Sounddemos Stratocaster Pickups

Stratocaster "Vintage Player 1956 Classic"

Alnico-5, vintage-staggered
North on top on all pickups (like in 1956) , CW-wound, middle pickup not reversed
DC resistance = 6,0 - 6,1 kOhm, L = 2,4 H

The following recordings were performed by Munich guitar virtuoso Christian Schwarzbach in a studio.
What you hear are microphone recordings of an original '64 Fender Stratocaster, played through a Fender Super Reverb with a Marshall Stack.

Clean
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge
Crunch
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge
Overdrive
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge

The following demos were performed on a Fender American Series Stratocaster with alder body.

Clean
Neck 1	Neck/Middle 1	Middle 1	Middle/Bridge 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2		Middle 2		Neck 2
Crunch
Neck 1		Middle 1		Bridge 1
Neck 2		Middle 2		Bridge 2
Overdrive
Neck 1		Middle 1		Bridge 1

Stratocaster "Vintage Player 1966 Classic"

Alnico-5, vintage-staggered
South on top on all pickups (like in 1966) , CW-wound, middle pickup not reversed
DC resistance = 5,7 - 5,9 kOhm, L = 2,3 H

The following recordings were performed by Munich guitar virtuoso Christian Schwarzbach in a studio.
What you hear are microphone recordings of an original '64 Fender Stratocaster, played through a Fender Super Reverb with a Marshall Stack.

Clean
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge
Crunch
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge
Overdrive
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge

The following demos were performed on a Fender American Series Stratocaster with alder body.

Clean
Neck 1	Middle 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Middle 2	Bridge 2
Overdrive
Neck 1	Middle 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Middle 2	Bridge 2

Stratocaster "Vintage Player Irish Tour"

Alnico-5, bevelled, vintage-staggered
South on top on all pickups (like in 1966) , CW-wound, middle pickup not reversed
DC resistance = 5,8 - 5,9 kOhm, L = 2,3 H

The following recordings were performed by Munich guitar virtuoso Christian Schwarzbach in a studio.
What you hear are microphone recordings of an original '64 Fender Stratocaster, played through a Fender Super Reverb with a Marshall Stack.

Clean
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge
All positions funky
Crunch
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge
Overdrive
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge

Stratocaster "RedHouse"

Alnico-5, non-staggered
Neck: 6,8 kOhm, L = 3,0H
Middle: 6,5 kOhm, L = 2,7H, reverse wound, reverse polarity
Bridge: 7,3 kOhm, L = 3,4H.

The following recordings were performed by Munich guitar virtuoso Christian Schwarzbach in a studio- I highly recommend visting his website: http://www.christian-schwarzbach.de
What you hear are microphone recordings of an original '64 Fender Stratocaster, played through a Fender Super Reverb with a Marshall Stack.

Clean
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge
Crunch
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge
Overdrive
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge

These demos were recorded with a Fender American Series Stratocaster. The sound samples are recorded and played personally by me, mostly run on a Twin-Reverb (amp-modelling). Please excuse one or the other clumsiness or some finger-troubles you might notice as I'm an amateur musician with only limited time for exercising. Have fun:

Clean
Neck 1	Middle 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Middle 2	Bridge 2
Overdrive
Neck 1	Middle 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Middle 2

Stratocaster "1962 ST Overwound"

Alnico-5, vintage-staggered
Neck: 6,6 kOhm, L = 2,9H
Middle: 6,5 kOhm, L = 2,8H, reverse wound
Bridge: 6,9 kOhm, L = 3,1H

The following recordings were performed by Munich guitar virtuoso Christian Schwarzbach in a studio.
What you hear are microphone recordings of an original '64 Fender Stratocaster, played through a Fender Super Reverb with a Marshall Stack.

Clean
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge
Crunch
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge
Overdrive
Neck	Middle/Neck	Middle	Bridge/Middle	Bridge

The following demos were performed on a Fender 70´s Strat (ash body).

