Fralin Guitar Pickups
I’ve long been one of those mad scientist musicians who modifies equipment to improve sound or extend functionality. Whenever I get some new piece of gear, it’s just a matter of time before I fire up my soldering iron. My main Stratocaster is a mid-1990s “Ultra” model, which came equipped with a set of Seymour Duncan pickups installed. It sounded good but I suspected it was possible to squeeze a little extra mojo out of that great guitar by installing a set of Fralin pickups. Lindy Fralin custom-manufactures some of the very best (and therefore expensive) electric guitar pickups available. His approach to pickup making is to recreate the most desirable tonal characteristics of vintage models, using the same materials and construction techniques, but by applying much tighter quality control. The result is a newly built pickup that sounds like an ideal vintage model.
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