Description
Nobody’s handing out mint late-’60s Stratocasters anymore, so Seymour Duncan built the next best option: the 11201-16-CRM Psychedelic neck pickup. It’s wound to a period-accurate spec and loaded with an Alnico 5 magnet, aiming squarely at the feedback-happy, wah-soaked lead tones that defined psychedelic and paisley underground guitar playing.
Clean, this pickup leans scooped and glassy u2014 that airy, slightly hollow single-coil shimmer that makes chords bloom instead of just sitting flat. Kick on a fuzz pedal, though, and it holds together with surprising tightness and definition. Instead of collapsing into mush, notes stay articulate whether you’re strumming open chords or pushing into extended, feedback-laced solos.
Seymour Duncan leaned on traditional construction methods here rather than modern shortcuts, which is exactly why it reads as vintage-correct in feel and output rather than just vintage-styled in name. If your Strat’s neck position has always felt a little too polite for the era of tone you’re chasing, this pickup is built to fix that without a full rewire overhaul.
- Alnico 5 magnet for vintage-accurate output and character
- Period-correct traditional winding construction
- Scooped, glassy clean tone
- Tight, defined response under fuzz and overdrive
- Cream cover
- Designed for Strat-style neck position
Pair it with the matching middle and bridge pickups if you want the full psychedelic-era voicing across your whole guitar.
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