Fralins mofos!

[Clint 55]

New Fralin mini hums! The middle meters 9.45k and the bridge 10.74k. They have A6s and raw nickel covers. Here's the sound clip. The reverb section and dirty section are the bridge pickup and the 1st part of the clean section is the rhythm pickup. I really like them! They're about as vintage as I'd want but still give me some punch that I need in my pickups.

 

[blueman335]

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Fralin makes great PU's. Their PAF's have incredible clarity and definition.

 

[Chris Pile]

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Thumbs up from me on Fralins, and that configuration of pickups. Back in the 80's a client had me take the 2 mini-hums from an SG and install them thusly on his Strat. He aimed to get a humbucking Strat sound. I didn't think it would sound Stratty, but I was proven wrong. He's still playing it all these decades later.

 

[idsnowdog]

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Alnico VI and Alnico VIII are good choices for mini-hums because they beef up the bass midrange and round off the treble. They would give mini-hums some balls.

 

[TVFV]

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Seriously, what do have against neck pickups?

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[Clint 55]

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^ Don't need it for rock. The mid is plenty dark and balances better tone wise with the bridge pickup. I have a neck humbucker only strat for jazz. I've tried all the pickup combos and HHx is my favorite so far. I don't like single coils and I don't like HH because it has a jazzy neck with a bright bridge. I don't like the personality of the guitar to be all weird. HHx fits the best for me for rock.

 

[TVFV]

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^ Don't need it for rock. The mid is plenty dark and balances better tone wise with the bridge pickup. I have a neck humbucker only strat for jazz. I've tried all the pickup combos and HHx is my favorite so far. I don't like single coils and I don't like HH because it has a jazzy neck with a bright bridge. I don't like the personality of the guitar to be all weird. HHx fits the best for me for rock.

All valid reasons I suppose. My counter point is a neck pickups rolled off tone is great for solos and rock. Also the neck and bridge combo is vital to me for cleans.

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[Clint 55]

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Yeah, that's the sound that I miss the most. The fat, liquid neck tone for solos. The mid is liquid but not quite as bassy and creamy. I might make a rock pickguard in the future with a neck pickup but I think I'll stick with this for now and see how it goes. I don't care for HH mid position. I've tried to get away from the Traditional HH Gibson and SSS Fender sounds cuz they weird me out and pigeon hole my playing.

 

[GuitarStv]

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You put the neck pickup in the wrong spot.

 

[Clint 55]

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What?? No!! Go back to school troll!!!!!!!!!

 

[Clint 55]

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Fralin makes great PU's. Their PAF's have incredible clarity and definition.

Yep, I'm noticing great clarity as well.

Thumbs up from me on Fralins, and that configuration of pickups. Back in the 80's a client had me take the 2 mini-hums from an SG and install them thusly on his Strat. He aimed to get a humbucking Strat sound. I didn't think it would sound Stratty, but I was proven wrong. He's still playing it all these decades later.

Sounds like a good guitar! Yes, the minis are providing me with my single coil fix.

Alnico VI and Alnico VIII are good choices for mini-hums because they beef up the bass midrange and round off the treble. They would give mini-hums some balls.

I'm really liking A6. I like it better than all the common neck pickup mag choices. Don't understand why it's all underrated.

 

[Ayrton]

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I sat on a set of Fralin hots for years before I finally installed them in a guitar. I kick myself every time I remember I should have done it sooner.

Easily one of my favorite strat sets.

 

[Laughing Kookaburra]

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I like the pup config. Thinking of a Warmoth pickguard to do the same.

 

[Clint 55]

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^ Thx. HHx is great! You should definitely do it!

I sat on a set of Fralin hots for years before I finally installed them in a guitar. I kick myself every time I remember I should have done it sooner.

Easily one of my favorite strat sets.

Fralins are quality.

 

[Chistopher]

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A middle and bridge pickup that sound vastly different from eachother may make for a decent out of phase tone. Sometimes in an HSS with a hot bridge and vintage singles, I won't split it in the 2nd position but rather put it out of phase. It yields a pretty neat tone if you get lucky with how the pickups interact with each other.

 

[Clint 55]

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I'm having sex with my Fralins.

 

[jeremy]

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did they consent? gonna hurt the resale value for sure

 

[Masta' C]

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I'm having sex with my Fralins.

Oh, you're one of THOSE guys...

:lmao:

 

[Clint 55]

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Lol. I'm never gonna get a gf so I have to choose the next most thing that I'm attracted to.

 

[Teleplayer]

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How did you choose the specs for the middle position mini-hum?