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GuitarRuss
06-25-2008, 11:50 AM
Hey guys,

There are so many great single coil pickup choices nowadays. However, it's great to hear them in action to be able to make your choice. So this thread will be for posting clips of different single coil pickups in action. A nice side benefit will be to be introduced to some great players with great tone.

Please don't throw up clips that will convince people not to buy otherwise good pickups, like someone playing through a cheap amp or recorded into a computer desktop microphone.

I'll start:

Sheptone's - Very nice playing and tone. A classic tone but with some extra body and umph! :

http://www.sheptone.com/strat.htm

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This guy can play! My favorite new guitar player. I normally wouldn't upload so many clips but this guy's playing and variety of tones is pretty incredible.

Suhr - Fletcher/Landau - Mike Landau playing his custom designed pickups. The pickup setting is the bridge SSV humbucker split combined with the new FL single-coil pickup.
http://www.suhrguitars.com/downloads/audio/Landau/Landau_Badger_Clip_01.mp3
http://www.suhrguitars.com/downloads/audio/Landau/Landau_Badger_Clip_02.mp3
http://www.suhrguitars.com/downloads/audio/Landau/Landau_Badger_Clip_03.mp3
http://www.suhrguitars.com/downloads/audio/Landau/Landau_Badger_Clip_04.mp3

Overdrive - Vintage Strat® with the new FL single-coil pickups thru OD-100 Classic, Marshall® 4x12 w/V30's @ 8 ohm
http://www.suhrguitars.com/downloads/audio/Landau/Landau_OD100Clsc_Clip_02.mp3
http://www.suhrguitars.com/downloads/audio/Landau/Landau_OD100Clsc_Clip_03.mp3

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video - http://www.suhrguitars.com/video.aspx Check out videos of Mike Landau and Scott Henderson, both are monster players with great tone.

http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=4PGPhaWCgYY - Kirk Fletcher - man this guy does the Albert King thing like no one else! He's got his own style too, but can bend those strings - ouch! Playing Fletcher-Landau's of course.

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Suhr - Custom Classic - Youtube video, really nice classic strat tones. http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=qGvdh9P419A

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I posted links to specific audio clips because there were so many on that page and most are not single coil pickups.

Let's hear some different pickup tones. Of course, we all have to acknowledge that much of the tone is also in the amp, guitar, hands, etc, so let's avoid the "it's all in the hands" or whatnot remonstrations and arguments, and leave those for other threads.

Personally, I'm overseas, so these clips and your opinions are all I have to go by when choosing my replacement pickups so let's make this a useful thread. Thanks.

GuitarRuss
06-25-2008, 01:07 PM
Lollars - Some real warm, chunky, and fuzzy tones in these clips. It would be nice to hear them clean too...

http://www.lollarguitars.com/mp3/Manic_PhilBrown_Clip.mp3

http://www.lollarguitars.com/mp3/PhilBrown_PurpleHaze.mp3

Tele - playing Steely Dan, pretty smooth!
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=lFSnnw2bTow

http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=CCZbKmA77Lo - A homemade telecaster/strat hybrid sounds pretty damn chunky and thick for only a bridge pickup!

http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=b-e-aU29dcE Some surf guitar tones.

GuitarRuss
06-30-2008, 02:04 PM
Does anyone know where to hear Fralin pickups? The Fralin site has printed reviews that are all glowing, but sorry, I'd rather trust my own ears...

Also, anyone have clips of Fender Custom Shop Fat 50's and other lines? S

jamison162
06-30-2008, 02:07 PM
Does anyone know where to hear Fralin pickups? The Fralin site has printed reviews that are all glowing, but sorry, I'd rather trust my own ears...

Also, anyone have clips of Fender Custom Shop Fat 50's and other lines? S

AcmeGuitarWorks.com

GuitarRuss
06-30-2008, 08:13 PM
Thanks! All are played with the same player, same song and in all five different pickup combinations. This should be the standard... it's a really nice way to hear the differences. Nice song choices, Little Wing, Castles made of Sand, and some SRV licks.
Here's the direct link -
http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/Strat_Pickup_Sound_Clips_W1.cfm

They have:
Lindy Fralin
Vintage Hot (http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/mp3/vintage_hot/fralin_vintage_hot_wing_5.mp3)
Blues Special (http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/mp3/blues_special/fralin_blues_special_wing_5.mp3)
Fender
CS Fat '50s (http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/mp3/cs50s/cs50s_wing_5.mp3)
CS '54 (http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/mp3/cs54/cs54_wing_5.mp3)
CS '69 (http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/mp3/cs69/cs69_wing_5.mp3)
CS Texas Special (http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/mp3/csts/csts_wing_5.mp3)
Jason Lollar
Tweed (http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/mp3/tweed/lollar_tweed_wing_5.mp3)
Blonde (http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/mp3/blonde/lollar_blonde_wing_5.mp3)
Blackface (http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/mp3/blackface/lollar_blackface_wing_5.mp3)
Special (http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/mp3/special/lollar_special_wing_5.mp3)



(http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/mp3/special/lollar_special_wing_5.mp3)