No. 1 son has a Mexican Strat (lefty model, maple neck, regular whammy bar). He hates the stock ceramic pickups and has been looking to upgrade, I don't know what else to get him for Christmas so I was going to help him out there.
I was looking at going with Duncans, no sense in chasing boutique or custom stuff for a 21-year-old kid who's not a pro.
His musical tastes are kind of stuck in the past, compared to other 21-year-olds. (I taught him well LOL!) He's into Beatles, Buddy Holly, Beach Boys, Byrds (he has one of those Agile 12-string Les Paul copies that he's upgraded with GFS Retrotron Memphis pickups, the kind that mimics Ricks), Tom Petty/Mike Campbell, the Edge, country pickers like Luther Perkins, etc.
He plays through a Fender Princeton Chorus solid state amp (decent clean channel for a SS amp, although at some point he's looking to trade up to a tube amp) and uses a Boss Blues Driver pedal more for a boost and to try to replicate a bit of overdrive than for distortion, he's not into grungy noise or chainsaw distortion. (He also has an Epi Sheraton that he's upgraded the pickups to TV Jones Classics to get a Gretschy twang.) He also uses a compressor and a delay.
Given what I've described about the sounds he's into, what set would you folks who are more familiar with the Duncan line than I am recommend? I've listened to some samples online but it's hard to judge.
I was looking at going with Duncans, no sense in chasing boutique or custom stuff for a 21-year-old kid who's not a pro.
His musical tastes are kind of stuck in the past, compared to other 21-year-olds. (I taught him well LOL!) He's into Beatles, Buddy Holly, Beach Boys, Byrds (he has one of those Agile 12-string Les Paul copies that he's upgraded with GFS Retrotron Memphis pickups, the kind that mimics Ricks), Tom Petty/Mike Campbell, the Edge, country pickers like Luther Perkins, etc.
He plays through a Fender Princeton Chorus solid state amp (decent clean channel for a SS amp, although at some point he's looking to trade up to a tube amp) and uses a Boss Blues Driver pedal more for a boost and to try to replicate a bit of overdrive than for distortion, he's not into grungy noise or chainsaw distortion. (He also has an Epi Sheraton that he's upgraded the pickups to TV Jones Classics to get a Gretschy twang.) He also uses a compressor and a delay.
Given what I've described about the sounds he's into, what set would you folks who are more familiar with the Duncan line than I am recommend? I've listened to some samples online but it's hard to judge.
