axo151 Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 anyone have experience with fralin pickups? how do they compare to bardens? i want to get some fralin 'blues special' single coils for a strat, and then one of the 'unbuckers' to use as a coil tapper. anyone used them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 All I know is that Fralin bass pickups are top notch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I've got the Blues Specials in a Strat I just finished. These are THE BEST pickups I have ever tried. Get the Bassplate option for the bridge pickup. It really helps beef up the bridge position and keep it from sounding too thin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I have Fralins in my relic (neck and middle positions) No question, the best strat pickups I have ever had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Fralins are WAY different than Bardens. Bardens are hi-fi-ish, true humbucking pkps with a tremendous frequency response and utterly dead quiet. Bardens have a sound all their own, different than most anything else out there. I'm not saying that in a good or bad way, just saying it. Fralins are not HB-ing, and will give more of an authentic, vintage Fender SC tone. Bardens are no longer available anyway, and a Barden Tele set are going for about $500.00 on the 'bay lately. A much closer comparison to Fralins would be Rio Grande or maybe Van Zandts or something out of the Duncan book than Bardens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_ed Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Howdy, I have put several pairs of Fralin Blues in Teles that I have built, and they are by far my favorite PUPs hands down. I have built only one Strat, and I put Fralin Blues Specials in that one. I like them. What can I say? When it comes to Fender style singles, I am a Fralin kind of guy. Guitar Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axo151 Posted December 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 yeah i knwo the bardens are very different. if i had my way, i would put more bardens in my strat, but they are going for too much on ebay. i'm looking for a bridge humbucker and a middle position single coil, that will run me something like 300-350 on ebay, and i'd rather save 100 bucks and go with fralins, regardless of the fact that they are very different. vintage is what im looking for, this strat is a blue machine with balls (hence the bucker). it's got great attack and sustain which is nice to have in a strat. anyway, thanks for the reviews, i appreciate them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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