Best Strat Pickups for Cleans

[Xandeeno]

I've got into alot of ambient and psychadellic guitar recently, so want to switch out my player Strat Pickups for some that can do cleans extremely well (likely lower output). I'm after that really shimmery and glassy tone, but also need it to be able to handle effects like fuzz well for psychadellic riffs (though I'm not going to be playing classic rock etc on it).
I'm currently looking at the Seymour Duncan California 50s, fender Tex mex and fender '57/'62s.
Any suggestions for your favourite clean strat pickups (that can handle a bit of fuzz and other effects)?

 

[Mincer]

Re: Best Strat Pickups for Cleans

That is the stuff I play. I like the STK-S4 set, as as you pile on the effects, the noise does't increase.

 

[Xandeeno]

Re: Best Strat Pickups for Cleans

That's great, cheers. I'll have a look at those. Fender CS '69s were some others that I was considering

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Best Strat Pickups for Cleans

CS69 are my number one choice.

However... lots of noise in your effects of choice. For playing with others I’ve gone to noiseless pickups. Mine are Dimarzio Injectors/Areas, and I’m not 100% happy, although they are good.

The ultimate for me would be either the CS69 pickups with an Ilitch backplate or Custom Shop versions of the Stack Plus in a 69 style wind/setup. (They’ve done these already for someone here).

 

[Mincer]

Re: Best Strat Pickups for Cleans

Yeah, noiseless are absolutely the way to go when using lots of reverb/delay/pitch transposing, as the hum just gets magnified with those kinds of effects.