Clean
Neck 1	Middle 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Middle 2	Bridge 2
Neck 3	Middle 3	Bridge 3
Overdrive
Neck 1	Middle 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Middle 2	Bridge 2
Neck 3	Middle 3	Bridge 3
		Bridge 4

Sounddemos Telecaster Pickups

Telecaster "Vintage Player Pre '55"

Alnico-5, non-staggered magnets on bridge pickup
Bridge: 7 kOhm, Plain Enamel AWG-42, 3.3 H, Q 2.5 / 1kHz
Neck: 7,6 kOhm, Plain Enamel AWG 43, 2.5 H, Q 1.5 / 1 kHz

Christian Schwarzbach recorded these demos with his original 1957 Fender Telecaster.
The clean and crunch sounds were played through a Fender Bandmaster and for the high gain sounds Christian used his Bogner Alchemist amp.

Clean
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge
Crunch
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge
High gain
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge

Telecaster "Vintage Player '57"

Alnico-5, staggered magnets on bridge pickup
Bridge: 6,1 kOhm, Plain Enamel AWG-42, 2.6 H, Q 1.8 / 1kHz
Hot Bridge: 8,3 kOhm, Plain Enamel AWG-42, 4.6 H, Q 2.9 / 1kHz
Neck: 7,1 kOhm, Plain Enamel AWG-43, 2.2 H, Q 1.4 / 1kHz

Christian Schwarzbach recorded these demos with his original 1957 Fender Telecaster.
The clean and crunch sounds were played through a Fender Bandmaster and for the high gain sounds Christian used his Bogner Alchemist amp.

Clean
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge	Bridge Hot
Crunch
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge	Bridge Hot
High gain
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge	Bridge Hot

Telecaster "MudCat"

Alnico-5, non-staggered magnets on bridge pickup
Neck: 8,2 kOhm, L = 3,2H
Bridge: 9,3 kOhm, L = 5,2H, reverse wound, reverse polarity.

Christian Schwarzbach recorded these demos with his original 1957 Fender Telecaster.
The clean and crunch sounds were played through a Fender Bandmaster and for the high gain sounds Christian used his Bogner Alchemist amp.

Clean
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge
Crunch
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge
High gain
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge

These demos were recorded with a "MudCat" set mounted on a Yamaha Tele copy (alder body, maple neck with rosewood fretboard, string through body). The sound samples are recorded and played personally by me, mostly run on a Twin-Reverb (amp-modelling).

Clean
Neck 1	Neck/Bridge 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2
Crunch
Neck 1	Neck/Bridge 1	Bridge 1
	Neck/Bridge 2	Bridge 2
Overdrive
Neck 1	Neck/Bridge 1	Bridge 1
		Bridge 2

Hannes Steinbrecher did allow me to use his records that have been developed by him during the
studies with the new Tele sets. These demos have been played with the "MudCat set" mounted on a Fender Japan Tele. Hannes, thanks again.

Clean
Neck 1	Neck/Bridge 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Neck/Bridge 2	Bridge 2

Telecaster "60's Standard"

Alnico-5, non-staggered magnets on bridge pickup
Neck: 7,2 kOhm, L = 2,4H
Bridge: 7,1 kOhm, L = 3,2H, reverse wound, reverse polarity.

Christian Schwarzbach recorded these demos with his original 1957 Fender Telecaster.
The clean and crunch sounds were played through a Fender Bandmaster and for the high gain sounds Christian used his Bogner Alchemist amp.

Clean
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge
Crunch
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge
High gain
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge

These demos of the "60's Standard Set" have been recorded by Hannes Steinbrecher as well:

Clean
Neck 1	Neck/Bridge 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Neck/Bridge 2

Sounddemos Humbucker Pickups

Humbucker "59-Bucker Classic"

Alnico-2, unpotted, nickel silver cover
Neck: 7,8 kOhm, L = 4,3H
Bridge: 8,5 kOhm, L = 5,2H

These recordings were performed by Munich guitar virtuoso Christian Schwarzbach in a studio. The cleanen samples were recorded with a Gibson Les Paul Custom through a 1965 Fender Bandmaster with a 1x12" Celestion cabinet. For the crunch and highgain samples, Christian played his Gibson through a Marshall 2061X reissue head.

Clean
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge
Crunch
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge
High gain
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge

The following demos were performed on a Epi-Joe-Perry-Boneyard Les Paul.

Clean
Neck 1	Neck/Bridge 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Neck/Bridge 2	Bridge 2
Overdrive
Neck 1	Neck/Bridge 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Neck/Bridge 2	Bridge 2
Neck 3	Neck/Bridge 3	Bridge 3

Humbucker "59-Bucker GrowlDogs"

Alnico-5, wax-potted, nickel silver cover
Neck: 8,5 kOhm, L = 5,3H
Bridge: 9,2 kOhm, L = 6,0H

These recordings were performed by Munich guitar virtuoso Christian Schwarzbach in a studio. The cleanen samples were recorded with a Gibson Les Paul Custom through a 1965 Fender Bandmaster with a 1x12" Celestion cabinet. For the crunch and highgain samples, Christian played his Gibson through a Marshall 2061X reissue head.

Clean
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge
Crunch
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge
High gain
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge

The following demos were performed on a Epi-Joe-Perry-Boneyard Les Paul.

Clean
Neck 1	Neck/Bridge 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Neck/Bridge 2	Bridge 2
Neck 3	Neck/Bridge 3	Bridge 3
Overdrive
Neck 1	Neck/Bridge 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Neck/Bridge 2	Bridge 2
Neck 3	Neck/Bridge 3	Bridge 3

Humbucker "59-Bucker CreamGen"

Alnico-2, wax-potted, nickel silver cover
Neck: 8,7 kOhm, L = 5,4H
Bridge: 9,2 kOhm, L = 6,0H

These recordings were performed by Munich guitar virtuoso Christian Schwarzbach in a studio. The cleanen samples were recorded with a Gibson Les Paul Custom through a 1965 Fender Bandmaster with a 1x12" Celestion cabinet. For the crunch and highgain samples, Christian played his Gibson through a Marshall 2061X reissue head.

Clean
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge
Crunch
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge
High gain
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge

The following demos were performed on a Epi-Joe-Perry-Boneyard Les Paul.

Clean
Neck 1	Neck/Bridge 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Neck/Bridge 2	Bridge 2
Overdrive
Neck	Neck/Bridge	Bridge

Humbucker "RedZoneH"

Alnico-5, wax-potted, no cover
Bridge: 14,0 kOhm, L = 7,6H, 4-conductor+shield, splitable.

These recordings were performed by Munich guitar virtuoso Christian Schwarzbach in a studio.
He used the same setups like on his recordings of the 59-Bucker. "More Gain" was played through an Orange Tiny Terror and "Even More Gain" through a Line6 with Soldano emulation.

Bridge - CLEAN	Bridge - CRUNCH	Bridge - GAIN
Bridge - MORE GAIN	Bridge - EVEN MORE GAIN

The following demos were performed with related Humbucker on a Epi-Joe-Perry-Boneyard Les Paul, bridge position.

Clean
Bridge
Overdrive
Bridge 1	Bridge 2	Bridge 3
Bridge 4	Bridge 5	Bridge 6

Sounddemos P90 / P94 Pickups

P90 / P94 Pickups "Crosser"

Alnico-2, unpotted.
Available as P94 (Humbucker size), closed cover or open frame or P90 (Soapbar).
Bridge: 6,9 kOhm, L = 5,0H
Neck: 6,4kOhm, L = 4,5H.

Sounddemos have been recorded with a LesPaul Custom.

Clean
Neck 1	Neck/Bridge 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Neck/Bridge 2	Bridge 2
Overdrive
Neck 1	Neck/Bridge 1	Bridge 1
Neck 2	Neck/Bridge 2	Bridge 2