availability of Albert Lee pickups

[paulblackford]

Are the 3 Seymour Duncan custom wound single coils featuring the exclusive, patented Music Man® "Silent Circuit", that are stock in the Albert Lee model, available for purchase separately. I have an ash strat that I would love to try those in.

 

[sickindian]

Sorry for off topic in the topic but how this guitar sound comparing to other brands in same class?

Welcome on boards!

 

[Sweat]

You cannot buy the pups individually, you can buy a fully loaded Al pickguard though, but really why not just buy an AL beats the hell out of a strat and sounds way better, even putting AL pups in the strat wont compare to how great an Al sounds.

 

[envy-guitars]

Too Right Fingbeagles!

 

[paulblackford]

You cannot buy the pups individually, you can buy a fully loaded Al pickguard though, but really why not just buy an AL beats the hell out of a strat and sounds way better, even putting AL pups in the strat wont compare to how great an Al sounds.

The actual guitar is out of the question because I have no budget for it. The most I can do is change the pups in the guitar I already own. Any tips on where a loaded Al pickguard might be purchased?

 

[paulblackford]

Sorry for off topic in the topic but how this guitar sound comparing to other brands in same class?

Welcome on boards!

Strangely enough, I feel that the Albert Lee Music Man is the ultimate "Tele" sound.

Thanks for the welcome.

 

[travs]

buy the al. the sound the neck the look.

 

[Sweat]

The actual guitar is out of the question because I have no budget for it. The most I can do is change the pups in the guitar I already own. Any tips on where a loaded Al pickguard might be purchased?

Sell the strat and buy an AL, anyways contact any EBMM dealer they can get you one of the loaded pickguards, I always recommend DuBaldo Music,
contact is [email protected].

And an AL is a strat killer, plus you can get a tele sound if wanted from it best of both worlds.

 

[paulblackford]

Thanks for the tip, Fingbeagles. I appreciate it.

 

[robelinda2]

The pups are Seymour Duncan Alnico II's, great pups. Not sure if they are exclusive to the AL or not, but Ive got a set of the regular Alnico II's and they sound mighty close.

 

[beej]

As Rob says, they're the Alnico IIs. For some reason, I think the ones in the AL are wound on a smaller bobbin. But the stock ones should sound pretty close.

There's a Seymour Duncan forum- you might be able to get more detailed info over there, or just email the folks at SD directly (they've always been helpful to me).

 

[balance]

Interesting as I have a set of SD Alnico II's on a custom Strat, but I don't have the benefit of the silent circuit. Great pickups, I just get annoyed by the HHHUUUUUMMMM.

 

[paulblackford]

I really appreciate all the insight here. I have looked into the Duncans on their website, and I can here a bit of that sound in the samples they have. I imagine that the remainder of the sound is the rest of the guitar and Albert's processing and amplification. Thanks for your help on this.

 

[KungFu Grip]

Check this out.

Guitar Builders - Ernie Ball Music Man Inc - Seymour Duncan/Basslines

I can verify the APS-3 pickups. Custom to the Albert Lee. I wonder what the difference is? Are they Alnico 3 magnets?

 

[Big Poppa]

THe bridge and middle are custom wound for us with Big Al's specs. They should only be available through us

 

[mbgreene]

Yes there are AlNiCo 3 magnets and I believe they are the lowest output among 2, 3 and 5.