Best Pickups for Jimi- 2022?

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What are the best CURRENT pickups for Hendrix?

Fender Custom Shop 69
2
40%
Fender Pure Vintage 65
0
No votes
Seymour Duncan Jimi Hendrix
0
No votes
Klein Epic 69
0
No votes
Dave Allen 69 Voodoo
0
No votes
Lindy Fralin Woodstock
0
No votes
Other
3
60%
 
Total votes: 5

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Best Pickups for Jimi- 2022?

Post by Brad911 » Sat Jul 02, 2022 10:04 pm

Hello, all.

I just bought a Fender Japan ST68-TX Stratocaster that comes loaded with Texas Specials. It hasn’t arrived yet, but I’ll admit I'm not a huge fan of the Texas Specials. I’d like to get a set of nice pickups for my new Strat. I searched through the forum, but the last pickup thread is 10 years old. I’d prefer a left-hand, vintage stagger for this set, as the body has the traditional pickup routing, so I can’t flip them backwards. What do you all feel are the best currently available pickups for Jimi’s tones?

Many thanks,
Brad

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Re: Best Pickups for Jimi- 2022?

Post by masonbeckham » Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:53 pm

Hey Brad,

Check out Rumpelstiltskin’s Gypsy set of pickups. They’re grey bobbin, 5.6k range, and he offers all of the reverse stagger needs you would need. They sound amazing and really nail the Black and Woodstock Strat era tones. He also offers a set called the “Experience” which are a little bit hotter. I haven’t tried those but the clips I’ve heard sound fantastic.

Hope this helps!

- Mason

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Re: Best Pickups for Jimi- 2022?

Post by mark » Sun Aug 07, 2022 5:36 am

Jimi used stock guitars, some with enamel wire and some with formvar wire. For this reason I think it’s hard to nail Jimi’s pickup sound. Maybe Jimi had a favourite guitar, it’s hard to know.

I don’t put much stock in Seymour Duncan Jimi pickups as I had never heard of them until I saw the SD ad for them. That’s not to say they are bad pickups, just that I haven’t read anything about Jimi liking the SD pickups, I’ve heard about Roger Mayer effects Jimi used though.

Regards

Mark

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Re: Best Pickups for Jimi- 2022?

Post by yladrd61 » Sun Aug 28, 2022 4:09 am

Seymour Duncan Antiquity 60s Surfer II :jimi: :jimi: :jimi:

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Re: Best Pickups for Jimi- 2022?

Post by Roe » Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:58 am

suhr v70 seriously. the v63 might also work
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