The all new, totally redesigned for 2009 Neovin pickups are HERE!
The “Pure Vintage” set is the most authentic old-school Strat sound in the Neovin lineup.
We use a Neo 6 in the bridge and neck and a Neo 5 in the middle for a perfect old school balance- Neodymium pickups faithfully replicate the tone, explosive dynamics, and feel of vintage Strat pickups, with ZERO noise.
Stand right in front of your amp, stand under a dozen Heineken neon signs- don’t matter. NO noise.
Look- lots of noise free and hum canceling Strat pickups claim to be “vintage”, why are ours different?? It’s the approach. Through years of pickup design we know the pitfalls of hum canceling pickups. Stacked humbuckers lose bottom end, side by side humbuckers lose treble response, shielded pickups lose feel and dynamics, and active pickups hiss and lose that “human” flex and sag that make passive analog pickups so musically significant.
Why are ours different?? We started with a very narrow aperture side by side humbucker, then build a grounded “Shield” array that works to acoustically and magnetically “tune” the pickup. It’s a remarkable thing really, NAILING the tone, the feel, the rich, firm PIANO-like bottom end…. The sweet, not-too-harsh and very vintage midrange response…. The chimey, sparkly golden high end….It’s all there, with plenty to spare.
Neovins are VERY proximity sensitive- so get em as close to the strings as you can for all of that explosive, girthy goodness.
This set is very close to vintage pickups in term of tone and output level. You may need to slightly lower the bass side of the mid and neck to balance. Since we suggest you jack the pickups up AS CLOSE to the strings as possible- tuning is a simple task.
If you want the vintage feel with a little harder sounding bridge pickup- go for the “Mega Texas” set.
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