Stratocaster Sweet 59 Transition option-set-820354-buttons-3

Stratocaster Sweet 59 Transition option-set-820354-buttons-3The Sweet 59 Transition Set was envisaged alongside German Guitarist Sebastian Schmalz. Seb was looking for a set with swagger and grit while also offering him the dynamic range needed to flex into virtually any Strat based scenario he found himself in on stage.

This set of PAF Inspired humbuckers was envisaged as the ideal Goldtop-bucker tone

It quickly became clear that we shared many things in common when it came to tone-chasing and the fine details of pickups

grittier character and a huge presence that very much proves that there’s a whole lot more to a pickups power than its resistance reading

we can certainly get deep into the proverbial weeds about this brief era of 1960 PAF Spec Patent Numbers

Seb was looking for a set with swagger and grit while also offering him the dynamic range needed to flex into virtually any Strat-based scenario he found himself in on stage

coil tensions

it’s a fantastic and fascinating pickup design and arguably the birth of all that guitar players love about those classic set neck

he was looking for a further pair of SBPAFs for a newly acquired R9 Les Paul

more powerful magnet

and low wound coil geometry twinned with a larger

minimal compression etc were all key in coming up with a recipe that just worked

then mixed with a few tweaks that aid in compensating for today’s more consistently produced coil wire (no need for costly NOS vintage wire as a result