i've been upgrading and modding my MIM road one strat for some time now
new synthetic bone nut new pickguard knobs pickup covers shielding etc now it's time to upgrade the
pickups i reckon the tex-mex pickups in it are amazing nothing wrong with those
but i've got a bit of a tone bug so i reached out to porter custom pickups
spoke to Brian Porter who said sure i'll send you some vintage custom wound pickups for it
so thanks to Brian and the team of porter i really appreciate it so in this video let's swap them out
Just in case you didn't know they're based in Boice Idaho
porter are a small team making custom worm pickups for all models of guitar the vintage custom set
use vintage style coil wire with a modern coil design using AlNiCo 5 magnets and the bridge
pickup uses a steel base plate to tame some of the highs like a vintage pickup with a punch
I had a smile on my face when i played that, these are the porter vintage custom set and they're hand
wound with vintage style braid wiring and they sound fantastic they've got a really solid low
end and there's a i'd say tightness to them the notes just sound more defined and focused when
i play the beautiful clarity in the clean tone and a controlled tone when kicking in an overdrive too
The bridge pickup has that nice strat sound without being too harsh
and position four which is what i usually play has sort of a tighter low end
and i'll tell you what these pickups complement my cream back speaker in the hot rod amp perfectly
it's like a more controlled tone difficult to describe but i definitely noticed the difference
and it put a big smile on my face i couldn't stop playing them when i picked up the guitar
so what did you think it's always good to hear your feedback you can check them out and i'll
leave a link below and i'm looking forward to chatting to you guys in the comments as always
cheers