@@ElvisSasha Can't say enough about how great this video is for comparing the two pickup sets. Kudos to you and your playing, Great tone with both sets. Thanks again!
Thanks for the video! I prefer the 65's, they have a balanced sound with a crisp midrange and clear but not piercing high end. The 61's sound too bright in my opinion, but they're not bad sounding by any means. I'm listening on a pair of consumer headphones, so maybe the sound is slightly different through studio headphones or speakers.
65 sounds nice and meaty, midrangey. That's my cup of tea. The 61 too ice pickey and shrill. I would be messing with the tone knobs too much. Texas specials too hot for me. 69s are cool but maybe a different tool for a different job (when I need some extra shimmering highs). Great vid man! Would love to hear the 65s against the 69s. Seems to be no vids on that.
I have 69s and 65s, I find the 65s a little too middy at times, fluffy, with no real bass, the 69s have whopping piano bass and all the harmonic overtones intact and so dynamic
Thanks for making this! I'm debating between these two pickups for my Vintera II 60's Strat. Think the 65's might be what I'm after. Also, that Neural Tone King plugin sounds incredible. I just grabbed the Morgan suite. Great video! Subscribed!
How would you compare the Pure Vintage 61 to the CS69 pickups? I have 69s now but am curious about the new 61. How would you describe them in terms of feel, and how they take gain? Also, maybe midrange character and roundness in the neck position? Thank you.
Hello. It's hard to explain in words, you have to feel it. I apologize, but From my subjective point of view, the CS69 was a dead sound. CS69 did not impress me at all, as everyone says about them. With the PV61, the guitar came alive. PV61 have a good midrange and light high frequencies. PV 61 have a bite, that's what I like. Bridge pickup is not sharp. 5 and 2 position balanced volume, what I was looking for. Bridge pickup is very good for Rock music, rock solo, no need to reduce the tone knob. Neck pickup is very good for SRV music. The 61s are very easy to play and have a good response. This is just my subjective opinion. And it is better to buy once and try it yourself. Of course I could be wrong.I hope my explanation was useful. Thank you.
65s are warmer and less spikey top-end...a bit more high-mid "Zing"...but 5he 61s have harder tone but probably better with FX? All I know is the 65s did'nt give me ear fatique!
I love those 65 pv, they sound perfect to me as they have the body and all the strat sound while not being as icey as the pv 61 or 59s (which sound great too), specially in clean sounds. I think the pv65s are very Jimi-esque sounding. I have already order a prewired pickguard pv 65 rwrp for my red fiesta tokai! It's gonna be a great vintage spec strat for less than 1k in my fav colour. The guitar is fantastic for less than a half of what an AVII costs in europe, and the shape of the headstock is a fender accurate one so I can't complaint at all
Which one do you prefer? I have the american original 60 with the 65 pure vintage and I feel sometimes it lacks a bit of attack and high mids. I have tried an american vintage ii with the 61 pure vintage and I like it a lot beacause it had more attack and clarity. Do you think it's all beacause of those pickups or do you think it's also beacause of the slaboard neck and the slimmer neck of the avii? I play knopfler, srv, hendrix and that stuff.
Hello. Thanks for the comment. This is a very interesting topic and I have not fully understood it yet. I noticed that pv 65 pickups have a strong punch and low frequencies. And pv 61 pickups have less low frequencies and have a bright high mid range, and also have a good attack. I don't know how to describe it in words, but pv 61 pickups seem to bite, when you hit the pick on the string, the notes seem to cling to the pick, which I really like. Sorry, but I could be wrong. This is my subjective opinion. I'm thinking of buying American Vintage || 61, but I have a little doubt whether it is worth paying such a large amount of money? I want to take my guitar with 61 pickups into the shop and compare it to the American Vintage 2, I wonder if there will be a difference? It would be great if you buy pv 61 pickups and put them on your American original. It would be interesting to hear how 61 vs 65 pickups sound on an American Original guitar. Thank you. Good luck!
