GOOD Mustang Pickup Options

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GOOD Mustang Pickup Options

Post by letsgocoyote »

how are the cij pickups? any other recommendations ike seymours or fralins

im gonna order parts for my mustrang project, mght get some strat style cheaps while i save up for pricier pickups. but if i just wanna get cij's ill snag em now cuz they are cheap enough
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Post by Mike »

The '69 CIJ ones are very weak, extremely low output and not in a "Vintage sound" kind of way.

I think seymour duncan make Antiquity II replacements, and if you could get the '65 RI pickups they're great.
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Post by Ty »

I've had luck with mine, but I prefer using my stang with a hotrails in the bridge. But if your interested I might have a couple of RI Mustang pickups lying around.
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Post by Thom »

I didn't really like the CIJ pups at all. Depends what sound you are going for, but I would get something else. Any strat pup will fit of course.
I had JBjrs in mine, which worked pretty well.
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Post by Mages »

the GFS 60's non-staggers are not exactly mustang pickups but their pretty freakin close. I think mustang pickups are 6.3k; the GFS set is a 5.8, a 6.3 and a 6.8. so you can choose how you like it. I have the stagger version and they're excellent.
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Post by DanHeron »

I have the 69 RI stock pickups still in my mustang. I like them.
They're very low output which is a bit annoying - I'm using a booster pedal which helps get round that problem. Also the output of the bridge and neck pickups is not balanced, the neck is a lot louder. This is also annoying.. I have tried lowering it and making the bridge pickup higher but it hasn't really helped. However, even though there are these issues, I love the sound of them! Both pickups together sounds great (even though the neck pickup is slightly louder).
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Post by Progrockabuse »

i have the stock 65 pickups in my CIJ mustang. there pretty good, well balanced between the neck and bridge pickups. i've only really noticed the lower output when i've been playing around with fuzz/od pedals. i have to use a little more gain than my strat, but it's not too bad. both pickups on is pretty powerful, i use that quite a bit for rhythm sounds, switching to neck for lead. i like the just the neck on clean with my univibe, perfect gilmour sounds.
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Post by vincel »

CIJ pickups are teh sux0r, and anyone who tells you different needs their ears syringing.

(This is not a dig against CIJ guitars, they just require a little work to bring them up-to-spec.)

I've never had cause for complaint with Seymour Duncan pickups, so they're my recommendation based on personal experience.

People tell me that Curtis Novak wins over Lindy Fralin. Curtis doesn't list Mustang replacements, but I'd be surprised if he couldn't accommodate you.
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Post by Mike »

vincel wrote:CIJ pickups are teh sux0r, and anyone who tells you different needs their ears syringing.

(This is not a dig against CIJ guitars, they just require a little work to bring them up-to-spec.)

I've never had cause for complaint with Seymour Duncan pickups, so they're my recommendation based on personal experience.

People tell me that Curtis Novak wins over Lindy Fralin. Curtis doesn't list Mustang replacements, but I'd be surprised if he couldn't accommodate you.
'69 RI Mustang? Yes.

'65 RI Mustang? I will fight you.
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Post by vincel »

Mike wrote:'69 RI Mustang? Yes.

'65 RI Mustang? I will fight you.
You will lose.
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Post by Mike »

You're a hippie. I'll just harsh your mellow by throwing some soap at you.

Nah, you're dead wrong on that. The '65 RI pickups are superb and that's common knowledge around these parts, parts where we have a lot of Mustang experts.

Maybe you just don't like Mustangs.
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Post by vincel »

Mike wrote:Maybe you just don't like Mustangs.
Maybe I just don't like reissues? I dunno. Yeah, maybe I'm a snob. But, I refuse to be labelled a stinking hippie!
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Post by Mike »

You're doing it wrong. Anyway, your case gets drilled tonight, which is good times.
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Mike wrote:Anyway, your case gets drilled tonight, which is good times.
Yeah, I must remember to use that line on my wife.
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Easy, Casanova.
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I can only presume Vince does a lot of DIY projects for his beloved..
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Or fucks her Luggage.
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thanks for the suggstions :)
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Post by robroe »

i stand by my 65RI pickups. 1 guitar out of the 20 that I own i haven't fucked with. i have changed something on every single one of my guitars except the mg65. its the fucking perfect guitar.

so go get some mg65 pickups. (you can tell by the grey bottoms) and life will be good for you
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