Acme Guitar Works
302-836-5301 |
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Lindy Fralin |
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Fralin Blues Special Strat Pickup Set, Stock Stagger |
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$220.00 |
SKU: GS20323
This is Fralin's second best-selling set, for those who want a little more meat for that beefy Texas tone with stinging single notes. This set is wound with 42 gauge SPN and has 5% more turns than Fralin's Vintage Hots. It has more mids and somewhat less high end. It is ideal for a stock sound with just enough thickness for single note soloing. Made with non-beveled Alnico 5 magnets and cloth leads.
We stock this set with or without a baseplate on the bridge pickup, or with a Steel-Pole 43 bridge pickup. We also offer the set with a hybrid magnet stagger rather than the vintage stagger.
The baseplate is a steel plate attached to the bottom of the bridge pickup, then wax potted to eliminate microphonic feedback. This fattens up the pickup a little by inserting a ferrous metal plate into the magnetic field; good choice for those who find a stock bridge pickup to be a little too bright. This option adds $10.
The Steel Pole 43 bridge pickup is Lindy's hottest single-coil pickup for Strats. It certainly adds mids and hits your preamp harder than a stock Strat pickup. It works perfectly when combined with other Fralin Strat pickups in terms of hum-canceling, so you don't have to compromise functionality to enjoy its benefits. It is a great upgrade if fat bridge tone is your thing! This is a no-cost option.
If you're putting these pickups in a guitar with a fretboard radius of 12" or flatter, you may want to consider Fralin's hybrid stagger. Fender's original stagger pattern was devised at a time when all Fenders had a 7.25" radius. There are still plenty of guitars out there with a 7.25" radius, so pickups with the conventional stagger are still the norm. However, guitars with a 12" or flatter radius will probably benefit from the flatter hybrid-stagger.
Pickup Covers: We order Fralins with white covers. If you want other colors we have Fender covers available, and we have knobs to match them. (Choose at checkout, some options carry an upcharge).
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| Original Electronics |
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| Original Case |
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| Original Packaging |
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| Refinished |
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