Tweak Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 I have a Daytona that needs some good pups. What do you recommend?I especially want a punchy bridge pup that can actually be played!Kinmans?Lollars?Help!!
e-isle rock Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 I have a Daytona with WCR SR singles. It sounds so good.
zzdat Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 I like the stock Daytona pickups, they sound like a vintage strat, but I only use it on songs that require that sound. I have found some very good OD and heavy tones with a few pedals and an EQ.Cool BeansGene
Wizard333 Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Kinman Woodstock Plus set or Dimarzio Area 58 or Area 67 with a Virtual Solo Pro or Virtua Solo Bridge. I've been using noiseless for 11 years now since the DiMarzio VVs first came out; went back to true singles recently for about a year on one guitar, tried Suhr, Lollar, Fender, etc, and I'm back to all noiseless. Just could not find a true single I liked as much. Noiselesss give you 1) Ultra quiet, much quieter than a PAF, 2) Great single coil tone if you get the right ones (craptastic tone if you get the wrong ones, but true of any pickup...), 3) Higher output along with that great single coil tone, which interestingly enough, you lose when you overwind a true single coil to match that output. The R&D that went into the Woodstocks and the new Dimarzios makes them pretty hard to beat.
cmatthes Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Anybody tried the Lace Alumintones or whatever the heck they're called? I've heard good reviews, but never spoken to anybody who has owned them and never played them myself.Thoughts? I almost put a set in the last Daytona I sold just to give them a whirl.
holLoWskull Posted June 24, 2008 Posted June 24, 2008 Tough to recommend pickups when there's so many other variables (what style of music are you looking to play, what kind of amp/effects are you using, is it a alder body or ash body Daytona, rosewood, maple, or another wood fretboard, will you be using the stock 250K pots/caps or a different value)? If you've still got the stock Duncan APS-II's, you've already got a good pickup to start your search with. I have an alder bodied/rosewood board Daytona with a factory humbucker route in the rear, so for what I was looking for (and after installing/trying many different pickups), I settled on a Tom Anderson SA-1R/STK-1/H3 trio for giving me the versatility I needed and the sound I liked best in my Daytona. I'm afraid you'll probably end up having to try a bunch of different pickups to find what works best for you with the guitar woods in your Daytona, your amp(s), and your playing style/technique. The search for tonal bliss and playing your guitar more to find it's unique "personality" is half the fun though
Tweak Posted June 24, 2008 Author Posted June 24, 2008 All great responses!Jason Lollar suggested some blackfaces in neck and middle, Special in the bridge.And Jason did me RIGHT with his P90's.Any Fralin Steel Pole players?????
Tweak Posted June 25, 2008 Author Posted June 25, 2008 All great responses!Jason Lollar suggested some blackfaces in neck and middle, Special in the bridge.And Jason did me RIGHT with his P90's.Any Fralin Steel Pole players?????Got some Fralin Blues Specials in mine and they sound great... a little extra oomph and still sounds like a strat. I've thought about trying those steel pole #42s myself after liking the steel pole pups in the Talladega,,,Man, that Kinman harness sounds pretty cool.
Disturber Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 The Häussels in my T62 are fu*kin fantastic. http://www.haeussel.com/Paul Weber here on the board sells them. Here is his site. Great guy to deal with http://www.ugroove.biz/guitars.html
HamerHokie Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Whatever dual blade pups come stock in the G&L Legacy Special are fantastic.
DavidE Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Anybody tried the Lace Alumintones or whatever the heck they're called? I've heard good reviews, but never spoken to anybody who has owned them and never played them myself.Thoughts? I almost put a set in the last Daytona I sold just to give them a whirl.Send me a set and I'll put them in that Daytona and tell you how the sound. Just don't expect 'em back. ;-)
cmatthes Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Gotcha! Look for them in your mailbox any day now... I knew I could count on you, Dave!
Gabe Posted June 25, 2008 Posted June 25, 2008 Kinman Woodstock Plus set I've been using noiseless for 11 years now since the DiMarzio VVs first came out; went back to true singles recently for about a year on one guitar, tried Suhr, Lollar, Fender, etc, and I'm back to all noiseless. Just could not find a true single I liked as much. Noiselesss give you 1) Ultra quiet, much quieter than a PAF, 2) Great single coil tone if you get the right ones (craptastic tone if you get the wrong ones, but true of any pickup...), 3) Higher output along with that great single coil tone, which interestingly enough, you lose when you overwind a true single coil to match that output. The R&D that went into the Woodstocks and the new Dimarzios makes them pretty hard to beat. +1 on that Gabe
Tweak Posted June 25, 2008 Author Posted June 25, 2008 No way! Send them here and I will put them in MY Daytona and i will report at once........ Kinman Woodstock Plus set I've been using noiseless for 11 years now since the DiMarzio VVs first came out; went back to true singles recently for about a year on one guitar, tried Suhr, Lollar, Fender, etc, and I'm back to all noiseless. Just could not find a true single I liked as much. Noiselesss give you 1) Ultra quiet, much quieter than a PAF, 2) Great single coil tone if you get the right ones (craptastic tone if you get the wrong ones, but true of any pickup...), 3) Higher output along with that great single coil tone, which interestingly enough, you lose when you overwind a true single coil to match that output. The R&D that went into the Woodstocks and the new Dimarzios makes them pretty hard to beat. +1 on that Gabe
KH Guitar Freak Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Depends on what tone you are after, just like any other guitar and any other pup...As for my Daytona, it has a set of Fender Custom Shop Vintage pups, they are quite nice, more similar to the tone of say Eric Clapton strats...
anotherfreak Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 "Dimarzio Area 58 or Area 67 with a Virtual Solo Pro or Virtua Solo Bridge"+100,000I have the area 58's and a solo pro in the bridge with a push pull on the tone knob to add the bridge pickup. I can get any sound I want all night with one guitar.
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