After putting in lots of SD and Dimarzio low output humbuckers in mt two Blacktop Strats, I put the stock pick-ups back. I sang the praises of low output buckers before, but these are, I think, both around 13K each and they have the MJAFAMEAC! (Mo Jo As Far As My Ears Are Concerned). I searched hundres of posts on different forums (no exxageration) and one (1!) person said they were SD JBs. I doubt it, but perhaps they were fashioned after JBs. The bottom plate is gold colored. Embossed an the plate is an "R" on the bridge pick-up (for rear!) and an "F" on the neck (for front?). There is also a weird insignia that looks like the letters BH (Humbucker-Bumhucker? 
). There are two stickers on the plate. One says RoHS compliant (“Reduction of Hazardous Substances”) and the other says either "BRIDGE pick ups BHK, or "NECK pick ups BHK" on them. They have ballsy mids, a hair of treble articulation on top, and a rolled back tight bass. Very much like SD JBs. FOR ME, they are perfect. BUT- I want to put in some Duncans or Dimarzios in one of them that mimic the stock pick-ups in the other. Then I could really a/b the stock pick-ups with a known quantity. Looking at the Dimarzio specs it seems like a Norton might be the closest, by the DC resistance (12.62), millivolts (352) and Treb/Mid/Bass eq (5.0- 7.0- 6.5).
I play mostly clean through a Bassman or Twin amp mod. I want a very pick sensitive pick-up, AND it has to be pretty high powered, because position 2 and 4 are coil split (one is the two outside coils of each 'bucker, the other is the two inside coils). I want the coil split sound to be as muscular as possible. I don't need glass on the upper end because I don't use much pedals or processing. What think yooz guyz (and girlz).
). There are two stickers on the plate. One says RoHS compliant (“Reduction of Hazardous Substances”) and the other says either "BRIDGE pick ups BHK, or "NECK pick ups BHK" on them. They have ballsy mids, a hair of treble articulation on top, and a rolled back tight bass. Very much like SD JBs. FOR ME, they are perfect. BUT- I want to put in some Duncans or Dimarzios in one of them that mimic the stock pick-ups in the other. Then I could really a/b the stock pick-ups with a known quantity. Looking at the Dimarzio specs it seems like a Norton might be the closest, by the DC resistance (12.62), millivolts (352) and Treb/Mid/Bass eq (5.0- 7.0- 6.5). I play mostly clean through a Bassman or Twin amp mod. I want a very pick sensitive pick-up, AND it has to be pretty high powered, because position 2 and 4 are coil split (one is the two outside coils of each 'bucker, the other is the two inside coils). I want the coil split sound to be as muscular as possible. I don't need glass on the upper end because I don't use much pedals or processing. What think yooz guyz (and girlz).
