Anybody like Fender's 57/62 or 69 pups for their "vintage" tone? How would any of these compare to the 2008-11 AmStd pickups? How would these compare to other kinds of "vintage" pups?
I'm keeping the AmStd pups in one of my Strats; I love them.
I'm not so keen on the other with Vintage Noiseless. I like the pickups and boost a lot, but I want to go back to passive single coils, at least for a while.
I don't need a boutique pickup to be happy, but I'm open to suggestions about reasonably priced pickups that can do the job well--if such exist.