@@Riccardoferriscuccimarra Hello my friends! I'm very glad to talk about this topic. (Sorry for my English.) I'm user of AO60 with PV65 pickups And same troublesome too. I tried American Vintage ii and old 1996's american vintage. American Vintage ii was similar to old american vintage. But AVii had smooth attack like a American Original. I think it reason is finish. AVii's finish texture looks like AO. Probably total tone balance from neck spec. About pickups, Pure Vintage 65 has round peak at 200hz. And frequency rolled upper than 3khz. AO is always same tone if I changed string to new. Difference is small on my DAW. Pure vintage 61 sounds cutted arround mid-row. There is meddle often to other tracks. Thank you for your very nice video! I concider to buy PV61, Suhr V70, or Duncan clean machine. But maybe best is Ibanez AZ for Vocaloid music haha.
I had a similar problem, I found a loose "Ground" black wire and that led me to resolder the pickups again and using a .033uf cap and the Grey bobbin sound blossomed again. Check all the grounds and solder connections, those Grey bobbin 65 s should sound as in the video.
65 is sound rock,punk,fire and savage,suena afilado como una navaja, o puas metalicas que resuenan, 61 is good and clean pero le faltan los graves y lo afilato y roto del 65, talvez dspues cambie de parece cuando las instale o tenga dos para comparar en persona.
Have you ever tried a CS Fat 50s and how would they compare to the Pure Vintage 61? im thinking of changing to these but ive just only recently got into strats and the CSF50s are my first pickups on my amproii strat, they seem a bit bassy or muddy
Yes, I tried the CSFat 50s and they seemed a little bassy as you say. I can't say exactly how the 50 sounds compared to the 61 because I no longer have a fat50. But for today I really like 61 more than fat50. But be careful because 61 middle pickup is not RWRP.
61 al tener menos dist puedes subir mas DB 65 tiene buen dist pero sucio, tendria que oir mas demos con mejor sonido y mejor😊 talvez ponerle al 65 menos od y se resuelve
Thank you. A very difficult question. 65 is punchy, 57/72 is very clean and a little thin, and Texas Special needs to hit the strings harder to have a strong attack. I could be wrong. This is my subjective opinion.
61 menos dist 65 mas dist 61 es un gato 65 un puerco jajaja en cuerdas y notas graves el puerco y el cuerdas y notas agudas el gato, mejor tener el gato y enduciarlo que tener un puerco que no podras ni querras lavar 😂
Thus demo is really well done. No crazy playing, just clear showing what the pickups do and good audio recoridng.
This was the point of this video, to demonstrate the sound of pickups. Thank you very much!
@@ElvisSasha Can't say enough about how great this video is for comparing the two pickup sets. Kudos to you and your playing, Great tone with both sets. Thanks again!
@@FRX67 I'm glad you liked this video. Thank you very much!😊
Thanks to this video, I've bought '61 for my partcaster. Great demo! Thanks! 😊
I'm glad this video was useful. Thank you!😊
Thanks for the video! I prefer the 65's, they have a balanced sound with a crisp midrange and clear but not piercing high end. The 61's sound too bright in my opinion, but they're not bad sounding by any means. I'm listening on a pair of consumer headphones, so maybe the sound is slightly different through studio headphones or speakers.
Glad you liked this video. Thank you very much!
I love both...leaning to '61s 🎸
Great video ! I have the 61 AVR II and prefer the 65 pick ups for my type of tone ! Gonna make the swap! Thanks for video !
I am glad that the video was useful for you. Thank you very much!
The 65’s all the way!
Since my overdrives have lots of low end the PV 61 for me! Thanks!
Glad to help! Thank you.
Man! I like the Pure Vintage '65 Pickups!!!!!!!!!
65 sounds nice and meaty, midrangey. That's my cup of tea. The 61 too ice pickey and shrill. I would be messing with the tone knobs too much. Texas specials too hot for me. 69s are cool but maybe a different tool for a different job (when I need some extra shimmering highs).
