pickups advice

I have a 1993/94 MIM Fender Strat that I bought new when I was in high school. I played it bunch and then didn’t for a while and now I’m back to playing it daily. (I got it tuned up ten years ago but since have moved around to various climates so it could use another tune up. I’ve done some work...

I've got a late-90s Clapton strat with lace sensor golds. My fav neck in the world, but the guitar is just so frigging bright. It's just the "strat"-iest strat I ever heard. Sounds great but it's got this upper-mid brightness that's impossible to really rein in, and sounds downright sibilant if...

Hello all. I currently own a Player series and would like to upgrade the pups. I got trigger happy and already bought a loaded 69 pickgaurd but haven’t opened. I’ve been getting mixed review with no real good vids on YouTube. I play through a John frusciante / Hendrix inspired pedal board into...

Hi all, I have a Classic Vibe 50s Strat in Fiesta Red; I think there is an issue with the pickups in that they are gone microphonic, especially noticeable on the bridge pickup. e.g. if I tap on the trem bar in a high gain setting (I have a Fender Mustang V2 amp), I can hear the tap through the...

I ordered a set of Pure Vintage '57/'62 direct from Fender for my AmPro II strat, but received a box of Original '57/'62 pickups. I read somewhere (but couldn't find it again) that Fender is still using the old packaging and that these are the Pure Vintage. However, the back of the box I...

I'm upgrading my MIJ 86' Squire with the Ultra noiseless pickups but they are a bit deeper than true single coils. They bottom out in the pickup pockets and are much too high, so to get them to fit I have to rout them out. Does anybody have information on how deep the pickup pockets are on an...

Hello all, I'm new to the forums here and I would like to know if any of you have successfully wired a Freeway 10 position selector with a Fishman Fluence setup? I currently have the loaded pickguard from Fishman with the 2 push/pull tone pots. I would love to pair these great pickups with a...

Hello I want to replace the pickups on my HSS Fender Player guitar and I would appreciate some advice regarding a pickup and pots. For the bridge, I got a Seymour Duncan TB-4, for the middle a Seymour Duncan Custom Stack Plus, and for the neck, I've been thinking about a Seymour Duncan Cool...

Hello, I just got my Fender Professional ii strat and I want to change these V Mod ii pickups because they don't have any body in the sound. I am looking for some pickups that have a full sound, some good bass/low mids but are not muddy and have nice round high frequencies. I ve been...

Hello, anyone know, heard or played these pickups? How do they feel like? I am interested in getting some new pickups in my Fender American Professional II strat because the V Mod ii it came with sound reall with without any body. I am interersted in getting some pickups that have some good...

Hi, I have a custom made Strat-like guitar and bought a set of Fender Pure Vintage 65' 2 years ago. Overall I think the pickups are is okay but I find myself always turning up the treble knob on every amp to get some more bite and definition and chain the height of the pickups to get more...