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In this video, I visit the Fralin Pickups shop in Richmond, VA, meet Lindy Fralin, and try out a new set of Split Blade pickups in my Novo Idris strat style guitar.
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@FralinPickupsOfficial Год назад

Thanks so much for coming by the shop, R.J.! It was great to meet you.

@joeferris5086 Год назад

I used to live in RVA. I also had Lindy rewind a 65 jaguar pickup recently. The man called me himself to clarify some things. Not only that but i literally got the pickup back from him like 4 days later including mail time. Cant recommend them enough.

@rogerbouchard4096 Год назад

I’ve had Fralin Blues pickups in my 92 American standard strat for 10 years. When I first put them in, I thought the bridge pickup sounded harsh and brittle. I called the Fralin shop and had a great conversation and was told to send it back for a rewind. We talked at length about the sound I was looking for. At the end of the conversation I asked for the name of the person who was helping me and it was Lindy himself. Needless to say, I love my pickups and have had no thoughts of replacing them.

@jfinester Год назад

Great video! To my ear the Hot Vintage set sounds better-a bit more scoop in the mids. It was really apparent in the middle-and-neck position. However, the Split Blades sounded darn good too. And the Novo Idris looks great!

@Xyrium Год назад

I agree, I dug the vintage set. The great playing can't hurt either... ;)

@nigeldaddyo Год назад

I agree. I’ve personally owned both sets and experienced the same results. I think the vintage hots are Lindy’s best work…and that says a lot given how great alll his models are.

@hanovergreen4091 Год назад

Agreed. Unexpected.

@maxwellblakely7952 10 месяцев назад

The split rails sound more modern to me. Not sure which set I like better.

@martianmurray Год назад

Individually I preferred the vintage in neck and middle, but the blade in bridge.

@Myoldnameiscringy Год назад

I visited the shop about a year ago. I was practically unannounced, but they still let me in and I got to talk with Lindy for a good while. Such nice people. I’m looking at some of their Strat pickups right now. 😊

@jeffreyduncan989 6 месяцев назад

Lindy is a legend… his company has the best customer service. Lindy has jumped on the phone multiple times and helped me choose a pickup. I have his pickups in two of my guitars and they are stellar 👍👍👍

@GraniteSoundtrack Год назад

Finally a real good demo of split blades! Thanks RJ.

@ibalrog Год назад

Great look at a bit of Fralin's process. Also, Lindy continues to be a treasure.

@kingbrutusxxvi Год назад

Considering the "sharper/pointier" curves of the body and headstock I actually think these pickups look more correct than the stock ones. That split blade matches everything better. And, as a bonus, they sound fantastic. Great post, R.J..

@tacdoc8736 Год назад

The Fralin guys are so helpful and genuine. I love every pickup i've played by them and their Big Single Mini is hands down the best pickup i've ever installed in a Tele neck position.

@LucasHaneman Год назад

Both sets sound great. Nice stuff RJ!

@VoodooDewey69 Год назад

Thanks for the tour , awesome .

@BrianSGuitars Год назад

Sounds great!

@shock3863 Год назад

Sounds great RJ, good choice of pickups!

@TheMerc1950 Год назад

Dang. And in shell pink! Nice!

@deplinenoise Год назад

Thanks RJ this was really great. So cool to see Lindy’s shop!

@BenCoombs Год назад

Thanks for doing a factory tour, the new pickups sound great!! Cheers!!

@Krispy1011 Год назад

Great video - the Fralin split blades to me sound like they lose a little bit of Strat sound and pick up a little bit of humbucker sound - but they really really sound great. They appear to be very expressive by the way your play the guitar too. and as usual, RJ's playing is the icing on the cake - great job

@judihenderson1152 3 месяца назад

Great vid! Super good sounds.

@AndyDion Год назад

New pickups sound awesome 🤘

@rigorhead01 Год назад

I have the Blues Specials in my American Deluxe strat. It's my #1 guitar, and it sounds phenomenal! Love the Fralin pickups!

@Markcio182 Год назад

I added a bright switch to my split blades, and when engaged, it sounds very singlecoilish specially on position 2 and 4

@jordanwest4595 Год назад

Im from Richmond! cool to see you post about this.

@MoreMeRecording Год назад

My goodness these sound great. Wow..

