Cheap strat pickups recommendation?

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:08 pm

Right have decided the pickups in the cheap strat i bought must go anyone recommend any good CHEAP strat pickups? about Ã‚Â£40 max for the set and low output

George · Post by **George** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:12 pm

Used set of squier CV pickups would be a good shout. ThereÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s a 50s set on eBay right now actually

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:19 pm

They do sound class.

I thought they'd probably go for more than Ã‚Â£40 though, because idiots.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:36 pm

Squier CV pickups are rebranded Tonerider pups?

George · Post by **George** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:18 am

Not officially confirmed but yes.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:20 pm

Madness.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:50 pm

I'm still skeptical of that, but in any case they really aren't anything too special, and they're running through 500k pots on the CVs so not a very vintage scheme. They sound like Strats when you put them in Strats though, that's hard to fuck up... there's no reason to replace them if you buy a CV, but I wouldn't seek them out on their own for any reason except to save money.

George · Post by **George** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:09 pm

The range in the cv teles and strats completely mirror outputs, magnets, construction and look identical to toneriders. It is quite well documented. The Simon Neil strat having 3 x Alnico 3 and 3 x Alnico 5 magnets per pickup is a big giveaway. Also cvs have 250 alpha brand pots. P sure theyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re alpha last time I checked anyway.