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#286662 - 30/07/11 07:27 AM
Re: Hi, anyone tried Ironstone pickups?
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Oldjono
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As it happens I am stuck between which set to get. The ironstone chap recommended the gold set to me but I'm closer to getting the Platinum set. It seems that at the prices charged they are low enough to swop around anyway.
For an eighty-five quid Squier strat with ceramics fitted it's hardly breaking the bank. As it happens the Squier sounds reasonable okay through a fender 15 watts amp anyway.
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#286672 - 30/07/11 01:49 PM
Re: Hi, anyone tried Ironstone pickups?
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Megi
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Nice one Adrian, play those blues! Actually you get full marks from me for a really useful comparison, thank you for including a totally clean sound in your comparisons - I personally find it a bit hard to compare pickups when there is any element of overdrive used, so that was really good. There really does seem to be an appreciable difference, and obviously its a matter of taste, but I really did prefer the sound of the Ironstones - fuller bodied and richer to my ears, while still very much a classic Strat sound. The stock Fenders sound a bit thin and weedy by comparison.
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#286673 - 30/07/11 01:51 PM
Re: Hi, anyone tried Ironstone pickups?
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Megi
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As it happens I am stuck between which set to get. The ironstone chap recommended the gold set to me but I'm closer to getting the Platinum set. It seems that at the prices charged they are low enough to swop around anyway.
For an eighty-five quid Squier strat with ceramics fitted it's hardly breaking the bank. As it happens the Squier sounds reasonable okay through a fender 15 watts amp anyway.
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Graham, jazz guitar nut!
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#286676 - 30/07/11 04:10 PM
Re: Hi, anyone tried Ironstone pickups?
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alan1302
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Registered: 30/07/11
Posts: 34
Loc: West Yorkshire
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Cheers for that - very useful and the Ironstone ones do certainly sound better.
How have you found them with a rockier, heavier distortion sound?
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#290881 - 21/12/11 10:20 AM
Re: Hi, anyone tried Ironstone pickups?
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Oldjono
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Have just taken delivery of these...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Xmas-Alnico-V-...=item6fc4f42c1e
When the new soldering iron arrives they'll be installed and then we'll see (hear) any difference.
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#290884 - 21/12/11 10:57 AM
Re: Hi, anyone tried Ironstone pickups?
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Megi
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Will be very interested to hear your impressions OJ - I've nearly bought a set of Ironstones on several occasions - I keep going back to their website as well.
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