1956 Strat pickups - Brownie replica

genethomas

genethomas

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Hi

I'm making a Brownie strat replica and am looking for traditional 1956 pickups to put in it.

I know most of the top makers can wind anything to a decent 1956 representation but wondered if anyone had any experience with the list below or any others that comes to mind?

Klein 1956 Epic Series
Peter Floorance ST56 Sweet Set
Fender 56 Pure vintage

Cheers
Gene
 
Re: 1956 Strat pickups - Brownie replica

well i dont think the fender pure 56 is actually much like a real 1956 fender strat pup since the pure 56 uses alnico III magnets and the 1956 strat would have had alnico V. the klein has alnico V, not sure about florence.
 
Re: 1956 Strat pickups - Brownie replica

Strat pickups seem to be pretty much the same until 1964 (except magnetic orientation, which does nothing soundwise). So a strat pickup spec'd A5 and high 5k to low 6k and hand wound (this is really important in my book) will do.
 
Re: 1956 Strat pickups - Brownie replica

I have a set of Mojotone's 50's Custom Wound with flat pole pieces that are really, really sweet and supposed to be vintage correct.
 
Re: 1956 Strat pickups - Brownie replica

ive seen that chart before. on the actual website he says he got most of that data from seymour
 
Re: 1956 Strat pickups - Brownie replica

hamerfan said:
Strat pickups seem to be pretty much the same until 1964 (except magnetic orientation, which does nothing soundwise). So a strat pickup spec'd A5 and high 5k to low 6k and hand wound (this is really important in my book) will do.
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Yep. In 65 when CBS took over, they started the more consistent machine winding and started using plain enamel coated wire instead of the formvar.
 
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