Re: FS: Chubtone el Gordo Strat bridge pickup
It's 7.5k, an overwound strat bridge pickup. Alnico v, handmade, SRVish...It's a great sounding pickup. Heres part of the lone review from HC:
Tone: The best thing about Chubtone vintage strat pickups, IMO, is that they sound slightly bigger than most other vintage style pickups, yet stay bell clear. Fat 50's are similar, but the sound squashes out a bit on those. Chubtones still retain that very authentic bitey strat tone, but your ears don't tire of the sound like lesser pickups.
Sonic evaluation: I use every shade of gain with my strats, usually plugging into a Bogner Ecstasy or Matchless Chieftain 2-12. The 63's are the ultimate pickup set for the player looking for an SRV/KWS/Mayer type of sound. Because I felt I could use a bit more output on my bridge, I soon discovered that Mike's El Gordo bridge was the solution. To everyone reading this.....If you want a kickass strat set, you can either spend $230 on Fralin Vin Hots, Duncan Surfers, or others that everyone knows about. If want quality that equals or exceeds that, get yourself a Chubtone El Gordo bridge and 63 neck and rw/rp middle. You'll save $80, absolutely love them, and you'll be helping a new upstart pickup authority. I know it's quite an endorsement, but I've owned about 14 sets of aftermarket strat pickups.....I know the differences.
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: If you're looking for something that rivals a humbucker, the El Gordo may not be the right pup, but if you simply want to retain the vintage sparkle while adding some beef to the tone, the El Gordo is it. I mostly use this strat for blues or songoriented roots/pop music. For rock, it may still be a bit too vintage, although much of that depends on your amp.
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