Lindy Fralin Pickups - Blues Special Strat Replacements vs. Split Blade Strat Replacements

In this video, famed guitar pickup winder Lindy Fralin personally demonstrates a set of his Blues Special Strat replacement pickups against a set of his new Hum Canceling Split Blade Strat Replacements (Blues Output).

The new Split Blades are a fully hum-bucking replacement for Strat® style pickups with all the high-end clarity you expect from a traditional single coil. They are available in three outputs (Vintage, Blues and High Output) and two colors (white and black). All 3 sets come with a 10% stronger bridge.

This comparison is not scientific but it was recorded in a controlled environment with virtually no enhancement. The signal path for this demo was as follows:
Guitar, VVT Lindy Fralin model amp with 1/15", SM57 mic'ed about 18" off the grill cloth, RNC Compressor, Mackie XDR preamp, Apogee Duet, Logic Pro on a Macbook Pro. The signal was recorded dry although a very slight amount of compression was added to reduce clipping and a slight plate reverb was added in Logic Pro for spatial enhancement. Otherwise the sound you hear is the pure, unaltered sound of the pickups through the amp with the volume set on about "3". Learn more about these pickups at www.fralinpickups.com

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[gittar1]

i think if yu used a pick..yu might be able to hear the true sound of the pickup!

[VirtualWoodshed]

@gittar1

check out Fralin Pickups new youtube channel for tons of new vids, including ones showing pick attack and overdriven tones. youtube[dot]com/fralinpickups

Thanks. VW

[kdjfnvjvd]

lindy's the man!!!

[inchskater]

how can they put the dots on the neck at the side like that ?

there is like no uglier way in my opinion :(

[prefixproductions1]

to me the neck pickup sounds to hard, or tight. any way i can get a looser, wetter sound?

[Hobinator17]

@itsonlyrcknroll yes i agree, knopfler's sound is brilliant on any guitar he plays. such a unique guitarist with an awesome fingerstyle

[itsonlyrcknroll]

@gittar1 so I suppose that Mark Knopfler doesn't have great sound, or true sound,  because he plays fingerstyle on a Strat, Les Paul and every other guitar he plays?

[aLongHairedDude]

What is the amp?



[HandRpuffin]

Not to be too much of a annoyance, but could there be a demo of the High Output strat set?

[Amfluter]

sounds great

[Fenderfan171]

@gittar1 you realize that the guitar was originally intended to be played with your fingers right?

[MrUnseenBucket]

Hey, how can i get rid of annoying hum in my lindy fralin pickups? i have the same ones, but in 60's road worn strat and they hum and sound a little thin.. even with distortion.. is it the quality of guitar? or my amp/pedals? cause i use a blackstar ht-20 and a badmonkey (i know, neither are top of the line quality, but still)

[johnnyandlizt]

Lindy, I have a Deluxe Player's Strat that I recently replaced the pick-ups with the Everything Axe set from Seymour Duncan. I am not happy and was wondering what you would suggest from your line for me to buy? I play from Van Halen to Foo Fighters and Alice in Chains. Thanks and good sounding videos