@gibhopkins6919 Год назад

Sounds beautiful

@frantisca Год назад

Those split blades look great with your new guitar ! The split blades have a lot more clarity and punch: definitely adapted to this new Novo !

@PrettyRecords 5 месяцев назад

Great playing and great pickups! Split Blades for me! 👍

@nellayema2455 Год назад

Cool guitar. I like the sound with either set of pickups.

@jerrymckenzie1858 Год назад

I can highly recommend Lindy Fralin pickups!

@hanovergreen4091 Год назад

Thanks for the video. Appreciated the Fralin tour and meeting the gents. Good concept. Surprised I found myself liking the Orig pickups..maybe old time Strat bias..but their sound just fit the body (or my bias?) better...either way. Thanks and Best Regards and Best Wishes for 2023!

@OllieLoops Год назад

Nice video as always RJ! I’ve got a set of Split Blades on order. Can’t wait. Keep up the good work!

@JK-up7vz 11 месяцев назад

I have a prewired pick guard on order right now! Vintage hot in neck and middle, blues special at the bridge with the blender pot. Can’t wait for it to arrive here in Holland!! So cool to see your visit to that shop. All the guys there are just crazy about pick ups and I am so happy that my order is on one of those shelves right now!!

@seamusfloyd8956 Год назад

Thanks for this. I have been curious about the split blades. For my tastes I liked the Vintage Hot's a little more. Demo videos are always easier to pay attention to when you like the creator's playing. Awesome!

@gregoryz6545 Год назад

Great video. I have his PAF pickups. Love em.

@mediumshreddercheese Год назад

Can’t really go wrong with any of the Fralin pups! Big fan!

@FC-cz6zd Год назад

Really surprised RJR doesn't have at least twice the subs he does. Always has great content.

@tommc49 Год назад

The splits have more clarity to my ear, but seem somewhat less "stratty", which I think is what you were going for.

@druwk Год назад

Yes Please! Love to see the operation of where and how. I have Vintage Hots in the neck, middle of my Partscaster, and a Blues Special in the Bridge. Got the loaded Pick guard direct from Lindy Fralin exactly how I wanted it. Great Company. Great sounding pickups.

@jmaripen Год назад

That pickup sounds wicked! But man, I have to say you have immaculate hair! 🔥 Looking forward to more awesome content!

@kyledriscollmusic Год назад

love all my Fralins

@davidshort8226 Год назад

I'm so jealous of that hat.

@horrorview Год назад

I have split blades in two of my Strats and Fralin vintage in my Knopfler-style build. I favor the vintage for clean or slightly overdriven bluesy stuff and chicken-pickin', but the split blades sound awesome with fuzz or meaty distortion. The dude makes some outstanding pickups and is way underrated.

@ksharpe10 Год назад

Nice sounding middle pickup. I prefer the Hot vintage set.

@lazvt8469 8 месяцев назад

Blown away by my Fralin Blues Special in a Squier CV50 Tele...every bit as great sounding guitar as USA Tele's I own.... Can't say enough about them... Tip: Disconnect neck pup from tone pot...improves clarity and output...love doing that.

@michaelmele4888 Год назад

Between the Novo and the Tyler you have all the tone and two very high end guitars.

@Louis_Velliotes Год назад

Cool vid man. Been wanting to try some Fralins. They both sound cool. The High Output aren't as clean sounding but that makes sense. I probably like the sound and look of the Hot Vintage a little better. It is so fun to try different combos with guitars. Great sounding Novo with either set!

@JLindebergful 11 месяцев назад

That guitar sounds amazing 😮👍

@maxpeck4154 Год назад

This was neat to watch. I've ordered a couple sets of pickups from Fralin and they were excellent to deal with, responsive and informative. My Serus J came with the Fralin p90s and I'm not touching them. Something about a single volume and tone vs a Gibson style 4 knob configuration, or maybe the pots/caps Novo uses (or both) but I can set the amp somewhat dirty and roll the volume back on the guitar to about 5 or 6 and not only clean it up, but not lose any high end at all - very Tele-like with plenty of sparkle. Only guitar I've ever owned that has a truly useful volume control throughout the entire range.

