best 60's sratocaster pu clones ?

gtomax · Post by **gtomax** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:36 pm

Personally I really like the Kinman Blues set. It's not a very quacky high output sound, but it's really sweet and warm!

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:12 pm

Wan't Bluze's JTM45 built by Flames, I am confused?
yngwie308

ohmygodtheykilledkenny · Post by **ohmygodtheykilledkenny** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:37 pm

308: Bluze's main 45 was built by Flames, and Bluze built another, then sold it to me. (

He shoulda never sold it, I make that thing do nasty things for me when the fuzz gets goin

)

In my opinion, the ones that you build can look even nicer than the custom shoppers, since you have more finish options and generally the same quality control. Plus you have to consider that with a parts guitar, all your money is for the tone, and little for the name, whereas the Fender is a lot of money for the word "Fender".

You can put together a parts-scaster for way less than a custom shopper, and it will usually be consistently made of better wood. If you are uncomfortable putting it together yourself, a local repairmen would work a cash deal and you still come out on top.

Personally, my Warmoth went together very easily, with a real tight fit and finish. In the months after the build, it will need a couple set ups since all the parts are settling, but its "your" guitar, no one else has it.

Laisse moi savoir si vous veuillez plus d'info apropos construire votre propre piece d'art.

Salut,

Travis

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:47 pm

Exactly, recently I was shown a local musicians Les Paul and he asked me to guess what it was. It was a nice lemon drop Burst and was aged in a normal way, I replied, a Historic?
Apparently it wasn't even a real Gibson at all, so point taken.
yngwie308

Roe · Post by **Roe** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:27 pm

I used the kinman blues set for a few years. they sounded to compressed, soft and fat to me. they didnt sound like a real strat. the callaham H/SRV pups are way better for a classic 60s strat sound. and they sound much more punchy

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:03 pm

Here is that Burst owned by Dr. Vintage Rick, used with his OK I'm sure, nice huh..

yngwie308

ohmygodtheykilledkenny · Post by **ohmygodtheykilledkenny** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:10 pm

Serious!!! That isn't a Gibby? Nice.

Wherebouts does one go for a Burst like that?

Travis

electricskychurch · Post by **electricskychurch** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:08 pm

merci Monsieur ohmygodtheykilledkenny , it's nice from you ! LOL

Whaouuu nice TOP (except maybe the two flecks / flicks ? !)
i'm not sure it's a real bookmatched seeing how the two flecks are not symmetrical but maybe more flitch-match.

the fact is that it's easier to choose some good woods, finish... when you build it yourself and that's true you don't pay for th name

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:14 pm

Ask Dr. Vintage, though I'm sure he won't tell you as he won't tell me..

yngwie308

ohmygodtheykilledkenny · Post by **ohmygodtheykilledkenny** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:38 pm

308: A fellow who I did business with for a Block logo mentioned a guy in the UK who builds spectactular bursts in the traditional way, using old wood etc. and apparently his prices are pretty good, but there is a 2 year wait and I didn't want one that bad

electricskychurch: even if you don't end up building one, it is good thing to look into, because you learn about how different combinations of woods, electonics, pickups etc. will lead to different results. this helps you make more informed decisions when it comes down to actually purchasing a guitar, or parts to build one. At least it helped me learn. And you can get little things like Brazilian Rosewood fretboards, or specific body contours that major manufacturers don't offer, and you still come in lower than the name brand.

Travis

electricskychurch · Post by **electricskychurch** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:19 pm

i'm afraid you can't know how will sound a guitar until it's plugged in the amp !

i have had about 15 to 20 guitars these last 10 years among which several les paul , sg, stratocatser and tele i have been surprised how two similar guitars from the same model with same pu's can sound different.

also ,i had an alder strats US standard with rosewood cap on maple neck, that was sounding much clearer than one with ash body and maple neck (with several different pu's inside, nothing helped; it was not a bright guitar compared to the rosewood neck one !) .

ohmygodtheykilledkenny · Post by **ohmygodtheykilledkenny** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:15 pm

You raise a good point my friend. I must say though....I was more happy with this Strat (partscaster) than any guitar I've ever played. Its true that you can't control the sound, but you can control the quality of that sound IMO. Basically my view is that overall, better parts yield better results, regardless of what the results are.

Cheers,

Travis

mr coffee · Post by **mr coffee** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:38 pm

kill

electricskychurch wrote:what are the best stratocaster 60's clone pickups ?

i have a mark knopfler strat (62' strat ri with slightly thinner neck ) and tried several pu's inside but didn't find the ones for me yet :
i removed the stock texas specials that were not vintage type of tone, then tried some 50's custom shop from my 50th anniversary std strat but didn't like them much inside.
i replaced them with some 57/62 that were sounding better but a bit harsh as it's a bright guitar.
so i put some 69' custom shop pu's that are not bad but still not exactly what i look for although these and the 7/62 are already nice vintage type of tone pu's.

i heard about several ones, fralin, van zandt.. but don't really knwo which are really the best clones of 60's strat pu's !

M. Hendrix · Post by **M. Hendrix** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:42 pm

Woohoo! 1st day in the door, and I disagree already!

I can't stand Fralins. I have them in a lefty Strat that I can't use, because I have Fralins in it.

Duncans. I change guitars alot. If I had a tramp-stamp, it would read "I Belong To Seymour".

Ewww... gross.

M

M. Hendrix · Post by **M. Hendrix** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:43 pm

yngwie308 wrote:Here is that Burst owned by Dr. Vintage Rick, used with his OK I'm sure, nice huh..

yngwie308

Nice. I wonder what serial number that is?

OIC

Yeah, not bookmatched, it's flipped. The treble side probably has a void on the other side in the middleish area of the line.

Still, nice looking.

M

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