Thanks for making my Strat sound great! So much fuller!

Perceived output level: about the same volume but seems much larger Tone: Very full and rich. Tone Tone Tone. Bridge is no longer brittle! Sonic evaluation: Biggest strat sound I've ever heard! I sometimes use a Marshall Bluesbreaker and/or Fender Deluxe. Killer rock/blues tone. Great jazz tone at the neck through my bass amp. The heavy formvar wire looks great. I can even smell the sweet bees wax.-Harmony Central Review of Swingin' Singles

Tone: Perfect (everything from the Bakersfield sound to Memphis Sonic evaluation: Telecaster Fender Temolux amp Comments: Describing tone is always a difficult thing. So, if you own a Telecaster and you like the tone of such great players as Ray Nichols, Don Rich, Muddy Waters, Roy Buchanan, Paul Burlison, James Burton, Cornell Dupree, Jimmy Bryant, Steve Cropper, Albert Collins, Mike Stern, etc. and if you think that these guys have great tone than these pickups are for you. If love telecasters you must try these pickups. I love them. I also would like to say that Mr. Short certainly knows his stuff. He explained the diffrence between sounds of pick ups and made mine sound exactly like the sound I heard in my head and always treated my questions like they had some relevance. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this pickup a: 10 Fantastic value-Harmony Central Review of Vintage Country Coils

Overall Rating Comments: I have been playing guitar for over 30 years. I am a Musicians Institute and audio engineering school graduate. I am a working professional musician, and I play and teach music for a living. These pickups are beyond a doubt the best pickups I have ever owned. I have played Duncun, Lawrence, Dimarzio, Anderson, Velvet hammers, etc over the years, and I have never been quite as thrilled as I am with Tom Short pickups. They are sweet sounding, and I feel like I can get every tone I need: jazz from the front pickup, rock from the middle pickup {nashville teles have a strat pickup and a 5 way selecter switch) rock in the middle and twang in the bridge position. I love these pickups, and you will too. If they were lost are stolen I would sell my girlfriends jewelry to replace them.rob my childs college fund , sell my mothers autographed 8 x10 glossy of Sammy Davis jr to replace them On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this pickup a: 10 Fantastic value -Harmony Central Review of Vintage Country Coils with a middle Swingin' Single.

Pickup being replaced: Custom Shop 52 reissues Other pickups on guitar: Artists using this pickup: You musical style(s): #$%* kickin country Reason for pickup change: Several companies have a good bridge sound, but I was looking for that AND a good middle position sound. There's a midrange that I only hear on certain 50s/60s Fenders. Mr Short Has nailed that sweet spot. There's perfect vintage twang in the bridge position & that sound I was searching for in the middle. Sound Perceived output level: I did very controlled A/Bing with these pickups & 2 sets of popular high end vintage reissue PUs. The output is about the same for all three. The Steel Driving Man had more note definition at high volume, even when distorted. Tone: Vintage Tele, that all around warm tone you can play jazz or country with. For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: I play several styles of traditional country & these Pus are perfect for me. They look the part & sound the part. They sound great in all positions! Overall Rating Comments: I've been playing for 28 years, 16 professionally. I'm really picky about materials & craftsmanship. I ended up talking to Tom on the phone & he made the PUs exactly how I wanted them. I will definately be using more of these on my other instruments. Tom was really pleasant to deal with & he made me just what I was looking for & had it delivered really fast. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this pickup a: 10 Fantastic value -Harmony Central review of Steel Drivin' Man

Perceived output level: Vintage Tone: Balanced, sweet - but nasty if you want Sonic evaluation: I use an Allen Class Act amp mostly for recording. These pickups have the most beautiful tone! I never thought I'd find a mid pickup that I would love to play. It does the "rock" sound perfectly. The neck pickup makes me play more and more - so sweet. The bridge pickup CAN DEFINITELY do that "Suzie Q" sound. Each pickup is wound slightly differently and I can't say enough good about any one of them. Tom Short is a vintage expert and has somehow gotten these even better than I expected. And to have a mid pickup that I love - that's fun. These are the real deal. Full bodied bass, great definition, clarity, tone, great mix. For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Versatile set of pickups for many strat sounds. I use them for blues and rock mostly Overall Rating Comments: I have been playing for 20 years. This is definitely a professional pickup for the good ear. (I will probably also try his Sweet '90s for another guitar). I would buy these strat pickups again. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this pickup a: 10 Fantastic value -Harmony Central review of Swingin' Singles.
I was able to work out a good deal with the guy in Nashville and sold him my Tele & Strat. Man, I can’t believe what old guitars sell for today. Fenders were always just a working man’s guitar. I like my MIM Strat and Tele with your pickups much better than I liked the old ones. By the way, with dating of the pots, my Tele was a ’57 and my Strat a ’58. I thought they were newer than that so I really lucked out in the value department. I had purchased both of them used a long time ago when there were no such things as “vintage” guitars only new guitars and used guitars. Used were cheap back then. I miss those days. I once bought an ES355 mono with Lyre Vibrola® with factory Varitone® and factory master volume for $150.00 with the brown and pink case.