What Strat P.u.'s? $125.00 Budget

TELE_BLUES · May 11th, 2008, 03:53 PM

I need recomendations on a set of strat pickups with a budget of $125.00.These pickups will be used in a usa custom guitars hollow strat.Body is ash with flame maple top.Looking for vintage /standard output ,Thanks

robt57 · May 11th, 2008, 04:02 PM

Don't know about the hollow body tone wise, but I have 57/62s in a WD alder body and luv them. If Fender, I like the 57/62 or the 69CSs myself. But you need to hear them for yourself I'd say.

I think you will get some opinion on Keystones, I have luved every MP3 or FLV I have heard of those, but not in person myself.

BB · May 11th, 2008, 10:55 PM

If you can scrape up another $25, I'd highly recommend a set of Zhangliquns. Amazing pups wound to your specs.

For right around your budget, a set of Tonerider Pure Vintage of Classic Blues would do the trick quite nicely.

craigfowler · May 11th, 2008, 11:16 PM

How hung-up on buying a new set of pups are you?

I bought 2 Duncan APS-2s and a Duncan Five-two bridge pup for about the $125 mark and have been very happy with them.

boris bubbanov · May 12th, 2008, 12:49 AM

Tommy and 'em make some wonderful bodies.

I have an alder hardtail from USACG, and the Keystones $ 72 sound real good.

I wouldn't start off from the assumption that your guitar body will dictate a different pickup choice, even if it does in the end.

Amongst Fender pups, I'd suggest 57/62 OVs; I guess the 69s cost more.

Also, check out Seymour Duncan SSL-1s, I got a set a while back around that price; I guess they're more now.

TELE_BLUES · May 12th, 2008, 05:12 AM

I picked this body up for a freind and he decided he wanted something else so we settled on a a bunch of guitar items and it's now mine.I have'nt bought strat p.u's in a long time.Idid'nt even think of the keystone,i guess that would be a good place to start.

May 11th, 2008, 03:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
TELE_BLUES Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: new york Posts: 420 32 Photos	What Strat P.u.'s? $125.00 Budget I need recomendations on a set of strat pickups with a budget of $125.00.These pickups will be used in a usa custom guitars hollow strat.Body is ash with flame maple top.Looking for vintage /standard output ,Thanks

May 11th, 2008, 04:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
robt57 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Lost Yankee in Nashville Age: 51 Posts: 2,027 2 Photos	Don't know about the hollow body tone wise, but I have 57/62s in a WD alder body and luv them. If Fender, I like the 57/62 or the 69CSs myself. But you need to hear them for yourself I'd say. I think you will get some opinion on Keystones, I have luved every MP3 or FLV I have heard of those, but not in person myself. __________________ Last edited by robt57 : May 11th, 2008 at 11:40 PM.

May 12th, 2008, 12:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 6,397	Tommy and 'em make some wonderful bodies. I have an alder hardtail from USACG, and the Keystones $ 72 sound real good. I wouldn't start off from the assumption that your guitar body will dictate a different pickup choice, even if it does in the end. Amongst Fender pups, I'd suggest 57/62 OVs; I guess the 69s cost more. Also, check out Seymour Duncan SSL-1s, I got a set a while back around that price; I guess they're more now. __________________ Bubban0v

May 11th, 2008, 10:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
BB Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pacific NW Age: 53 Posts: 3,024	If you can scrape up another $25, I'd highly recommend a set of Zhangliquns. Amazing pups wound to your specs. For right around your budget, a set of Tonerider Pure Vintage of Classic Blues would do the trick quite nicely.

May 11th, 2008, 11:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
craigfowler TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 32	How hung-up on buying a new set of pups are you? I bought 2 Duncan APS-2s and a Duncan Five-two bridge pup for about the $125 mark and have been very happy with them.

May 12th, 2008, 05:12 AM	#6 (permalink)
TELE_BLUES Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: new york Posts: 420 32 Photos	I picked this body up for a freind and he decided he wanted something else so we settled on a a bunch of guitar items and it's now mine.I have'nt bought strat p.u's in a long time.Idid'nt even think of the keystone,i guess that would be a good place to start.