Pickups

On the P.U.L.S.E tour, Dave's red Strat uses the power of EMG active pickups. Dave has a signature pickup set that you can buy. Since you're a norwegian, check out www.marios.no -> gitar/bass -> pickups -> EMG -> Pro -> EMG DG20
Thats his signature set...

For you English-speaking, check out this link!

Also chek out www.gilmourish.com!

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Whats, uh.... The deal?

Are his signature anything for me? Because im probably going to get myself a american strat in about a year, so i tought that i could get me some pickups just for the waiting, and when i get my strat i can chose which ones i want to use. The ones i listed from fender, are they good? Cheaper then the emgs?

Tarin is right. I took a cheapie Lotus Strat knockoff that I bought for about $150.00 in 1985 and dropped a DG20 set in it. The difference was night and day. The guitar always has played well, it has a great neck (luck for me I guess), but the sound and tone was weak. By adding the DG20 it completely changed that guitar, it was (is) an awesome axe. I also upgraded to Schaller tuners when I added the DG20 as well.

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Wont it be stupid with emgs on a squire affinity strat?
And if i buy those emgs, then i can chose if want them or the standard ones when i get myself a american strat. What do you guys think i should do?

If all you are looking to do is upgrade your pickups at a reasonable cocts, then the Fenders that you indicated are a good choice. I like Seymour Duncan's myself. They will run about the same costs as the Fenders but I think they have a better sound, cleaner tone and better low end.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/

A friend of mine uses DiMarzios and really seems to like them as well. He sounds great, but plays more metal/grunge/overdrive than I do.

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Do you think its stupid to get some new pickups?

Stupid?
Well, not if you don't use to much money, since you are getting an american strat soon...

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Whats, uh.... The deal?

Well, should i rather wait and get the strat a bit earlyer, or should i get some good pickups to my "crappy" squire?
I want new pickups

The choice is yours, we are not going to decide for you.

It's never a bad idea to upgrade a guitar. As long as the neck is in good shape, the action is where you like it, and it has a reasonable amount of sustain (to your liking anyway), it will be worth it in the long run to upgrade your pickups.

As you may have noticed, more that few of us here have more than one guitar. It's OK to have a few.. They all sound different and play slightly differently.

You speak as if your time on this world is limited to the next year..Unless your not telling us something , it's not.. If you want to upgrade your pickups, then do it. If you want an American Strat, then get one. Don't be so impatient though. All things come in their time.

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Yeah, you right. Any of you know how the price are on the seymour and fender pickups? Are the EMGs much more expensive? I dont seem to find a norwegian page with the other pickups, only the emgs.

Edit : It does seems like i have trown away the idea of getting EMGs. They are just to expensive for my squire, but now im thinking of some vintage pickups. To get that early dave sound, echoes etc. Which one should i get?

What type of vintage pickups by seymour should i get? Daves sound in the early days are made by vintage pickups? Echoes and so on...Fulgy help me out

Word of advice:
Don't buy pickups to try and get a sound that an artist has. That's not how you play guitar, unless you're going to be in a cover band. I'd take your guitar and spend some more time with your current pickups, try to develop a sound that you like, then upgrade your pickups if you don't like it, and try and get a better tone/sound out of that. There's nothing wrong with learning a few songs by your favorite aritst, but trying to sound exactly like him defeats the purpose the playing guitar... Just listen to the records if that's what you want.

Ablaze: get what you want. I can't.. no I won't tell you what to buy.. it's your axe, it's your sound.... make a decision..

Ensaepit: welcome to our little world.. glad to see another guitar player round here.. I don't want to be harsh, but Ablaze is attempting to clone himself into another Gilmour.. your last post may be a waste of keystrokes, even hough it full of GREAT ADVICE...... that many of us have already offered..

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Actualy, i dont think you get my point. Since its not easy for me to try out pickups etc, im asking you how they sound. And when i ask if its a vintage pickup, then im asking does the vintage pickup sound like that? Hey but if you dont wanna help me, ill just take it some other place, but my point is you guys dont need to think too much over what you are telling me to buy, or not telling me. Im just interested in what people think. And as you say it, its my choice to try to get daves sound or not, actualy im not trying to get his sound, what im trying to is to get some advice on what pickups i should buy. And i freekin cant try them myself. Its impossible at my location.