Great vid man! Would love to hear the 65s against the 69s. Seems to be no vids on that.
Thank you very much!)
I have 69s and 65s, I find the 65s a little too middy at times, fluffy, with no real bass, the 69s have whopping piano bass and all the harmonic overtones intact and so dynamic
I agree.. I’d take the 65’s here. I have CS 69’s in a classic player and love the spank! I have Texas Specials in a drawer where they belong.
Thanks for making this! I'm debating between these two pickups for my Vintera II 60's Strat. Think the 65's might be what I'm after. Also, that Neural Tone King plugin sounds incredible. I just grabbed the Morgan suite. Great video! Subscribed!
I am glad that this video was useful for you. Subscription is not necessary, I am not a blogger.😊Thank you very much!
I have the 65 on my Vintera 60s. It's away better than the stock pickups. I love the sound. I don't need to change pickups anymore.
This is the best demo than i haven seen
@@NocheOculta07 Thank you very much!
How would you compare the Pure Vintage 61 to the CS69 pickups? I have 69s now but am curious about the new 61. How would you describe them in terms of feel, and how they take gain? Also, maybe midrange character and roundness in the neck position? Thank you.
Hello. It's hard to explain in words, you have to feel it. I apologize, but From my subjective point of view, the CS69 was a dead sound. CS69 did not impress me at all, as everyone says about them. With the PV61, the guitar came alive. PV61 have a good midrange and light high frequencies. PV 61 have a bite, that's what I like. Bridge pickup is not sharp. 5 and 2 position balanced volume, what I was looking for. Bridge pickup is very good for Rock music, rock solo, no need to reduce the tone knob. Neck pickup is very good for SRV music. The 61s are very easy to play and have a good response. This is just my subjective opinion. And it is better to buy once and try it yourself. Of course I could be wrong.I hope my explanation was useful. Thank you.
@@ElvisSasha Thanks again. Very well explained.
59 y 61 suenan parecidos y limpios pero , con od talvez les falte lo que el 65 tiene 🧛🏻♂️ elegi 65 para tocar mas versaril y power rock
65s are warmer and less spikey top-end...a bit more high-mid "Zing"...but 5he 61s have harder tone but probably better with FX? All I know is the 65s did'nt give me ear fatique!
I love those 65 pv, they sound perfect to me as they have the body and all the strat sound while not being as icey as the pv 61 or 59s (which sound great too), specially in clean sounds. I think the pv65s are very Jimi-esque sounding. I have already order a prewired pickguard pv 65 rwrp for my red fiesta tokai! It's gonna be a great vintage spec strat for less than 1k in my fav colour. The guitar is fantastic for less than a half of what an AVII costs in europe, and the shape of the headstock is a fender accurate one so I can't complaint at all
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Which one do you prefer? I have the american original 60 with the 65 pure vintage and I feel sometimes it lacks a bit of attack and high mids. I have tried an american vintage ii with the 61 pure vintage and I like it a lot beacause it had more attack and clarity. Do you think it's all beacause of those pickups or do you think it's also beacause of the slaboard neck and the slimmer neck of the avii?
I play knopfler, srv, hendrix and that stuff.
Hello. Thanks for the comment. This is a very interesting topic and I have not fully understood it yet. I noticed that pv 65 pickups have a strong punch and low frequencies. And pv 61 pickups have less low frequencies and have a bright high mid range, and also have a good attack. I don't know how to describe it in words, but pv 61 pickups seem to bite, when you hit the pick on the string, the notes seem to cling to the pick, which I really like. Sorry, but I could be wrong. This is my subjective opinion. I'm thinking of buying American Vintage || 61, but I have a little doubt whether it is worth paying such a large amount of money? I want to take my guitar with 61 pickups into the shop and compare it to the American Vintage 2, I wonder if there will be a difference? It would be great if you buy pv 61 pickups and put them on your American original. It would be interesting to hear how 61 vs 65 pickups sound on an American Original guitar. Thank you. Good luck!
