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Originally Posted by ramonesfreak
what pickups you got in the custom shops? i’ve got the fat 50s and i’m researching replacements now
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The last two in the first post were mine, both stock. The '54 is a 50th anni masterbuilt. It had the custom shop '54 pickups. Those are really good if you want the early ash/maple '54-'55 sound. This run of guitars was probably as close to a real early stratocaster as far as features and details go as I have ever seen. They were really cool guitars. The fiesta red one above it was a '60 team built. I forget what pickups it had in it, but they were stock. I really miss both of those.
I've got a '65 transitional custom shop from 2005 right now that is the best sounding and feeling non vintage stratocaster I've ever heard or played. I'll add a pic of that. It has the stock '65 Custom Shop pickups in it. Those pickups are great. The stock pickups in the recent AV reissue '65s are really good too if you are looking for something that sounds kinda like the stuff from that era is supposed to. Not as good as the real thing, but really really good to me.
It depends on what you want. Fender was always transitioning and there were several distinctly different magnet/wire/bobbin material combinations from '54-'65. There are a few small boutique PU winders who can capture the sound of whatever era you are looking for.