@THEItchybruddah Год назад

This was brilliant THANK you. I have three instruments that I consider were “saved” by Lindy’s contraptions: A Squire Mascis with Mastery parts and his hum cancelling units, A Penguin that had bad examples of dynasonics - which were also replaced with Frailin hum cancelling units (Lindy is fond of saying “It’s just a P90! but they don’t make noise and they’re voiced COMPLETELY different from another!) And lastly a partscaster w/ his high output Tele pickups that will keep up with that guy using humbuckers in the band. Fantastic sound and playing examples Sir! Enjoy your Novo. It’s a wicked versatile weapon you got there! Holler if you come over the plateau to play in Knoxville!

@poopydonkey Год назад

everythingisgonnabealright!!!themidgetsaregonnabepoopingtonight!!!

@poopydonkey Год назад

YEAH!!!👍👍👍👍

@fredvanderlinden8908 2 месяца назад

A strat with Giants cojones. Great film super playing thx for sharing.

@PooNinja Год назад

I love blade style pick ups 🤘🏽

@marcogman8905 Год назад

Great video. Always interested in those split pickups. I put Lace Sensor Silvers in my Nash S-57. I also put a Seymour Duncan speed volume know and a blend knob as well. The blend adds the neck in the bridge and bridge-middle settings. It also adds the bridge in the neck and neck-middle settings. The blend knob adds the neck and bridge incrementally so it's not always at 100%. The middle tone is now a master tone. That was also moded to the Fender knob that has a bypass notch around 9 or 10. You're guitar would look killer if it had a gold pickguard with the white knobs to match the new pickups. Take care. Happy New Year's, RJ.

@j.rozman7016 Год назад

I only wish NOVO would have a dealer in EU! I would ordered IDRIS in a heartbeat: but with slimmer neck, SS frets and Quarter sawn flamed neck and dark rosewood fretboard! Awesome looking and sounding axe!!

@rz0svp Год назад

Fralin Blues Specials are the best strat pickups on the market and Tyler is great to work with.

@joybuzzer Год назад

They're both great, but I really like the raspiness that the Vintage Hots have. I don't know how to describe it, but it's almost like the Split Blades are too perfect. I have Fralin Blues Special pickups in my own Strat, and wish I could do my own A/B comparison with Split Blades.

@arthurgonzales4949 Год назад

Oh my god! RJ I am loving these tones! I have a guitar wired the same way and the tones kill me! I love it even with dead strings. I am seriously feeling this guitar! Oh and Split Blade pickups have a more open-airy kind of tonality than the Vintage High pickups. I actually like them more for having an awesome unique sound. KILLER GUITAR!

@mikeatl4953 Год назад

The vintage sound is killer, but if you already have strats that will do that, I can see the split rails giving you a different and more flexible option. Thanks for another great video.

@patshep68 11 месяцев назад

I’m looking at split blades. I am more a humbucker guy and love the ergonomics of a Strat. Appreciate this demo

@Mudder1310 Год назад

I’m digging that pink. Pickups sound great. Blender is cool as hell. The only negative is the pickups don’t match the knobs.

@redbirdjazzz Год назад

With the exception of Charlie Christian-style pickups, I don't usually care for the aesthetics of blade pickups, but these really suit that guitar visually. And they sound great.

@wildeman1253 Год назад

Those blade pickups sound killer.

@frankadams4586 Год назад

I think I stumbled onto Fralin pickups in ‘96. A lot of boutique pickups have come out since then, but I have never gone away from Fralins.

@Robowx Год назад

Those split pickups sounded awesome. I was thinking of getting certain pickups for my Strat. But I think I’m going to go with those split pickups with the blender!

Год назад

those split blades appear to be amazing

@samxday Год назад

I like that novo. 👍👍👍

@johnnyxmusic Год назад

The split play pick ups, have a cleaner and more focused sound… But they do sound slightly compressed. The stock pic it sounds warmer with a wider tonal band. But comparing the two of them, I prefer the split blade.

@MrBoze-TicoCR Год назад

Awesome comparison video RJ!! As some have posted here, to my ear (through the understood YT compression) the Vintage Hot are what I would be looking for IF I wanted to get the vintage Strat with all the landmark check-in-box tones. But as you've mentioned, this wasn't your goal with the Idris-esp when you already have some gtrs for that. They look perfect for the model shape and the hum-free is always a driving factor to consider. On their own, I can't think that anyone in the same market who would say that @11:12 to 14:00 doesn't cover normal vintage to modern Strat tones. But @ 14:03 with some hard drive added, those pups are SINGING!!! Thanks, but you've just added another option to my hunting......Ultra Cool...

