Strat Pickups - Alnico 2 First Listen

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3 жыл бұрын

I wound a set of Strat pickups for an inexpensive Squier. This is the first test run on them. I changed the pots, switch and output jack as well. Bridge pickup has its one tone control using and Emerson .047uf. The neck and middle pickup have an Emerson .022uf cap. The volume is a push/pull with a bypass cap or “treble bleed” mod. Down has the mod and up is a stock 250K audio taper pot. With the volume all the way up there’s no difference, roll it down and the difference is obvious.
The video was shot on my phone using a Shure MV 88. It’s also the first attempt at editing a video on my phone using Adobe Rush.

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@ZacBarnesMusic 11 ай бұрын

These sound great man! Nice job

@bbmade 11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much 👍

@danielhorsley2259 3 жыл бұрын

I’m definitely not an expert especially when it comes to strat tones but those pickups sound pretty damn good to me!🤘

@bbmade 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’ve played Strats for over 30 years and still struggle to land on what I like. Making some pickups is the 10,058,651th musical interest I have.

@jemrock1441 2 жыл бұрын

Cool sounds Bro 🎸💥👍

@bbmade 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

@jemrock1441 2 жыл бұрын

@@bbmade you too 🎸👍💥 rock on!

@beardedjediguitars Жыл бұрын

Sounds Amazing!!! Planning a parts Esquire build in the future... & i may just have to put a alnico 2 in it!

@bbmade Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Much appreciated.

@jimpowell8220 Жыл бұрын

amazing tone coming that squire!! what color is that by the way?

@bbmade Жыл бұрын

It’s a light sky blue. Not sure what the catalog name was. Glad you liked it and thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

@PedalPoopers 7 ай бұрын

Contrary to what's "popular", I prefer Alnico 2 over Alnico 5. I just got the Steve Miller pickups installed into my Ibanez and now prefer that guitar over my Strat with Alnico 5 Joe Bonamassa pickups!

@bbmade 7 ай бұрын

I agree. I’ve always played alnico 5 but need to wind some more with A2 and A3 to get outside my normal box with Strat pickups. Thanks for the comment. 👍

@tbone2451 Жыл бұрын

I’m thinking of switching out my neck pickup on my American standard Strat. Just to bright, this could be the way to go.

@bbmade Жыл бұрын

Yeah I’ve always used alnico 5 but 2 and 3 are good options. There’s more to it of course, but worth a shot. Good luck getting your guitar where you want it. Fun chasing tone!

@Ingeborg323 11 ай бұрын

Man, put these woundeful pickups in a good guitar, für example in a BLADE TEXAS Standard Pro (Texas Pro, Texas Classic) or in an ESP 400-Series Strat, or ESP Vintage Plus, and please not in a shitty Squier or Fender!

@bbmade 11 ай бұрын

Ha! I hear ya. Thank you, pickups turned out pretty good. Long story about the reason for it but it had to do with my regular day job. Still winding pickups and making tweaks and improvements. Maybe someday I’ll put some out into the world, who knows. 👍

@Ingeborg323 11 ай бұрын

Yeah @@bbmade, these PU´s are amazing!

@bbmade 11 ай бұрын

@@Ingeborg323 Thank you, much appreciated.

@rinseyvessel6523 Жыл бұрын

Slow down. Play musical examples.

@bbmade Жыл бұрын

It is just a casual sit down to listen to pickups I wound. It was never intended to be a formal demonstration. Just me noodling on the guitar and playing repeating riffs with different pickups and tone settings.