What's your favorite Fender single coil pickup set ?

The above pics are of the loaded DG pickguard and the stock one , and the stripped body I sanded down after seeing there were a multitude of shrink lines in the finish , across the body.

I didn't notice the lines until I got the guitar under bright light and saw it at an angle. I called Fender and they said , "it happens".
My OCD kicked in and I sanded the body smooth.
The wiring on the new pickguard looks very well done. The color of the guard itself ; unfortunately , was wrong , so my attempt at a lazy pickup swap - backfired. I had to swap all the controls and pickups.

She's back together. I rested the trem , put 10's on it. Feels stiff. The slinky floating strat with 9's is gone.
The D Gilmour pickup configuration sounds good. I can see these single coils need to be adjusted rather precisely , in terms of height. They are sounding better already.
I'll be tinkering for a few days.
 
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cobbler said:
I have a Kinman Traditional MK-III set on my strat and love them. I believe they offer a Gilmore Black Strat set of their Impersonator series but you would have to check their site. Kinmans are pricey but well worth it in my humble opinion.
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These pickups have sparked my interest after watching a Brett Kingman video demo. Very sweet sounding. Are these your only Kinman pickups ?
 
Personally I think you need two strats for Gilmour - you need a something with real buzzy single coils (my PRS DC-3 fills this for me) and a strat style guitar with the EMG DG-20 setup (my DG-20 loaded strat). The tones are some completely distinctive - and they are both amazing. You can't really make both sets of sounds in one guitar in my opinion. You need both.
 
1poorplayer said:
These pickups have sparked my interest after watching a Brett Kingman video demo. Very sweet sounding. Are these your only Kinman pickups ?
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Yes they are my only ones. I had a set of Fender SCN Samarium Cobalt Noiseless in my Strat and never liked them. They were just plain dull. I was talking to Matt (@Admin) here and he recommended the Kinmans so I gave them a shot. I know several others that have different Kinmans than the set I chose and they all love theirs as well. Again, they are not cheap by any means but well worth it in my humble opinion.

I bought the K9 harness they offer with my pickups which made it a simple install.
 
I will say the Kinman's grew on me. I was not blown away at first.

Now I am hooked and would like to explore other Kinman sets.

Caveat, I was a dyed in the wool Gibson humbucker guy and was making the switch to a Strat as my #1 at the same time as getting the Kinmans. So part of my not bonding with the Kinmans was just the obvious learning how to play a Strat. I really never knew all the considerations about how to get the tones I wanted out of a Strat.

Now, I find some satisfaction and pride, how much I enjoy the Strat and that I can get good tones from it.
 
barhrecords said:
I will say the Kinman's grew on me. I was not blown away at first.

Now I am hooked and would like to explore other Kinman sets.

Caveat, I was a dyed in the wool Gibson humbucker guy and was making the switch to a Strat as my #1 at the same time as getting the Kinmans. So part of my not bonding with the Kinmans was just the obvious learning how to play a Strat. I really never knew all the considerations about how to get the tones I wanted out of a Strat.

Now, I find some satisfaction and pride, how much I enjoy the Strat and that I can get good tones from it.
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...Sounds too much like MY story. Lol
I shouldn't say I want to sound like Gilmour. I like his tones. I also like the lead tones of EVH. And , I enjoy the pallet of tones available from a strat vs the LP , now that I've played around with one for a while.
I'd like to bit the bullet and get ahold of a set of Kinman pickups to put in my 2nd strat.
I've been full circle with humbuckers and LP's over the years , and came to the conclusion that the low output pickups give me the most tone. These single coils have taken it a step further , yet I still desire the singing leads , like the old VH.
I'm on the fence about which set to get. Kingman's Blues set demo sounds great too.
 
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