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A while back I decided to put the original bridge pickup in my 78 stang. I found the sound to be... weak. not "vintage", not low output, just weak.

Ive since put in a hot rails and gone Kurt Cobain on the thing... but sometimes I feel like putting single coils in it and setting up the vibrato proper and everything.

with that in mind: what do you use for mustang pickups? the stock ones are out of the question since they dont really drive my distortion pedals well.

i have a modified Musicmaster
i have the original pickup in the neck which sounds warm and lush
and in the bridge i have a fender customshop 69 (abby ybarra) which is great sounding and a spot on fit for the guitar

No name p-90.

I've had Lace Hot Gold Sensors and Kinman pickups before. I actually probably preferred the Hot Gold Sensor.

what about lace sensor red

too different than a single coil? gold is more like a normal mustang?

dunno, but i use this to boost it and it rules.

astrozombie wrote:what about lace sensor red

too different than a single coil? gold is more like a normal mustang?

Hot Gold is just slightly brighter than a Gold, a bit brighter, a bit hotter, a bit more of everything.

I think Red would work fine but my experience with the Red has been that it's a bit too dark for my tastes. Now, I love two Golds or two Hot Golds in series (which a Hot Gold Bridge is, basically). I think my ideal Mustang would have a Lace Hot Gold Dually in the bridge and I would make one of the switches into a coil selector, aww yeah.

This person has a Mustang in their pickup

vintage 65 mustang - VINTAGE 65 MUSTANG PICKUPS YESSSSSSSSS
tangmaster II - some pickup hotrod gave me
compstang - matched set of SJAG-3's
pizzastangmaster II - SJAG-1
bronco - duckbucker

'71 Compstang - dead stock - all original electronics.

'75 Duo Sonic - Abagail Ybarra hand-would Custom Shop Strat pickups.

I have a DiMarzio HS-3 in my shell pink Musicmaster.

69ri, sticking with the factory ones. i didn't like them at first, but have since become quite fond of them.

red lace sensor in the bridge, blue lace sensor in the neck

ill be putting my pankstang back together tonight, it'll have a lace Gold pickup in the bridg and a 65ri in the neck. The gold isn't as hot as I would like for a bridge pickup but its a good vintage voiced pickup and no hum.

i have 3.....one has dimarzio suoer other has duncan jb and by far my favorite has a dragster

I use Dimarzio. Simple the best pickups for me.

Are Mustang pickups notably different to Strat ones actually?

Would you say a Mustang differs soundwise from a Strat as much as a Jag?

I'd kind of like to try Tele pickups in a Mustang maybe.

Medicine Melancholy wrote:Are Mustang pickups notably different to Strat ones actually?

Would you say a Mustang differs soundwise from a Strat as much as a Jag?

I'd kind of like to try Tele pickups in a Mustang maybe.

I know the ones that came with my stang are a tad weaker than usual strat pups.

in terms of construction: mustang pickups arent staggered the way strat pickups are.

the mustang is its own thing, while a jaguar doesnt necesarily sound like a small guitar with the stock pickups... the stang kind of does.

Original 78 Mustang - Original 78 Mustang Pickups

Compstand ri with stock neckpup and a lil '59 in the bridge.

cleo wrote:Original 78 Mustang - Original 78 Mustang Pickups

do you have any idea what the dc resistance is for them?