Chubtone Custom Pickups El Gordo Strat Bridge

Pickup features: Overwound strat bridge pickup
Impedence or other specs: 7.5 K

Model of guitar or bass: American Strat sunburst alder/rosewood
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Chubtone 63 strat set bridge.
Other pickups on guitar: Chubtone 63 neck and middle.
Artists using this pickup: Mostly session guitarists so far.
You musical style(s): Rock, Blues, Pop, Instrumental
Reason for pickup change: I'd ordered the Chubtone 63 set, which sounds amazing.
Although the neck and notch positions sounded perfect, I still wanted a bridge pickup with more beef, while still retaining a true strat tone.

Perceived output level: Most great vintage A5 strat pickups are between 6K and 6.7K. I'm not a fan of overly vintage sounding bridge pickups in that range, and wanted enough output to ride slightly above the great neck pickup. I contacted Mike, and he told me he'd been experimenting with different size wire and windings, which would facilitate a vintage sounding hotter 7.5 bridge. Like the cool guy Mike is, he instantly sent me an El Gordo
Tone: The best thing about Chubtone vintage strat pickups, IMO, is that they sound slightly bigger than most other vintage style pickups, yet stay bell clear. Fat 50's are similar, but the sound squashes out a bit on those. Chubtones still retain that very authentic bitey strat tone, but your ears don't tire of the sound like lesser pickups.
Sonic evaluation: I use every shade of gain with my strats, usually plugging into a Bogner Ecstasy or Matchless Chieftain 2-12. The 63's are the ultimate pickup set for the player looking for an SRV/KWS/Mayer type of sound. Because I felt I could use a bit more output on my bridge, I soon discovered that Mike's El Gordo bridge was the solution.
To everyone reading this.....If you want a kickass strat set, you can either spend $230 on Fralin Vin Hots, Duncan Surfers, or others that everyone knows about. If want quality that equals or exceeds that, get yourself a Chubtone El Gordo bridge and 63 neck and rw/rp middle.
You'll save $80, absolutely love them, and you'll be helping a new upstart pickup authority. I know it's quite an endorsement, but I've owned about 14 sets of aftermarket strat pickups.....I know the differences.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: If you're looking for something that rivals a humbucker, the El Gordo may not be the right pup, but if you simply want to retain the vintage sparkle while adding some beef to the tone, the El Gordo is it. I mostly use this strat for blues or songoriented roots/pop music. For rock, it may still be a bit too vintage, although much of that depends on your amp.

Comments: Even though I love these pickups and putting them in my favorite strat, my next move would be to check out his others. The 69 strat set is of particular interest to me. I think I'd get that set with either the El Gordo, or maybe ask him to heavily overwind the bridge on that set. I believe these pickups are taller, from top to bottom, to accomodate the overwind, so maybe he's have to use the El Gordo bobbins to pull it off.