What pickups for the SRV tone

[coldshot76]

Thanks guys for all your replies.

Never knoew there were so many SRV fans around

I've always had a soft spot for his dirty tone. And i think majority of his tunes are in OD.

Another players which i think has his tone pretty close is Kenny Wayne Shephered. Good player. But i read that his pups are specially made for him.

Keep those comments coming!

Thanks!

 

[coldshot76]

I have achieved sucess in 3 of my previous no 1 carbon copies (all sold to SRV fanatics btw) with:

1. Fender Custom Shop Texas Special set
2. Tex Mex
3. Dragonfire Texas Blues pups

Hi Fgl

Where did you get your dragonfire pups from? sounds pretty promising from the reviews at harmony?

 

[fgl]

coldshot - PMed U

 

[edder]

ahhh i stand corrected.

good one snuff!

Sorry bro edder bro, i beg to differ, because SRV was not ignorant of his tone...

 

[fgl]

I have achieved sucess in 3 of my previous no 1 carbon copies (all sold to SRV fanatics btw) with:

1. Fender Custom Shop Texas Special set
2. Tex Mex
3. Dragonfire Texas Blues pups

Hi Fgl

Where did you get your dragonfire pups from? sounds pretty promising from the reviews at harmony?

Dude - U should have seen my old SRV No 1 - home made - I believe snuff seen & played it b4 - awesome guitar, regret selling!

 

[coldshot76]

I have achieved sucess in 3 of my previous no 1 carbon copies (all sold to SRV fanatics btw) with:

1. Fender Custom Shop Texas Special set
2. Tex Mex
3. Dragonfire Texas Blues pups

Hi Fgl

Where did you get your dragonfire pups from? sounds pretty promising from the reviews at harmony?

Dude - U should have seen my old SRV No 1 - home made - I believe snuff seen & played it b4 - awesome guitar, regret selling!

Thts a sweet guitar man. im sure it sounded like heaven.

thanks bro. will check it out.

not much news abt this brand

 

[popeye]

Stevie wanted something more than just to play like Hendrix: He wanted to be Hendrix. For a Halloween gig at the Austin Rehearsal Complex in Austin, Stevie dressed up like Hendrix, wig, blackface, and all. At one point, Stevie told Austin's Joe Gracey that he had been taken over by the spirit of Hendrix - "literally." Stevie often wondered if he would die young, like Hendrix

:lol: SRV is very funny. In one of the album it's mentioned that his wife witnessed him air guitaring while sleeping. And he confessed that he had dreams that Hendrix came to him and taught all the secret guitar licks. But when SRV woke up, he forget all those licks :lol:

 

[sepultura]

SRV is very funny. In one of the album it's mentioned that his wife witnessed him air guitaring while sleeping. And he confessed that he had dreams that Hendrix came to him and taught all the secret guitar licks. But when SRV woke up, he forget all those licks :lol:

What?! Serious? I wish SRV would come in my dream and teach me all his stuff. I would wake up a god the next day! Actually, I don't mind if both JH and SRV appear in my dream - titan jam. I would destroy anyone who woke me up.

 

[Everdying]

damn, lazy to read all that.
all i read was from an interview with his tech rene martinez...
who said, the only mods ever done to SRV's guitar was to replace the white with black pickguard, and the pickups with texas specials.

 

[popeye]

damn, lazy to read all that.
all i read was from an interview with his tech rene martinez...
who said, the only mods ever done to SRV's guitar was to replace the white with black pickguard, and the pickups with texas specials.

Texas special was only born after SRV passed away. How could that be possible?

 

[fgl]

Texas specials were "born" when Fender engineers tried to recreate that FAT heavy clean tone that SRV had.... basically SRV had his 59 pick ups rewound & they overdid the rewinding process..

Marketing ideas to make $

 

[cold_static544]

SRV's pickups were pretty low output i heard.

and get a tube screamer.

and yea, get good fingers by practicing lots too.

 

[gsonique]

dead legends mojo :lol:


come as you are my frens ...do your own tricks ...get your own sound!!

 

[ShredCow]

dead legends mojo :lol:


come as you are my frens ...do your own tricks ...get your own sound!!

But guitarists are a backward bunch of people mah.

NOS tubes, NOS trannies, NOS parts, old guitars, old effects, old records, old guitar heroes...

 

[gsonique]

I believe tone has an external factor but close to a legends body ....

















his tight undies :lol:

 

[edder]

as for ing-"the fookin fury"-vay....

its the leather pants!

1000 years ago people were wearing leather pants.... bwaaahahahahah.... hilarious quote of the century!

 

[draven0707]

hmmm I managed to achieve a rather similiar tone with my stock yamaha pac412.. alnico pups.. but then again maybe i'm tone deaf.. =P