Originally Posted by: BaconCableNinjaI'm looking for the right pickup to deliver that amazing, smooth, glassy sound like you can hear on Stevie Ray Vaughan's Tin Pan Alley and other songs.

'59 Fender Strat single coil pickups. Supposedly they are what the Texas Specials are modelled on. But some claim the Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Single coils are a better match.

References:

http://www.srvguitar.com/DIY3.html
http://www.srvguitar.com/theguitar.html
http://www.stevieray.com/srv-strat.htm
http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/electric/stratocaster/vintage-output/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan's_musical_instruments

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