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Seymour Duncan SSL-1 Set California

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Seymour Duncan SSL-1 Set California
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Exactly what I was looking for
Ganitzsh 03.07.2024
I but these to replace my HSH plate on my Fender strat to get a warmer tone. I'm also a big fan of John Frusciante's sound in the original RHCP albums, and after watching tons of videos with sound tests comparing different models, I went for these.

I did the soldering myself with a kit I also bought with these, it was my first time but I managed to get them properly soldered and installed. Let me tell you how excited I was when I plugged my guitar and started noodling with these for the first time!

It has this very iconic warmth that this particular model is known for, and it is very versatile with a 5-way switch. I can play super clean jazz, as well as punchy blues rock and the sound definition is awesome.

I spent a lot of time playing on the neck pickup since I really like the warm sound they get you.

Overall I'm very satisfied after a few years, and I still enjoy them as much as the first day. If you are looking for a high quality set of pickups for similar reasons as I did, I highly recommend you get them, they won't disappoint.
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Excellent product!
Anonymous 03.05.2016
Have had these installed in my Strat for the past few months and I am very happy with them. Compared to my stock Fender pickups these have more clarity and sparkle. Tonally I can achieve sounds remninissant of John Frusciante, Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Niall Rodgers etc. with a few amp tweaks (Blues Jr.).

Other than that there isn't much to say - great pickups!
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Love These pickups
Hega35 10.11.2020
Bought these to go into my home build Mark Knopfler signature. These pickups combined with the Harley Benton Strat kit gave me an incredible guitar that plays and sounds at least twice as good as it cost!

Pros: Fantastic vintage sound from these pickups that can cover many different genres comfortably.

Cons: They are lower output pickups. This can't be considered a con as they were designed as such. They will be quieter than most modern Mexican or American Stratocasters you can buy.
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The strat sound!
Jimbobirish 07.10.2020
Exactly what a strat should sound like in my book. and I've owned a lot of strats;)
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Great clarity
KiwiNZ 25.11.2019
I have had these pickups in my Mexican strat for a few months now and they have a lower output than the Mexican standard pickups. The sound is a lot less muddy and more clear, with a fender amp these just sounds right. You do need to add more gain than before to get similar levels of drive. The neck pickup is awesome and is my favourite. These are great to get a clean / just on the verge of breakup sound. I could never really get that with the standard Mexican pickups for some reason.
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mnovak 21.08.2017
Nice sound! Worth upgrading my mexico strat
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Great vintage sounding pickups
mathiasbex 14.04.2020
These are great vintage sounding pickups! Not hot, yet combines really good with gain pedals! I recommend this to everyone who is looking for a vintage strat sound!
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Go To Strat Pickup Set
Kevin Lee 07.11.2020
This Set is basically Strat101 in a nutshell, taht makes it to my go to replacement Set on nearly all of my Strats and by the way same does mr. Frusciante.
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ssl-1 pickups
andyshiel1987 17.05.2013
I bought these for my 05 62 vintage reissue strat, they made an incredible difference in tone and clarity sounds like a old vintage strat should, you cannot go wrong with these, they are fantastic!!
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Love the sound
Anonymous 12.08.2014
Great sound. I guess tone is a personal thing so check them out before you buy but love the ?vintage? tone.

Pretty standard. Was easy to install in a strat.
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Seymour Duncan SSL-1 Set California