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Bluesdude

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68/69 Tone :D
« 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 :)

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Re: 68/69 Tone :D
« Reply #1 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?
Mules, VHII, Crawler, MM's, IT's, BG50's.

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Re: 68/69 Tone :D
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2014, 08:47:15 PM »
Standard mexican strat, Maple fingerboard and alder body  :)
« Last Edit: February 19, 2014, 08:50:30 PM by Bluesdude »

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Re: 68/69 Tone :D
« Reply #3 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.
Mules, VHII, Crawler, MM's, IT's, BG50's.

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Re: 68/69 Tone :D
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2014, 08:12:40 AM »
Cheers mate :)