Our Favorite Strat Pickups (for people who don't really like the sound of Strats): Fralin Steel Pole

[@jackiec3973]

These sound similar to G&L S-500 pickups, both in terms of construction and tonal quality. It would cool to see a comparison between these the S-500 MFD pickups.

[@CarolineGuitarCo]

@jackiec3973 that’s an excellent comparison - I’ve not played the S-500 version but have played ASATs with the MFD and if the S-style is comparable, I bet these are birds of a feather.

[@MJQEMUSIC]

That bridge tone is beautiful...did you hapoen to mention pot and cap sizes

[@CarolineGuitarCo]

hey! This thing is running 250k volume and a 250k no-load pots. The cap is an old Sprague 10nf.

[@jkf9167]

The Steel Pole pups sound cool. I also love Lindy's alnico High Output Strat set. The bridge has plenty of juice, but they sound a little strattier than the steel poles.

[@charliehshaw]

Just seeing this. Love it. What kind of bridge do you have on that strat?

[@thrill74]

Looks like a vintage MannMade USA trem. John Mann designed. Did the original PRS trems.

[@toddwilliams4442]

Im not saying its a dead on exact reproduction of a rickenbacker, bc its not, but theres something VERY 1960s Hippie band with a Ricker when you were playing it clean. I have a set of strat size A5 P-90s. Very diff from these. I think the added ummph of the ceramics must be the diff bc mine also have a pillowy mids thing, but in a diff band of the mids. Def a diff mid hump on mine. They appealed to my "mad scientist/ cant leave anything alone or as is/ always trying to imagine the next best thing ever" gene/chromosome/mental illness😂. Had mine in a white 91 strat for a year or so and now the neck and bridge are on a pickguard in my mountains of stuff, and the neck is pulling neck duty frankentele. Its actually is a cool middle position tone w the broadcaster bridge pup. Thanks for the vid.

[@heydrewstudio]

Love hearing all of this, Lindy's stuff is so great!

[@EveryoneLovesGuitar]

Hi there, great to see someone talking about these. I was literally just looking at them online last night. I'm a blues player, primarily using distortion from the hot channel of my Delta Blues amp. Are these a good fit for blues? Love to hear opinions on this, and thanks... !

[@CarolineGuitarCo]

I love them for that. The neck model reminds me of the P-90 an ES-125 I played, and the bridge has heft and crunch.

[@jams4218]

Lindy is the man!!

[@quainejohnson4808]

good lord these sound nice, thanks for sharing, gonna look into these

[@deanallen927]

The Chocolate Pudding strat with the brass saddles SCREAMS the '70s. LOVE IT. Cool Mathew Sweet song too. I've been eyeballing these pickups for some time, but I may have to get them now. But they don't show the overwind option. I'll have to email and see if they have it.

[@maatmanninen3394]

Peter Pumpkinhead by XTC riff on the notch position demo!

[@rhykko77]

Very interesting ! .....Thank you sir !

[@Banditsalive]

Luv seeing the WCV1 getting a run.

[@capitaldharma]

Ki;ller demo! Whatever you were playing around 5:45 was on fire. What was that?

[@CarolineGuitarCo]

Thank you! It's just a riff I like to play for testing things. The chords are wide and there's some mix of separation between notes that I like to hear.

[@capitaldharma]

@@CarolineGuitarCo good point. That second chord is going into my repertoire and I'll remember that it works for testing tones too.

[@poesybeat]

Matthew Sweet, nice!

[@KarlHourigan]

XTC! Respect :-)

[@finoroverato7640]

Dang those sound great! Lindy is the man! Are those steel pole pickups hum cancelling?

[@pretty.noodles3540]

Driving me nuts trying to figure out what you’re playing for the bridge pickup demo… is that a Big Star jam?

[@CarolineGuitarCo]

"I've Been Waiting" by Matthew Sweet maybe?

[@sempercompellis]

i haven't dedicated my playing to banging out 5th chords through high gain pedals since i was 15, pretty much around the time i last attempted to "impress" someone by hinting i read books-wow