while now Joe has been using new guitars live.  I highly doubt he would bust out an original '57 Sunburst in seemingly mint condition for just one song a night on the road and risk losing a $50,000+ guitar.  Just my 2 cents...

         -Justin

Thanks Rick for the link on that guitar, looks sweet and in Joe's hands it sounds....heavenly.  If Joe could chime in, I'd like to know what pickups are in that guitar.  That bridge pickup tone on Django is exactly what I want and am not getting out of my '57/'62 bridge pickup.  Joe was a big Fralin guy and also used the Gold Lace Sensors in his old Clapton Strats.  Now those are some guitars I wish he'd bring back out on the road!

that is actually my custom shop 58 from Manson's guitar shop in England.. I never take my guitars apart unless they need working on.. I think its stock..
Joe B