Thank you, very KInd! Yes, should be very interesting!
@@Riccardoferriscuccimarra
Hello my friends! I'm very glad to talk about this topic. (Sorry for my English.)
I'm user of AO60 with PV65 pickups And same troublesome too.
I tried American Vintage ii and old 1996's american vintage.
American Vintage ii was similar to old american vintage. But AVii had smooth attack like a American Original.
I think it reason is finish. AVii's finish texture looks like AO.
Probably total tone balance from neck spec.
About pickups, Pure Vintage 65 has round peak at 200hz. And frequency rolled upper than 3khz.
AO is always same tone if I changed string to new. Difference is small on my DAW.
Pure vintage 61 sounds cutted arround mid-row. There is meddle often to other tracks.
Thank you for your very nice video!
I concider to buy PV61, Suhr V70, or Duncan clean machine.
But maybe best is Ibanez AZ for Vocaloid music haha.
I had a similar problem, I found a loose "Ground" black wire and that led me to resolder the pickups again and using a .033uf cap and the Grey bobbin sound blossomed again. Check all the grounds and solder connections, those Grey bobbin 65 s should sound as in the video.
65 is sound rock,punk,fire and savage,suena afilado como una navaja, o puas metalicas que resuenan, 61 is good and clean pero le faltan los graves y lo afilato y roto del 65, talvez dspues cambie de parece cuando las instale o tenga dos para comparar en persona.
Thank you for your detailed analysis! I agree that the 65 has a lot of power and bite.
The 61' seem to have more of that Frusciante vibe going
Great! 1:27 so cool!
Thank you.)
Have you ever tried a CS Fat 50s and how would they compare to the Pure Vintage 61? im thinking of changing to these but ive just only recently got into strats and the CSF50s are my first pickups on my amproii strat, they seem a bit bassy or muddy
Yes, I tried the CSFat 50s and they seemed a little bassy as you say. I can't say exactly how the 50 sounds compared to the 61 because I no longer have a fat50. But for today I really like 61 more than fat50. But be careful because 61 middle pickup is not RWRP.
@@ElvisSasha I've heard about RWRP, anyway love the comparison you're one of the first to do a review on the pickups! keep it up
@@emil5633 Thank you very much!)
Both are very similar, but I believe the 61's little better for me.
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Приветствую, Саша! 🖐️🤗 Рада видеть и рада слышать! 👍🤗
Здравствуйте, Надежда!👋 Спасибо ☺️ И снова видео для гитаристов, сори🙏 )) Надеюсь что у вас все хорошо 👌
@@ElvisSasha Да я поняла, Саша, что не для обычного слушателя. Но послушала с удовольствием.
57/62 and 61 which do you prefer?
@@jovanhalim8408 I think I like 61 better.
61 al tener menos dist puedes subir mas DB 65 tiene buen dist pero sucio, tendria que oir mas demos con mejor sonido y mejor😊 talvez ponerle al 65 menos od y se resuelve
Thank you for your feedback. I'll keep that in mind for future videos. 😊
Great A/B-ing as always Sasha! How would you say the PV65 compare w the 57/62s and Texas Specials? Thanks!
Thank you. A very difficult question. 65 is punchy, 57/72 is very clean and a little thin, and Texas Special needs to hit the strings harder to have a strong attack. I could be wrong. This is my subjective opinion.
61 1:57 65 1:35 65 2:51 61 3:09
65 vs 69?
61 is from new American Vintage II 1961 Stratocaster
61 limpio y blues 😼 65 mas rock blues ,69 rock blues y metal? 😂
‘61 sound better to me
61 menos dist 65 mas dist
61 es un gato
65 un puerco jajaja
en cuerdas y notas graves el puerco y el cuerdas y notas agudas el gato, mejor tener el gato y enduciarlo que tener un puerco que no podras ni querras lavar 😂