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Published on 01/21/14 at 09:35
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Excellent
I wanted to order a set of pickups for my Fender Stratocaster Highway 1, which seemed to be a good basis for improvement but I really did not play because of the sounds that came out ... Information taken (and thanks to Audiofanzine user reviews), I contact Marc Tornado MS which suggests to me a set of two "Texas Hot" in the neck and central and a "Gilmourish" saddle.
In addition, I asked the assembly of these mics on a shield and Marc took care of me for wiring, installation and finishing. The result is well above my expectations and found a wiring old son with fabric, beautiful welds and quality parts "shop" (I had never seen a capacitor tone also impressive for its size!). For the options, I enjoys tone knobs "No-Load" that render sound in its entirety without filtering when 10 and a push-pull on the volume which allows me to activate the neck pickup and enjoy and 7 positions instead of five traditional positions. And given the quality of the mics, I am delighted selected options!
I wanted a vintage single coil sound high quality but by reducing the lens side that is typically found on the Stratocaster ... My friends, what was my surprise!! I use this set "custom" for a few days now and my guitar was transformed, transcended!
The Gilmourish is a simple on-wound micro to make it less crystalline and more powerful than traditional single microphone. The result is an impressive level of output, a warm and accurate sound, very comfortable in overdrive or distortion, but especially a grain to fall!
Gilmourish the saddle feels the 60 and 70 full tubes with relatively dark vintage character. This mic has a lot of personality as its general tone is the opposite of a traditional Stratocaster pickup. Here, the sound is not very bright and it is quite a bump in the high-mid and low-mid. Attention is still remains on single coil pickups, but sometimes I seem to hear a Gibson SG with humbucker splite ... Comparison made with my SG-X 1994 has a 500 T splitable, actually it is not far!
I love this mic, its clear or crunch / overdrive / saturated because it has a real personality, a unique sound!
Like his classmates, the Gilmourish great respect for the emotions and the slightest variation in the pick attack feels. Bandwidth is amazing and the microphone is never too aigrelets or deaf. The sound is "full" everywhere!
Mixed with Hot Texas middle or neck, the sound changes dramatically tone and neither microphones takes precedence over the other, which gives her a ... through! Since I set it, I discovered a new position on the selector, intermediate positions that I had used two or three times in my life ...
It is certain that this set does not necessarily suit everyone, microphones with a strong personality and this time I did not find it "Stratocaster" but rather "Strat that has the cough!" This is exactly what I wanted and I'm really pleased to have contacted Mark for making this plate.
These single-coil pickups are the best I have ever heard so far, just! In addition to sound quality, they are perfectly suited to my needs.
I did not know that Fender products in terms of single coils pickups. Apart from the origin of my Highway 1 pickups, I've listened to and played microphones "American Standard" and microphones Fender Custom Shop '60 's, because I am the proud owner of a '60 Stratocaster Relic Olympic White ... I will also tell you a secret ... It is likely that the set L Series in '60 Tornado MS comes piggyback on this guitar quickly ... In fact, I think my Highway 1 sounds better than the Custom Shop now say it!
The price / quality ratio is excellent and the more you work a French craftsman. Of course you are buying a product but also service and advice from Marc were very valuable to achieve a good result. Under these conditions, it is obvious that I would do this choice.
In addition, I asked the assembly of these mics on a shield and Marc took care of me for wiring, installation and finishing. The result is well above my expectations and found a wiring old son with fabric, beautiful welds and quality parts "shop" (I had never seen a capacitor tone also impressive for its size!). For the options, I enjoys tone knobs "No-Load" that render sound in its entirety without filtering when 10 and a push-pull on the volume which allows me to activate the neck pickup and enjoy and 7 positions instead of five traditional positions. And given the quality of the mics, I am delighted selected options!
I wanted a vintage single coil sound high quality but by reducing the lens side that is typically found on the Stratocaster ... My friends, what was my surprise!! I use this set "custom" for a few days now and my guitar was transformed, transcended!
The Gilmourish is a simple on-wound micro to make it less crystalline and more powerful than traditional single microphone. The result is an impressive level of output, a warm and accurate sound, very comfortable in overdrive or distortion, but especially a grain to fall!
Gilmourish the saddle feels the 60 and 70 full tubes with relatively dark vintage character. This mic has a lot of personality as its general tone is the opposite of a traditional Stratocaster pickup. Here, the sound is not very bright and it is quite a bump in the high-mid and low-mid. Attention is still remains on single coil pickups, but sometimes I seem to hear a Gibson SG with humbucker splite ... Comparison made with my SG-X 1994 has a 500 T splitable, actually it is not far!
I love this mic, its clear or crunch / overdrive / saturated because it has a real personality, a unique sound!
Like his classmates, the Gilmourish great respect for the emotions and the slightest variation in the pick attack feels. Bandwidth is amazing and the microphone is never too aigrelets or deaf. The sound is "full" everywhere!
Mixed with Hot Texas middle or neck, the sound changes dramatically tone and neither microphones takes precedence over the other, which gives her a ... through! Since I set it, I discovered a new position on the selector, intermediate positions that I had used two or three times in my life ...
It is certain that this set does not necessarily suit everyone, microphones with a strong personality and this time I did not find it "Stratocaster" but rather "Strat that has the cough!" This is exactly what I wanted and I'm really pleased to have contacted Mark for making this plate.
These single-coil pickups are the best I have ever heard so far, just! In addition to sound quality, they are perfectly suited to my needs.
I did not know that Fender products in terms of single coils pickups. Apart from the origin of my Highway 1 pickups, I've listened to and played microphones "American Standard" and microphones Fender Custom Shop '60 's, because I am the proud owner of a '60 Stratocaster Relic Olympic White ... I will also tell you a secret ... It is likely that the set L Series in '60 Tornado MS comes piggyback on this guitar quickly ... In fact, I think my Highway 1 sounds better than the Custom Shop now say it!
The price / quality ratio is excellent and the more you work a French craftsman. Of course you are buying a product but also service and advice from Marc were very valuable to achieve a good result. Under these conditions, it is obvious that I would do this choice.