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Hi Groovers,

As many of you will know, after I heard Phil Kelly's great demo of the Sliders pickups from Australia, I bought a set as I immediately recognised that they sounded ver very close to my treasured Masterbuilt 50th anniversary Strat which is mega expensive - by comparison these pickups are not - and have transformed my old Strat into a great sounding guitar once again, for just over £200.00.

For those interested,here are links to some demos using the said pickups.
I have done three different 'takes' of Apache, first of all using the expensive ESE Echomatic via the Vox AC15 Heritage, then the ESE through my 30watt Vox Valvetronix (VT30) and then using the Vox VT30 dry, but adding the Roland 201 echo position #5. I found it interesting to say the least, in as much that the guitar is dictating the sound, rather than the echo or the amp.

Here's the first link http://www.4shared.com/audio/IkKyrv4p/A ... -_Heritage.

2 http://www.4shared.com/audio/uYGLVNB3/A ... ronix.html

3 http://www.4shared.com/audio/Wsb7P_W1/A ... x_-_2.html

4 http://www.4shared.com/audio/jRq5zJWX/B ... iders.html

5 http://www.4shared.com/audio/y4qsvZ2W/F ... _Slid.html

6 http://www.4shared.com/audio/dQZQ87S6/K ... iders.html

7 http://www.4shared.com/audio/THaNf_7S/G ... iders.html

8 http://www.4shared.com/audio/OEMIE0kd/P ... iders.html

NEW ! 9 http://www.4shared.com/audio/rcz5bR_R/S ... ckups.html

10 http://www.4shared.com/audio/9eJuADgs/I ... iders.html

An excellent demo Dave and great sounding pickups.

Hi Dave,
Very good presentation of what these babys can do in an old Strat...
Your '63 Strat is probably the same as mine,so the Sliders would probably give me the same results if I put them in my '63 Strat.
But I listened to Phil Kelly's Frightened City demo with the Sliders in his Strat once again,only his Strat has a maple neck which
in my opinion gives a little more bite and "spank",if you know what I mean..
Would that be of influential importance on the overall sound of the Sliders you think?
Thanks for sharing the tunes you played Dave..

Regards,
Ernie

thanks for taking the time to do this dave very intresting. peter

dave robinson wrote:Thanks guys for listening and for your input.
Ernie, my '63 Strat currently has a birds eye maple neck fitted from Alan Brason, I'll refit the rosewood veneer neck and check it out, I guess it will sound warmer.

Thanks Dave..looking forward to hearing the difference..
Btw...I've seen some of your playing with the Past Masters on Youtube...quite pleasing to see but I'm guessing the pups on your Strat in the vid
are the 57/62's which to me sound great as well..

Cheers,
Ernie

Hi David,

I'm no expert on Strat pickups and don't even own a Strat but they sound good to me. I couldn't download the second file for some reason. Your playing was excellent as usual. Thanks for posting these test files. It sounds like you have yourself a good aquisition there.

Regards,
Len

Number 2 file now works.