Stratocaster bridge pickup by Q Pickups designed to emulate the iconic tones of Mr. David Gilmour’s legendary Black Strat, as well as The Edge‘s distinctive sound from U2.
In 1976, during the recording of Pink Floyd’s album “Animals,” David installed a DiMarzio FS-1 in the bridge position, used for the following years and throughout the recording sessions for “The Wall”, up until 1979. A high-output bridge pickup offers increased midrange, sustain, and bite.
Another renowned guitarist who utilized the same bridge pickup is The Edge from U2. The Edge’s vintage Stratocaster, particularly the one used during the recording of “The Joshua Tree,” featured the same unit in the bridge position. In the mid-1980s he was looking for a fatter, more powerful sound compared to the standard single-coil pickups, and the FS-1 provided more output, which helped achieve the tone heard on many of U2’s iconic tracks.
- bridge pickup 14.2kOhm
- right handed vintage staggering (available with flat magnets or lefty staggering on request)
- hand beveled Alnico 5 magnet rods
- polepiece spacing 2.0625″(52mm).
- vulcanized fiberboard flatwork
- hand/scatter wound with 43AWG pickup wire
- vintage style cloth covered push back hookup wires
- wax potted
- 6-32 mounting screws and vintage style silicone tubing included
