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Your cart is empty.Wilkinson Vintage 60's Staggered Alnico 5 Single Coil Pickups Set for Strat Style Electric Guitar, Black.
geordie mcbain
2025-07-22 15:44:31
I bought these based on other reviews. I am a hobbyist upgrading cheap guitars. I have purchased the two major USA brands, but the price of these was worth a try. Honestly, I’m going to keep ‘em in there. They sound really good.
Hylan
2025-07-09 12:53:17
Bought these not expecting much but had my expectations exceeded, These are great pickups for clean vintage sounds to high gain and overdriven sound, pinch harmonics shine perfectly. Very low buz on insulated guitar with plenty of tone variation between positions, I changed the covers to brass Crome ones to match my guitar and they work perfect. Greatly recommended
Jonathan Sumner
2025-07-07 15:40:54
Took my pick ups to be installed and the middle pick up was dead. Apparently there was damage to the coils themselves. My local shop was able to repair it and get it working but it obviously cost me more money so I’m a little disappointed. Other than that, they definitely sound better than the stock pick ups that came in the squire mini that they were installed in.
Michael E. Dingas
2025-06-25 12:47:54
Caveat: I'm not a luthier or professional musician. My amp is a Fender Mustang LT25 and I play for my own enjoyment (in retirement) at home. Pedals are limited to the LT25 and an aging Digitech RP100.Pickups arrived reasonably fast, so no complaints there. Each pickup was wrapped in bubble wrap. Pickup position is clearly marked on the bottom of each.The neck and middle pickups went into a Washburn Lyon 6 string with HSS configuration. The guitar was bought AS IS for a song on an auction site but photos did not show the extensive body damage. I decided to strip her down and give her a new paint job. Unfortunately, the original single coil pickups got damaged, hence the Musiclily purchase. Selector switch had a dead spot in the middle position, so I replaced all the electronics with 500k big pots. The originals were 416k & 435k mini's. The humbucker is staying so I won't need the bridge pickup.My one issue is with the neck pickup in that one lead was 3"-4" shorter than the other. It was an obvious fault and yet quality control missed it. And since it is mounted farther away from the control cavity, it had to be spliced to reach the switch.I used the springs that came with the pickups. The guitar has no pick guard (as least for now) so I used the original wood screws to mount the pickups. I had not problems with this.Pros:I like the sound, warm and juicy on the 6/5 strings. If you crank up the gain, the SS's can be quite bright if plucked near the bridge. The H/S configuration sounds good, too.Con:As I said, poor quality control, hence 4 stars.So far, I would recommend them.
David L Maria G
2025-05-11 14:32:09
These are solid, plain and simple. They have that typical strat sound you are looking for. If you buy them set them up properly to avoid the harshness when much too close to the strings (or maybe that's what you are looking for). I replaced the pickups from a kit guitar I built that although alnico as well, were heavily underwound. These got my resistance measure to 5-6k ohm which drives my amp properly. The alnico pole pieces complete that mid-range tone you recall form great strat songs. You can also de-brand them with your fingernail if you prefer a cleaner look. I also completely agree with the message on the package, pickups are just magnets and copper wire, everything else is just supernatural juju fairy tales.
AZKim
2025-05-10 17:16:48
This is the first Wilkinson product that was not top notch when received.I ordered white, and got some cheap looking black pick ups, that didn’t even have their logo on them. Plus not all the mounting hardware was there either. These looked tampered with to me. (Used) One pick up had the screws and springs already in it. I’m returning these, and cancelled order.
Customer
2025-05-07 16:16:27
I should have recorded before and after but these things blow the stock pickups out of the water. I have a Squire Sonic like the other guy in the reviews, mine isn't quite as complicated with any other upgrades but just the pickups were enough to be a major change in the sound of this guitar. It sounds similar to my Player II now. So if you want to take your $400 guitar and make it sound like a $1000 guitar, these things will definitely help. I think I need some mint or yellow nobs now though, the aged white I ordered don't match the cream color of the pickups as well as I had hoped for. Overall, worth every penny.Edit*I ordered the Fender vintage set of nobs, back panel, switch cover and trem cover - they match much better and make the whole guitar look a lot nicer.
SueCque
2025-04-30 10:05:12
In all honesty why purchase any other pickups for a much higher price? ? ? They do replicate pretty much that same Fender 69' much sought after " Holy Grail" Tone !! Folks listen please, these really have that Fenderesque landscape you have been looking or wishing for hands down !! These are true vintage wild beasts from the great Hendrix Woodstock area . They'll give you Hendrix & Trower tones too !! They have just the right power DC . Settings for All 3 pups .Don't wait , "GO GET EM" !!
Kelly M
2025-03-31 12:01:41
I have a 90s “VN6†Korean made Strat that I like the neck and body on but the OEM pickups were very underwhelming to say the least. The guitar is not valuable enough to justify an expensive set of pickups so I thought I would try these. Very nice, far nicer than the price would indicate. For comparison I have a much more expensive set of Stewmac golden age pickups in another old MIJ Strat, and these are a more pleasant, smoother and fuller sounding pickup set, with the exception of the bridge pickup which is exceptional on the Stewmac set. It is still nice but does not have quite the same cut as the Stewmac one. A huge upgrade for any old squier or cheap Strat type guitar with the typical generic ceramic pickups, at a very reasonable price.
Cliente
2025-02-28 12:29:52
Buen sonido, muy contento con las pastillas.
TW
2025-02-05 15:21:34
I bought these to replace the ceramic pickups in a Squier Contemporary Strat. No regrets. Lovely sound, particularly from the neck. Both neck and middle measured 6.15k. Perfect fit, even swapped the covers with the originals.
Carlos J.
2024-12-30 17:29:10
El sonido de los pickups son muy cálidos. Los utilizo en un una Squier y se logra un gran sonido tipico de la Stratocaster, en especial la del brazo. El precio hace que sea una gran inversion para mejorar las pastillas de Stock de algunas guitarras económicas...
VinCi
2024-11-29 18:48:02
Buoni se non si vuole spendere troppo, anche se la differenza di prezzo con gli originali più economici non è tantissimo. Molto "mediosi" al mio orecchio, pochi bassi. li ho usati molto, ma alla fine li ho sostituiti.
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