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October 19th, 2008, 04:38 PM
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Poster Extraordinaire
Join Date: May 2008
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Best Pickups For Hendrix Tone?
I only own Tele's. My father - in - law is a Strat guy. He wants to upgrade the pickups in his MIM Strat to get a more " Hendrix " tone. Any Strat guys out there have any good suggestions. Thanks, Dale.
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October 19th, 2008, 04:44 PM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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Fender CS-69s, IMO
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October 19th, 2008, 04:56 PM
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Tele-Afflicted
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+1 for the CS 69 and, it won't hurt to try the pure nickel strings ... like DR pure blues ... they are brighter than your regular D'Addario nickel plated and that's what was the standard in the 60s when nickel was plentiful ... Am I right ?
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October 19th, 2008, 05:04 PM
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Ever. Definite Hendrix vibe.
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October 19th, 2008, 05:22 PM
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Dare I suggest GFS's Jimi set?
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Two Teles + One Strat + Four Acoustics (6, 6, 12 & solidbody 6) + One Bass (5 strings) = 53 strings total Last edited by aunchaki; October 20th, 2008 at 10:49 AM. Reason: fix url tag |
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October 19th, 2008, 05:27 PM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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/url at the end there...
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A Twin always will cut it... but I don't recommend it for everybody. It's like a big dog, you have to take responsibility for it. Not to mention... be prepared to lift it. BTW, how $good$ a guitar is, is no indicator of how badly it can be played! |
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October 19th, 2008, 08:40 PM
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Kinman's Woodstock pickups.
Check out http://www.kinman.com/html/mediaCentre/sounds.htm for their sound samples. |
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October 19th, 2008, 09:55 PM
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Tele-Afflicted
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I just put CS 69s in my first partscaster. They're great and make me sound like Jimi when I'm not even trying. I had to go up to 10s to fight the staggered G magnet pole. It is way up there and makes the G string really stick out while playing rhythm. I am going to get a set of D'addario 10s with the wound G string to fix the problem. (See my recent "G String is Overpowering" post for more ways of dealing with this.)
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October 19th, 2008, 10:25 PM
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I bet Lindy Fralin Blues Specials would get you there too?
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October 20th, 2008, 09:43 AM
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Friend of Leo's
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Another vote for the '69's. The GFS "Jimi's" aunchaki recommends are a good alternative, not quite as robust as the '69's, but good p/u's. Another good GFS pup are the 1960's overwound alnico's. I've got a set and am very pleased with their tone -- rich, full, blusey, sound great clean or overdriven.
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October 20th, 2008, 12:19 PM
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Check out Tonerider pickups. I have a Pure Vintage and could not save anything bad about them. Very clear and straty for a fraction of the price.
I have the "upgraded" MIM. I changed the block out for one from Callaham, added the Pure Vintage Tonerider and rewired with master tone/ blender pot. I'm as happy as a little girl. |
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October 20th, 2008, 12:53 PM
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seymour duncan used to make one in the early 1980's, I have one in a custom strat from 1984 (neck position), and a jeff beck in the middle position and in the bridge I have an older mid sixties fender pickup..
the hendrix pickup is a very sensitive and sparkly pickup.... cool indeed.
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October 20th, 2008, 01:20 PM
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October 31st, 2008, 02:28 PM
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Any well made strat pickup will do if they are not overwound too much. Clean is better and in the 6K +/- area. When I say well made I mean the correct bobbin material, wire and magnets and obviously a good pup winder like a Fralin or Lollar even Fender custom shop 69's are probably fine.
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