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Old 09-15-2007, 08:28 AM
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Pickups to give a '79 Strat some 'life'?
Here it is, a bit dry, trebly...Recommend some pups to liven it up a bit!

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Old 09-15-2007, 09:21 AM
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Lollar Specials.
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Old 09-15-2007, 09:40 AM
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I have a '79 also....Fralins came to the rescue for me.
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Old 09-15-2007, 12:13 PM
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I have a '79 also....Fralins came to the rescue for me.
Nice! Can you elaborate a bit more...
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Old 09-15-2007, 07:50 PM
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Fralin Blues Specials with the bridge pickup base plate and the "tele" mod.


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Old 09-15-2007, 11:33 PM
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Lollar Blackfaces.
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Old 09-16-2007, 04:42 AM
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Fralin Blues Specials with the bridge pickup base plate and the "tele" mod.


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What's a Tele mod? Having a tone contol on bridge?

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So it's Lollar/Fralin so far...what I was hoping for!

Does Fender/S.Duncan have something good to consider? I'm in Europe so I could find those locally...
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Old 09-16-2007, 06:25 AM
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Does Fender/S.Duncan have something good to consider? I'm in Europe so I could find those locally...
Duncan makes a truck load of pickups for that guitar , something fat and wooly perhaps ? http://www.seymourduncan.com/product.../stratocaster/
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Old 09-16-2007, 07:07 AM
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Got a '79 too. Even though I like low output pups, the '79 pups just never had any kind of character I could discern.

I went through lots-o-pups in that axe and I ended up with Fender Custom Shop Fat 50's. Overall, CS '54's are my favorite in most Strats, but the Fats worked in the '79.

Check the Pup Tent threads at Fender Forum - great info in there. The top pick from that forum over time seems to be the CS 54's.
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Old 09-16-2007, 07:35 AM
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Got a '79 too. Even though I like low output pups, the '79 pups just never had any kind of character I could discern.

I went through lots-o-pups in that axe and I ended up with Fender Custom Shop Fat 50's. Overall, CS '54's are my favorite in most Strats, but the Fats worked in the '79.

Check the Pup Tent threads at Fender Forum - great info in there. The top pick from that forum over time seems to be the CS 54's.
Thanks man!
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Old 09-16-2007, 10:40 AM
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I've gone through a lot of Strat pickups in my life, I stopped when I got the Suhr "FL" model. I have these in 2 of my Strats, and when I can afford it will put a set in me 3rd.
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