David Gilmour '' Black Strat '' Pickups from the SD shop ?

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A couple of people on the DG Forum have said Seymour will take orders for a set of Gilmour inspired pickups from the custom shop ( Although the SD Shop says its a long wait ... ), now I've browsed around a couple of the big '' Gilmourish - heads '' have said that the closest thing to the pickups currently on his Strat are the Fender CS'54 pickups.

Now I love Fender guitars, Fender pickups ... well we have a love hate relationship ...

What are the closest pickups on the Duncan catalog to get that smooth tone ?

Any help is appreciated !

Cheers ! :werd:
 
Re: David Gilmour '' Black Strat '' Pickups from the SD shop ?

I used to have one in the neck of my Strat, I switched it over to an SSL-1 (A5). I kind of miss the APS-1, it's an incredibly warm and "organic" pickup. I know it's tough to get a feel for a pickup with adjectives on the internet, but where the SSL has a more "immediate" attack, the APS seems to "bloom". The SSL seems more glassy, where the APS seems more woody. I'd actually like to have another Strat so I can keep the N/M SSL-1's and also have a set of APS-1's, I liked them that much.
 
Re: David Gilmour '' Black Strat '' Pickups from the SD shop ?

I found the JB Jr on the bridge gave the 'other' Gilmour tones the standard strat neck p.up doesn't give.
(Solo's & GRUNT/sustained chords).
Vol pot on/on switch determins single/humbucker and with middle standard p.up gives the tinny 'shine on' intro tone fairly well also.
(through marshall 9000 valve pre, 100w power amp and marshall 2x12)

:boggled: REMEMBER - If you are lucky enough to find the Gilmour tones you want, you'll have no excuses for bum notes,
feedback, snapped strings, amp on fire, drummers fill face, etc!!!

cheers, Liam
 
Re: David Gilmour '' Black Strat '' Pickups from the SD shop ?

I have a set of pickups out of an EB/MM Albert Lee sig model guitar in my strat. They're flat poled alnico II pickups that were wound by Duncan for EB. They measure in between 5-5.6k mark and have smaller than standard polepieces. The bridge pickup also has a pair of steel plates embeded into the bobbin itself. This makes for a surprisingly full, beefy tone for a pickup that only measures 5.6k.

In my MIJ '62 RI, they do the classic Gilmour thing in spades. If I want to go "modern" Gilmour, I just pick up my '77 strat with the DG-20 set.

What can I say, I'm spoiled. :burnout:
 
Re: David Gilmour '' Black Strat '' Pickups from the SD shop ?

tupunce said:
I found the JB Jr on the bridge gave the 'other' Gilmour tones the standard strat neck p.up doesn't give.
(Solo's & GRUNT/sustained chords).
Vol pot on/on switch determins single/humbucker and with middle standard p.up gives the tinny 'shine on' intro tone fairly well also.
(through marshall 9000 valve pre, 100w power amp and marshall 2x12)

:boggled: REMEMBER - If you are lucky enough to find the Gilmour tones you want, you'll have no excuses for bum notes,
feedback, snapped strings, amp on fire, drummers fill face, etc!!!

cheers, Liam
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Welcome the the forum, Liam. :friday:
 
Re: David Gilmour '' Black Strat '' Pickups from the SD shop ?

i had a set of those pups in my hands briefly, they were nice and low on the dc resistance, would have liked to spend more time with them
 
Re: David Gilmour '' Black Strat '' Pickups from the SD shop ?

I read that for awhile DG was using an SSL-1 bridge PU with Fender PUs (not sure which kind) I recently changed all of mine to the California 50s SSL-1, they sound amazing, I can't imagine anything that would sound better.
 
Re: David Gilmour '' Black Strat '' Pickups from the SD shop ?

JosephAllison said:
I read that for awhile DG was using an SSL-1 bridge PU with Fender PUs (not sure which kind) I recently changed all of mine to the California 50s SSL-1, they sound amazing, I can't imagine anything that would sound better.
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He actually uses an SSL-5 in the bridge currently. Other than that I pretty sure he just uses low-vintage output single coil pickups.
 
Re: David Gilmour '' Black Strat '' Pickups from the SD shop ?

It is actually an SSL-1C, which was made for Gilmour and later became a production pickup known as the SSL-5
 
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