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By the preamble i thought you could play but how can you not even tell its out of tune.

Been listening to the pure vintage pups and think I like the 73s best

Interesting. I'm sure when you replaced the whole pickguard set you moved from the old style Cray switch wiring to the new style which gives the bridge pickup a tone control? I'm sure that made a difference to. My Cray has the old style which has no tone control on the neck pickup. I think that's standard for them.

Listening in Everett! WA

The tone your getting out those pickups have more to do with the amp your using than than pickups I think. I have the same set of pups, and through my Friedman BE Deluxe or JCM800 into V30 and Greenbacks I get a much richer tone from them

Nice sounding guitar. It's so satisfying when you find your dream pickups. I got a Suhr-strat (used) with vintage Lollar Dirty Blonde's and "My Tone Search" ended on that day. oNe LovE from NYC

Nice video! Ash more balanced for my taste.

I like the way the 59's sound, kind of mid scooped honking sound but focused. I might try these in my mexican strat.

I love these pups, I have sets them in six of my guitars and in the rest of my guitars (14) I have several sets of 54 custom shop pups, texmex pups, and one great set (but can't get them anymore) of 57 custom shop pups and man do they sing so sweet. All of them are great especially the 57's but I use the 59's mostly for giging and the rest for studio work and goofing off. Just my 2 cents worth. Peace.

They sound good. I'd be curious to compare them to the 57/62 set.

Ben was killed in an awful accident in September of '21. His music lives on. As his father, I am comforted by his musical legacy.

A serious bucket list moment! Must have been a whirlwind!

I don't like the sound of those pickups on any five of the switch settings. I also don't like any of the artist signature Stratocasters . They're way overpriced so they can pay a cut to the artist they're endorsed with.I have a 2001 American Standard Strat I bought new for $ 1.100 .00 ,the going price at the time and I like it's better than anything they build now! Fender have too many guitars on their line making it too confusing for the first time buyer .

Great! This should be on the radio!

If both bodies were the same age, it MIGHT be a fair comparison. You have an aged, played body vs a chunk of wood that might have been a tree a matter of months ago. If wood matters; acoustic players have understood for a long time that age changes their guitars over time. They call it "playing in" or "opening up". I can tell you that I have a rosewood Larrivée that the original owner sold because it was a chimy, ringing, monster. I tolerated it, and now 4 years later it is the nicest sounding guitar I have. It still has the highs, but the almost feedback like chiming resonance has gone. There might be a difference between ash and alder, but I would say there is a bigger difference between a 20 year old body and one just months old.

I’m here because I just got my first ash body strat style guitar and maaaaannn the weight! 😮 I just wanted to see if ash was indeed a heavy wood. The finish on mine is a gorgeous natural honey colour but I’m sure glad I’m a well built guy because it;s gonna be demanding on my shoulders 😅

They sound great!!!👍

Great song! Bringing back the 1960s vibe and sound with new tunes is a great idea!

Sonds like early 70's b-sides

Great video,buddy.I really like this pickup,but it’s difficult to buy,I didn’t find it.

Fantastic song, and lovely images. Takes me right back to those sweet eastern shores of Lake Winnipeg.

Love it! Very evocative, sweet and summery.

I'm a big Seymour Duncan fan, but holy smokes... Those Robert Crays sounded lightyears better.

Ash sounded more balanced. Alder a little too lively/harsh..

Holy Toledo, that is lovely! Way to go!

Already love the song but the cartoon is super cute.

I'm sorry to report that Benjamin died in a tragic accident in September of 2021.

Wood makes no difference what so ever. Just look at the comments here. People can't even agree on which sounded brighter etc. That's because the wood makes no difference. Electronics do, set up does, amp settings do. Wood ..no If ther is any actual difference in sound, its due to diferences in setups etc. It is impossible to exactly have the same distances between everything when swapping parts.

Awesome Karl, beautiful song!

Wicked tune, nice job Gail and Karl!

Sweet. And weren’t we so very young back when….

Happy for you and Gail...and a very sweet song.

Respect for the people of Ukraine. And this is catchy as heck.

Great time to rerelease this - before Valentine's Day but especially to lighten us all up if we've been watching and listening to too much of the news!

Lovely to hear this again.

Great song and video! Thank you for sharing it.

I love this...can you and Gail write a new set of lyrics to go with just having this darn cold spell?

It's incredible how different they sound. Alder sounds more sparkling, brighter... Ash sounded more balanced to me Wow Maybe just by tunning the EQ of the amp

Too bad you can't leave the RC strat with its pickups, which sounds so wonderfully "straty", and get another guitar for you gigging needs. It's 2021 now (old thread), and you can get excellent guitars for a few hundred dollars now. I bought an "EART" ES-335 with excellent sounding vintage (low power) humbucking pickups, and can't stop playing it. The neck is perfect, Indian rosewood fretboard, stainless steel frets finished perfectly with rounded ends, bone nut, good working smooth tuners, beautiful open-pore satin finish (mahogany veneer over maple ply body) wonderful feeling slick-satin C neck. $389- was all it cost. If that's too much, I also got an ES-335 with P-90's from Grote, which had jumbo frets not finished as well - need dressing, but bone nut, and same open-pore satin finish, slightly larger C neck, tuners not quite as good as the EART, but this one was only $189. I prefer P-90 pickups and jumbo frets, but the EART is a slightly better guitar, and a joy to play. There are dozens of other options now too, as you likely know. It's your guitar, but these excellent Cray strats were made right. Just because the pickups only cost $100- doesn't mean they are excellent pickups. Eric Johnson pickups cost $219, and I don't like them as much - too "sterile" sounding, for want of a better word. I didn't like my Eric Johnson strat in general, neck too big, fretboard radius too flat, weird feeling high-medium frets (I prefer jumbos, and not too high), sticky finish on the neck, but the pickups sound was especially disappointing, although other people love them. It was so pretty to look at, I feel in love with its looks, and thought I could adapt to the larger neck, but I just can't get around as easily on bigger necks. Some people say bigger necks sound better, but Jimmy Page's #1 Les Paul 'Burst had a very thin neck, which is said to influence its tone in a positive way, giving it "zing"....?

man those RC pickups sound great. Very distinctive. But great tone.

humbucker m8

The Duncan's sound dead. No punch, bloom or bell quality. Just flat. Would probably be okay for distortion, but sound way to compressed clean.

Great vid informative

Good effort with limited resources - certainly made the best of them

"LIKE" and congratulations on your work! good luck with your music !! I made my entry the last day! Greetings from Argentina, where are you from?

Bravo, great score! I really dig this entry, the spotting is well timed and loved the orchestration. What are your favourite libraries? Best of luck in the competition. I submitted one as well

Great video as to why you should not change out the stock USA custom shop pups on your RC.

If you want HB why burn a quality guitar? Just use any cheap strat. If you are playing dirty even a CBS strat will do. Not sensible.