Post by antigua on Nov 27, 2016 4:15:12 GMT -5
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I like these pickups a lot. Though they are called "Vintage Hots", they never seemed hot to me, and after conducting this test, I can say pretty confidently that while the bridge is mildly hot, the neck and middle are quite vintage. In fact, they have a higher resonant peak than the Fender CS 69's, regarded by many as the go-to low output set. The loaded peak of the Fralin VH's is 4.22kHz, to the Fender CS 69's 4.08kHz
The neck and the middle pickups are remarkably identical. The bode plots for the neck and middle overlap almost perfectly.
The calculated capacitance are average. Not as high as Fender, but not as low as Lollar. The CS 69's actually have lower inductances than the Fralin's, but they have a lower resonant peak because their winding capacitance is 20 to 30 pF higher.
The poles appear to be AlNiCo 5.
Appearance wise, they look a lot like Seymour Duncan SSL-1's. Many of these Strat replacements attempt to mimic 50's era Strat pickups, but they still tend to have a particular look to them, from one maker to the next. The pole piece bevel on the Fralin's looks especially hand crafted, with greater inconsistency from on to the next than is typical.
Lindy Fralin Vintage Hots Bridge
DC Resistance: 6.81K
Inductance: 2.917H
Calculated C: 107pF (127-10)
Coil width: 0.580"
Resonant Peak: dV: 14.4dB f: 8.27kHz (black)
Loaded (200k & 470pF): dV: 6.1dB f: 3.64kHz (red)
Lindy Fralin Vintage Hots Middle
DC Resistance: 6.01K
Inductance: 2.310H
Calculated C: 104pF (114-10)
Coil width: 0.517"
Resonant Peak: dV: 13.3dB f: 9.81kHz (green)
Loaded (200k & 470pF): dV: 6.7dB f: 4.22kHz (gray)
Lindy Fralin Vintage Hots Neck
DC Resistance: 6.02K
Inductance: 2.279H
Calculated C: 105pF (115-10)
Coil width: 0.506"
Resonant Peak: dV: 13.3dB f: 9.81kHz (pink)
Loaded (200k & 470pF): dV: 6.7dB f: 4.22kHz (black)
Pole piece flux density around 1050G for center poles of all three pickups.
Bode plot:
I like these pickups a lot. Though they are called "Vintage Hots", they never seemed hot to me, and after conducting this test, I can say pretty confidently that while the bridge is mildly hot, the neck and middle are quite vintage. In fact, they have a higher resonant peak than the Fender CS 69's, regarded by many as the go-to low output set. The loaded peak of the Fralin VH's is 4.22kHz, to the Fender CS 69's 4.08kHz
The neck and the middle pickups are remarkably identical. The bode plots for the neck and middle overlap almost perfectly.
The calculated capacitance are average. Not as high as Fender, but not as low as Lollar. The CS 69's actually have lower inductances than the Fralin's, but they have a lower resonant peak because their winding capacitance is 20 to 30 pF higher.
The poles appear to be AlNiCo 5.
Appearance wise, they look a lot like Seymour Duncan SSL-1's. Many of these Strat replacements attempt to mimic 50's era Strat pickups, but they still tend to have a particular look to them, from one maker to the next. The pole piece bevel on the Fralin's looks especially hand crafted, with greater inconsistency from on to the next than is typical.
Lindy Fralin Vintage Hots Bridge
DC Resistance: 6.81K
Inductance: 2.917H
Calculated C: 107pF (127-10)
Coil width: 0.580"
Resonant Peak: dV: 14.4dB f: 8.27kHz (black)
Loaded (200k & 470pF): dV: 6.1dB f: 3.64kHz (red)
Lindy Fralin Vintage Hots Middle
DC Resistance: 6.01K
Inductance: 2.310H
Calculated C: 104pF (114-10)
Coil width: 0.517"
Resonant Peak: dV: 13.3dB f: 9.81kHz (green)
Loaded (200k & 470pF): dV: 6.7dB f: 4.22kHz (gray)
Lindy Fralin Vintage Hots Neck
DC Resistance: 6.02K
Inductance: 2.279H
Calculated C: 105pF (115-10)
Coil width: 0.506"
Resonant Peak: dV: 13.3dB f: 9.81kHz (pink)
Loaded (200k & 470pF): dV: 6.7dB f: 4.22kHz (black)
Pole piece flux density around 1050G for center poles of all three pickups.
Bode plot: