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This will sound lame but, I forgot. I have been going through some old "Vintage
Guitar" mags, from
about the time I did the surgery (late 2000), and I can't find the ad for the
company. I know they
were located in Florida, and I know the the pickups were made by Kent Armstrong,
the same company
that makes the lipstick p/u's for Reverend. I bought a pre-wired pickguard, all
I had to do was
remove the old pickguard and rewire the jack. This kit was cool because no
routing was required--
regular lipstck p/u's (like the ones in a Silvertone and Reverend) are longer
than Strat p/u's. I
see that Seymour Duncan is making a lipstick model now, I'd like to hear 'em.
It is tough to describe the sound... if you unplugged your guitar that has high
output p/u's init
and then plugged in one loaded with lipsticks, I think you would here a
noticable volume drop, and
less upper-mid attack. You compensate for the volume loss by turning up the amp
a little more--
getting more amp distortion.
ferenc
urbansurfkings wrote:
> Ferenc,
>
> What kind of lipstick pick ups do you have in your Strat? I love the
> lipstick sound too, and was thinking about replacing the pick ups in
> my Strat. What's the sound like, and where did you get them?
>
> Nice guitar collection!!!
