Lindy Franlin Strat Pickup Backplates

Has anyone had any real life experience with these?

Please shareyour thoughts.

Pixel Alchemist

[John H]

Definitely punches up the bridge pickup. One of the best cheap mods you can do, in my opinion.

[ES350]

Works well if you want a little more 'output' and you want to cure the typical anemic Strat bridge pu problem...I make my own from metal stock (pretty easy to do).

[Todd Lynch]

They work. Seems to me that if you're using a 'calibrated' set of pickups with a balanced or slightly hotter bridge pickup, then the base plate makes the biggest noticable difference - because you already have the little boosted output and the base plate adds a nice low/mid bump plus a little output - to my ears the diff is more noticable in tone than in output.

[monstermike]

I can't imagine owning a Strat without one. The baseplate makes the bridge pickup more balanced with the other two without changing the character of the pickup - it's still a Strat single coil on a Strat, but with some of the Tele's depth. I even put one on a set of Lollars - great pickups on their own, but much more usable to me with the baseplate.

It's not a drastic change, though - it won't turn your Strat pickup into a P-90, Broadcaster pickup, or humbucker. That's what I like about it.

Hey, Craig! How's things?

M

[retro]

I have Fralin VH's with a bridge bass plate...
To my ears, I hear more bass and therefore a fatter tone compared to my other Strat.

[olectric]

Originally Posted by retro

I have Fralin VH's with a bridge bass plate...
To my ears, I hear more bass and therefore a fatter tone compared to my other Strat.

Me, too. Mine are in my Anderson Hollow Classic...GREAT bridge tones--fatter in a very good way.