JJ's Guitar Pickups: '63 Set

https://www.jjsguitarpickups.com/strat.htm
Falling somewhere between the '59 and '65 Sets in terms of output, the '63 Set is a classic A5, Elektrisola Formvar wire affair at around the 6K mark. The bridge pickup sports a steel baseplate as well, just to round off a little of the spike that can be a characteristic of pickups like these. They have enough push to drive classic amps like Marshalls but are still polite enough to give us that super-clean Stratty tone that I love. Ben and Joe at JJ's offer them individually or in the loaded guard of your choice, like this one. This set will be staying put in this guitar, for sure. Love 'em!

Many thanks to Joel Wheeler at @nepeanmusic for the stellar install and set-up.

Today's tools:

Guitar: 2023 Fender American Vintage II 1961 Stratocaster
Amp: Axe-FX III Turbo running Cygnus X-3 FW. 27.00 beta 8. Fender and Marshall models.
Cables: BOSS
Strings: Ernie Ball 10-46
Pick: Signature Honey Pick https://www.honey-picks.com/collections/all/brett-kingman
Mic: Audix USA A231 - https://audixusa.com/products/a231/
Camera: iPhone 15 Pro Max
Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum 26x32
Desktop Monitors: PreSonus R80 R-Series Active AMT Studio Monitors - https://www.presonus.com
Monitor Control: SPL 2Control - https://spl.audio/en/spl-produkt/2control/
Headphones: Audix A150 - https://audixusa.com/products/a150/
All Stands: Gravity Stands - https://www.gravitystands.com/en/
Computer: 2017 Apple iMac Pro, 2.5 GHz 14-Core Intel Xeon W, 64 GB 2666 MHz DDR4, Radeon Pro Vega 64X 16 GB