@the-LeoKnightus Год назад

Nice. Hot Strat pickups for sure. Sounds nice. I would have never thought to my ear, that was a strat. I think that blender setup has a nice unique sound. Got a lil chirp and some nice harmonic content.

@charleshale8504 Год назад

I live in RVA, have been by the shop countless times and Lindy truly has just an incredible wealth of knowledge when it comes to pickups and guitar. Such a helpful staff as well, and I'm glad to see them get some recognition in this video!

@va7242 Год назад

Loved the A/B and the inside view of Fralin's shop. Biggest wish is that the pickup portion of the Strat pickguard was somehow hot-swappable so that the hots could be swapped with the blades without much fuss. Sales of single coil pickups would explode.

@johnandre5558 Год назад

I like them both. But the blades give you something new and I think they really suit the guitar well.

@ksharpe10 Год назад

That guitar has the Hound dog taylor shape body.

@stevenpipes1555 Год назад

Those pickups sound amazing in that guitar! I want some. And NO! to all of the "the guitar doesn't matter. its all in the pickups"crowd, No these wont sound the same mounted in a workbench!

@Paul_Lenard_Ewing Год назад

It really is great looking guitar. I have never liked the Nova guitars . They always looked like they passed their 'best before date' 20 decades ago. This one however looks beyond killer! I am strictly a vintage Strat PU guy. Your new PU's really are their own thing which looked at that way are very impressive.

@dustinmylesdiou2649 Год назад

freakin sic 🤘

@drewbarries 9 месяцев назад

I played the splits on a friend’s custom Lull and they sounded the same on here, they have a very clean polished tone but they do filter out a lot of the stringy quality that makes a Strat a Strat. I would choice the VHs over the Splits for my upgrade.

@andreyzhuk1681 19 дней назад

Vintage Hots for the win! No comparison

@lylecaine4833 10 месяцев назад

I think those split blades really compliment that guitar nicely.

@bryanherward4679 Год назад

Been wanting a set of these for a strat I have.....

@riniones Год назад

not to spoil the party but I honestly liked the hot vintage set better... you may also have that sound covered with some of your other guitars so that's all good in the end if it works for you

@carsgunsandguitars Год назад

I love fralin pickups, they rule

@hermannmaier0 Год назад

i like the blades. They are rounder, clear and bold. I think the vintage hot set was warmer, a bit nasally/scooped??? I would appreciate both sets.

@antoonhermans8953 Год назад

Well everyone knows lindy makes great pu's ect. , but , he also makes necks , i have them on my tele and strat , and if you like fat necks you should try these , there great !

@18JR78 Год назад

Split Blade has more mids. Vintage Hot has a mid scoop. Both sound good but its all taste and application at the end of the day.

@solomonsanchez1897 Год назад

You should definitely keep the split blades. They suit the guitar better in every way.

@FGg503 Год назад

I must say I'm liking the Vintage Hot pickups much more than the Fralins, which sound rather subdued to me.

@richardharvey3630 Год назад

Great video! Did ya go to The Gwar Bar while you were in Richmond? :)

@damonstewart70 Год назад

I live in Richmond VA

@joeblankenship377 8 месяцев назад

Nice. The bridge sounded like a big fat twangy Telecaster. I'm really curious about their single-sized p90s. Be awesome to get a little cheap tele and slap those in.

@dasisgras3077 Год назад

Love that guitar and those pickups really make it sound the way you think it should from the looks. You absolutly shred on that thing. Just found out about you from the Hendrix episode about strings. Roger Mayer says the same thing in a newer Guitar World, but seeing you play it sure helps. You read all kinds of misinformation on the internet and in magazines. I know way more about amps but am choosing a tone pot cap for my 50's Japanese Strat that I got from a lefty Henddrix nut. I put a blend in it years ago from a drawing on a napkin Hendrix gave to someone, supposedly. I pust Klein 54's in it put once you go through the fuzz face, they don't seem to make as much difference and the originals were not that bad... Any advice for the tone capacitor?