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by ovation553 » 21 Apr 2019, 11:34
hi all chaz here
presently im using a vintage reissue strat with trev wilkinson single coils i am thinking on changing pick ups to ironstone silver series heard a lot of good reports...would this make an improvement to my guitar or should i stay with the stock wilkinson pick ups....not that these babies are sound bad but for the price it would be a cheep upgrade any ideas welcome
regards charlie
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by Stu's Dad » 21 Apr 2019, 14:01
Hiya Chaz,
My own personal view is that there would be very little to gain. I've got a Squier Classic Vibe 50s and I changed the pickups to Ironstone Gold. I found the originals to be better so I changed back again. Ironstone are quite good, but so are Wilkinson.
Cheers,
Len
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by artyman » 21 Apr 2019, 17:03
I have a set of Ironstone Golds in my MIM strat , sound good to me, not sure about the player though!
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by chaddman » 22 Apr 2019, 15:37
Hi Chaz,
I have purchased Alnico V pick ups from China for £14 odd which were a made by Belcat and a Loaded Alnico V pick guard from China for £16 odd.Both sound great to me and for such a small investment well worth a punt.If they don`t sound much different then you haven`t spent much and at least you will have some spares.
Cheers Phil.
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by dave robinson » 22 Apr 2019, 21:35
I have Ironstone pickups on one guitar and they are decent pickups and a good alternative to cheap pickups found on some Squiers, but the Wilkinson pickups are excellent too and not something I would change personally. I have two Vintage guitars equipped with Wilkinson pickups and they are staying put. Trevor Wilkinson has done his homework and got it pretty much right, so I think it would be a waste of money. If you do go down that road I would be very interested to know how they compare and if there is some improvement, if any.
Dave Robinson
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by RUSSET » 23 Apr 2019, 12:24
I'll second that for Wilkinsons. Some years back I replaced the humbuckers in my Epi Les Paul Standard with Wilkinson Vintage style pickups. It made all the difference to the tone & it actually sounds quite like a real LP now.
Tony.
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by ovation553 » 25 Apr 2019, 20:58
hi all
many thanks for replies and opinions....sticking with the majority the wilkies will stay
best regards to everyone
charlie
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