Rio Grande pickups?

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i've heard about them, been to their website a bunch of times, but i still dont know anything really about their pickups.
tell me about them, sepcifcally the strat pickups and humbuckers. i was thinking of getting a fat strat and maybe putting one of their humbuckers in it and on of their singles in it. tell em about them and what would be a good combination.

-Jim

 

[Xeromus]

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for my tele, I have the muy grande bridge and tallboy neck. Best sounding tele pickups I've ever used.

 

[rspst14]

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I have a Rio Grande BBQ in my Hamer. It's a pretty cool pickup, it has medium output, and a darker sound than most Alnico 5 pickups. It has a good amount of bass and midrange, but the highs are a little softer. It has a nice ZZ Top and AC/DC sound, but it works well for everything I play, clean or dirty.

Ryan

 

[superpete]

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Can't speak for their Strat pickups, other than I've heard they are the fantastic for vintage "mojo".

Have a set of BBQ/TX in an SG. Sound great, really thick and crunchy.

Have a Bluesbar/Jazzbar P-90 set in a Dean EVO 60. They are amazing sounding.

 

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the BBQ looks like a good candidate, sounds like a cool pickup

 

[AmpliFIRE]

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Can't speak for their Strat pickups, other than I've heard they are the fantastic for vintage "mojo".

Have a set of BBQ/TX in an SG. Sound great, really thick and crunchy.

Have a Bluesbar/Jazzbar P-90 set in a Dean EVO 60. They are amazing sounding.

+1

Your description is dead on. I have a Texas/BBQ set in my LP and a BBQ in my Axis....they sound killer in both! The BBQ has the richest harmonics I've ever heard from a pickup!

 

[Thames]

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Yes, the BBQ/Texas set is really great! Thick is the word. Harmonics are all there, none missing. The BBQ is a kind of JB with lots more bass and depth.

The Texas is a great, overwound PAF style, with nice, Texas sizzle.

 

[dr.barlo]

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Used to love them. 3-4 years ago or so used to think that they are the best kept secrets. But that was after using very high output pickups for more than 10 years. Now I think that for each RG there is a better SD.

But still its about tastes and all.

B

 

[RG 2570]

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I was told this sounds the same as a BBQ for a lot less cash?

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Pickups:_Guitar,_electric/3/Golden_Age_Pickups.html

 

[rspst14]

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I was told this sounds the same as a BBQ for a lot less cash?

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Pickups:_Guitar,_electric/3/Golden_Age_Pickups.html

You get what you pay for. :burnout:

It's been my experience that anything manufactured by Stewart Macdonald is cheap junk. On one occasion, I had a pot go bad after a month, with barely any use. Another time, I ordered a replacement Floyd locking nut, only to have the strings leave an imprint in the nut the first time I locked them down. The metal had to be very soft and of low quality, as it was no longer useable after a few weeks. The Floyd nuts I got from Peavey have lasted me years. I only buy stuff there when it's name brand parts from other manufacturers, such as Schaller strap locks, Grover tuners, etc.

Ryan