For years, I insisted on Alnico magnet pickups for that PAF sound, but this set has converted me. The harmonics and sparkle these ceramics add, yet keep the warmth and depth is incredible. The Duckbucker in the middle still allows that silky Clapton sound in positions 2 and 4, and I added a blender pot to bring in the powerful and expressive bridge pickup into all but the middle switch position. I have always favored the strat three pickup setup for my custom builds, but now I can have the added dimension of humbuckers in the same configuration. This is my 5th set and I have 3 more ordered.
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I've been building, repairing and mod-ing guitars for 30+ yrs. I've actually been doing this set up in strats for as long as the pickups were available as separates. If you don't (or rarely) use tone controls, I would recommend using a 4pdt switch in the second tone pot spot on the pickgaurd. Wire the Lil 59 and the JBJR to this switch for simultaneous series/ parallel. Think of it as a hot/ cold switch. Then wire them to the 5 way switch. I like to use either a super strat switch, or Schaller Mega switch. You can then get the 5 settings of: Bridge/ Bridge-Middle/ Bridge-Neck/ Middle-Neck/ and Neck. with these pickups and these switches you'll get all of your best hot rodded and spanky clean sounds. Very balanced and the best part is all the settings are hum cancelling. So your guitar won't hum and forget the words!Read full review
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Love them. Now for my Darkmoon Pickups middle single coil to come in. Custom building it to 13k specs as I type this :)
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great sustain love the tones I get with the Black Winter
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