Ok, I have what may seem like a question to some but to me, the guitar illiterate, I have to ask.
I was listening to a sound clip of a strat with Kinmans and thought it sounded great. I then went to the Kinman site and loved the sound of the Kinman "blues" pups. I guess what I really liked was that the sample had that SRV tone.
I then got to wondering why so many swap out their pups in the first place. The Kinman site explains how those pups mimic SRV to the tee but SRV had fender pups in most of his guitars. Clapton is another who uses Fender pups if I'm not mistaken.
First of all I think one should find "their own' sound, but why get new pups to get the sound of someone who used stock pups?
I'm sure some have other reasons for switching pups but then again I'm sure they originally wanted a Strat for the "Strat tone" and I would think that's stock.
I'm confused.
Tommy
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