Carvin S60N

Pickup features: Passive Single Coil
Impedence or other specs:

Model of guitar or bass: Baritone Electric (converted Fender Electric Bass VI)
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Stock Japanese Fender reissue
Other pickups on guitar: Stock Japanese Fender reissue
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s): All
Reason for pickup change: The stock pickups are a bit loose sounding, and not enough concentrated "presence" for guitar strings, and are a bit microphonic at higher volimes.

Perceived output level: Roughly about the same, with a slight volume increase
Tone: Very evenly balanced with a rounder top end with a more concentrated midtone and much tighter bass. Brighter sounding than on the all koa Carvin.
Sonic evaluation: As of now, I've run it direct and through a POD. What's nice about the S60 is that it responds nicely to the tone control. The Fender pickups retain too much top end bite even as the tone is rolled up to 3/4 the way off, and then, things get "woofy." The Carvin reacts smoothly to tone changes. This is usefull for that ECM jazz type sound (which the stock pickup could not really cover. The S60 in conjunction with the stock neck pickup gives sort of a "Tele's Biiig Brother" sort of sound.
In high gain situations, the extra long scale (and bass string I use for the 6th string -low B-) give a pretty overpowering bottom end. Hitting the bass attenuation switch thins out the bottom (but not quite as dramatically as with the stock pickup). This changes the pickup's characteristics really emphasizing the treble.
For a Baritone electric, it's a definite improvement over the stock pickup. With bass strings, it might not have the bottom end power, or top end crispness that made it sound like a Fender Bass.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: For this, country & western, surf(for a hoot), rock, progressive rock, jazz, fingerstyle. I have a feeling that this one would work in all 3 positions. Again, pulling the baritone electric more into the guitar range than the bass.

Comments: If the pickup were damaged, I might pick it up again, but would also check out the new single coil sized humbucker. (note: the stock Fender pickups have a large piece of rubberized foam attached to the bottom of the pickup, so you will need springs to elevate the pickup on the screws).
Been playing about 27 years. Own a bunch of guitars, basses, amps, effects, various other instruments, etc. I was pleasantly surprised by this one. While pretty beefy sounding, Carvin pickups have been called "flat," "sterile," and other things (some unmentionable), but it's relatively "neutral" characteristics allow it to fit into a wide variety of situations, and a wide variety of woods. It seems tailor made for unusual settings like a very long scale baritone electric made of a harder, "brighter sounding" wood.
Compared to the Duncan Hot Rails that replaced it in the Carvin, it's tone falls in between the Hot Rails single coil and humbucker sound for brightness and power.
Last thoughts. While it will not "out twang" a Fender, it will fit better in a wider range of uses.

Pickup features: Single-coil passive
Impedence or other specs: DC resistance about 7k

Model of guitar or bass: Warmouth Tele
Position: middle
Pickup being replaced: NA
Other pickups on guitar: Seymour Duncan Custom Strat (neck), Seymour D. Hot Tele tapped lead
Artists using this pickup: None that I know of
You musical style(s): jazz, rock, blues, country
Reason for pickup change:

Perceived output level: About the same as a stock Fender
Tone: Brite, good deep lows, weak mids
Sonic evaluation: Rocktron Piranha preamp, MosValve poweramp, 1-12 and 2-12 cabinets.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: I had this pickup in the neck position as well as middle, but it was completely unsuitable here. In the middle, though, it's great. Lot's of quack.

Comments: As a middle pickup, I give this unit 8 out of 10. I would definitely
not recommend it for either bridge or neck positions because it is
just too thin. Their AP11 sounds like a much better choice for neck or
bridge.
I have done lots of experimenting mixing and matching pickups, and I
have learned a few very useful hints that don't get talked about much.
Feel free to contact me for specifics.

Pickup features: single rail style
Impedance or other specs:

Model of guitar or bass: '78 Fender Strat
Position: neck
Pickup being replaced: stock
Other pickups on guitar: stock mid, Duncan Vintage Rails bridge
Artists using this pickup:
Your musical style(s): rock, folk, blues
Reason for pickup change:
The stock pickup wasn't full enough sounding -- not weighty enough.

Perceived output level:
About 20% louder than the stock pickup.
Tone:
Fairly balanced. Not quite as much treble as a Strat single coil,
and more low mids. More like a Fender Texas Special, but
perhaps a bit more polite. The harder I hit the strings, the
more treble it produces; the effect is more pronounced than on
any other pickup I've used. So when I play lightly it's
rather mellow sounding, and forceful picking brings out more bite.
Sonic evaluation:
Slightly more modern and bell-like than a Strat single coil.
It has the fuller tone that I want and still sounds like a
single coil, even more than the Duncan Vintage Rails do.
The notch position has a lot of quack still, but sounds
slightly sterile.
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable:
I'd imagine it's pretty versatile. It's a tad longer than a
Strat single coil, so I had to take a pocket knife and shave
off a bit (maybe 1/32 in. total) of the pickguard on the curved ends
of the pickup hole. The result looks fine, and probably still
would even if I put back the stock pickup, so I'm not too
concerned. But it was a surprise, since Carvin markets it as
a direct replacement for Strats.

Comments:
I'll keep it in for now; still might try a few other pickups sometime.
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