The 3 sets being brought up here are Kinmans, Lawrence and the new Duncans...the Kinmans are the most vintage strat sounding set, and what I mean by that is...weak all around output, but nice tone IF you like vintage Strats from say the middle 50's...they are very bright, the bridge is very icepicky, and IMO they lack any real punch. The lawrence 280's remind me of David Glimoure on a so, so day...most noiseless pickups seem to be lacking a certin topend sparkle, Bill has med these pickups so damn bright that you almost have to EQ the amp differently when using them...overall I was able to get some good tones out of them (not what I would call vintage mind you) but when I switched guitars I had to tweak the EQ again...and again, this set has an icepicky bridge (this was a set of 280's). The new Duncans are sure winners...very, very Vintae in tone, but not weak at all...very punchy, grea all around tone and NO icepicky bridge pickup...I;m gonna stop talking about these, Im not too sure Evan would like me talking aboutg them just yet...if you can wait on noiseless Strat pickups, wait for these...if you want a set taday get the Duncan Classic Stacks, they are the cklosest thing to the new Duncans. BTW...when I had the prototype Duncans I also tried the above mentioned Kinmans, Lawrence, a set of EMG, Lace Sensors, and Fender Noiseless (both the vintage and Hot)...
