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Cheap strat pickups recommendation?
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:08 pm
by dezb1
Right have decided the pickups in the cheap strat i bought must go anyone recommend any good CHEAP strat pickups? about £40 max for the set and low output
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:12 pm
by George
Used set of squier CV pickups would be a good shout. There’s a 50s set on eBay right now actually
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:19 pm
by Bacchus
They do sound class.
I thought they'd probably go for more than £40 though, because idiots.
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:36 pm
by Noirie.
Squier CV pickups are rebranded Tonerider pups?
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:18 am
by George
Not officially confirmed but yes.
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:20 pm
by Noirie.
Madness.
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:50 pm
by paul_
I'm still skeptical of that, but in any case they really aren't anything too special, and they're running through 500k pots on the CVs so not a very vintage scheme. They sound like Strats when you put them in Strats though, that's hard to fuck up... there's no reason to replace them if you buy a CV, but I wouldn't seek them out on their own for any reason except to save money.
Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:09 pm
by George
The range in the cv teles and strats completely mirror outputs, magnets, construction and look identical to toneriders. It is quite well documented. The Simon Neil strat having 3 x Alnico 3 and 3 x Alnico 5 magnets per pickup is a big giveaway. Also cvs have 250 alpha brand pots. P sure they’re alpha last time I checked anyway.