Need Strat (SSS) pick up suggestions.

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

I apologies in advance if this turns out to sound like a 12yo kiddie question.
I have a Strat with awful super-super hot ceramic (with metal base plates) pick ups.
I want something a lot more vintage'y.
Use this youtube clip (below) as a base, for what i want the Strat to sound / behave like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAe1vatPpzA&t=44s

What is in the SD range, that can get as close to this sound as possible ?

Thanks to all.

[Mincer]

I think any vintage-wound pickups can nail that tone...but decide if you need hum-cancelling or not. I love hum-cancelling pickups more than I need absolute vintage period-correctness, so my answer might be different than other people's. So SSL-2, Surfers, Five Twos, or Classic Stacks can get there.

[Ascension]

Best real Strat tones I have gotten are with my 94 Washburn Silverado and a set of Antiquities Surfer II's and an Erick Johnson tone set up. Just vintage glassy Strat tones for days!

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

I think any vintage-wound pickups can nail that tone...but decide if you need hum-cancelling or not. I love hum-cancelling pickups more than I need absolute vintage period-correctness, so my answer might be different than other people's. So SSL-2, Surfers, Five Twos, or Classic Stacks can get there.

Thank you very much.
Will look into all of them, asap.

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

Best real Strat tones I have gotten are with my 94 Washburn Silverado and a set of Antiquities Surfer II's and an Erick Johnson tone set up. Just vintage glassy Strat tones for days!

Very nice indeed.
Gonna look at them . . . much appreciated.

[jeremy]

the surfer set is fantastic, most people would prefer the custom bridge over a more vintage correct "neck" model in the bridge

[marcello252]

I'd go with a standard SSL-1 set, they are vintagey, glassy but not piercing, it's easy to find them in the second hand market and easy to sell in case you don't like their sound, they are 3 dimensional, inspiring and a bit on the hot side still being vintage so the leap from yours is not that big, I always used this set and when I changed I always came back, except for the bridge (I put a DMZ FS-1, but it's a matter of taste)

[jeremy]

i agree the ssl1 is a great pup, its hotter than most vintage fender pups, but not a world different than a hot '62 strat pup. still sounds like a strat and plenty of people used to hotter pups will say its weak. not everyone loves a vintage pup in the bridge, especially without a tone control on there, but thats the classic strat sound

[zizyphus]

I’m a strong supporter of Bootstrap Pickups
theyre cheap, so not much to lose trying them out
I cannot recommend the strat ‘54 Sparkle Set enough!

[ArtieToo]

. . . and an Eric Johnson tone set up.

What's the EC tone setup? Google isn't producing much.

[strat dude]

Any vintage wound Strat pickup and a deluxe reverb, or similar amp turned up to the edge of breakup in my opinion should get you there.

[jeremy]

What's the EC tone setup? Google isn't producing much.

putting the second tone on the bridge pup only

[ArtieToo]

putting the second tone on the bridge pup only

Ah. Been doing that for years. Didn't realize it had someone's name on it.

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

I’m a strong supporter of Bootstrap Pickups
theyre cheap, so not much to lose trying them out
I cannot recommend the strat ‘54 Sparkle Set enough!

. . . will deff look into them .
Thank you very much !

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

Any vintage wound Strat pickup and a deluxe reverb, or similar amp turned up to the edge of breakup in my opinion should get you there.

. . . wow, good to know.

Thanks