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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Bluesdude on February 19, 2014, 08:03:10 PM

Title: 68/69 Tone :D
Post by: Bluesdude on February 19, 2014, 08:03:10 PM
I was wondering what would be the best set of pickups for nailing the hendrix tone
Something that would be warm but still have a lot of bite and tone to it. Cheers :)
Title: Re: 68/69 Tone :D
Post by: Telerocker on February 19, 2014, 08:44:08 PM
If you mean for a strat I would look at the Pat Pends 63 and the (hotter, but still vintage) Irish Tours. Maple or rosewood board?
Title: Re: 68/69 Tone :D
Post by: Bluesdude on February 19, 2014, 08:47:15 PM
Standard mexican strat, Maple fingerboard and alder body  :)
Title: Re: 68/69 Tone :D
Post by: Telerocker on February 19, 2014, 11:27:12 PM
Right. With the snap of the maple neck the Irish Tours are a good choice. They clean up very good and can get close to the Mother's Milk/Pat Pend-sound if you roll the volume down. Compared to them the IT's have more bass, a little more mids and slightly less treble. The IT's handle gain very well and can do Hendrix-stuff with authority.
Order a baseplate for the bridgepickup: extra lows/lowmids and a bit more chunk.
Title: Re: 68/69 Tone :D
Post by: Bluesdude on February 20, 2014, 08:12:40 AM
Cheers mate :)