Owen Duffy made my set, after a long discussion off and on about the tone I wanted.  I didn't want something with super output, just a clear set of pickups, showing off exactly what my strat sounds like in true nature.

 

Each pickup was wound to give me the tones I wanted - and they each were calibrated, not heavily so, but enough to give a balance throughout the positions. 

 

5.6k Neck - 5.8k Middle - 6.3k Bridge

RWRP(optional) 42g formvar wire, unpolished bevelled Alnico 5 magnets

 

I play these pickups through a Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue, and Guitarport. They are great sounding pickups, easy to dial in - respond well to height adjustment, and they don't get too extreme wether way up high or down low.

Beware, these pickup's "Pick-up" every little nuance.

This is a good thing mostly, because the sound produced will be exacting - Different picks sound different, every part of your finger, and nail - will all produce full unique tones.  It picks up exactly what is played.  Pick attack, dynamics, rolling off some highs, or the volume, will naturally give you a great array of sounds.

On the other hand, you may be heard making the slightest mistake :-)  Good for practice perhaps.

All are very balanced throughout. The neck pickup is very clear and responds well anywhere on the fretboard.

Here is where youll find the clear bell tones,  at any place of the fretboard.  It has pronounced low end, and no mud, lots of clarity.  The highs are sweet and perfectly rounded over, and clear as a bell, without the ice pick.  It's got its fair share of your woodyness, if you summon it.  Or, shall I say, "suss it out"

The middle is a very tasteful balance between the glassy clear, fulfilling neck pickup, and the bridge, making it able to stand all on its own.  It has a good hollowness, and woodyness to it.  I find a culmination of strat tones in all positions, but this one has some good tones that I've not enjoyed from a middle pickup in the past.  Bravo!

The bridge being very satisfying, not overpowering with mids and ice pick, but a very good tone I would describe as modest, yet authoritative - It has all the highs there, the mids arent overbearing, and the lows are clear yet not thin, and its got a hint of woodyness - it has such clear tones you think you are about to get the breaking glass, but its smoothed over right at the edge to still provide that smooth tone...

As for the in betweens, they retain all the glass and clarity of the main 3 positions, and bring some quack, but not the kind that would make me call them particularly "quacky" but they have enough there to manipulate a good range of tones that are satisfying.

Pick toward the bridge in position 2 and get sweet home alabama, or finger pick over the middle for Knopfler sounds

For position 4, think a little more along the lines of S.R.V.'s Lenny - glassy and clear, not as pinched sounding as Jimi Hendrix's Little Wing intro(not pinched in a bad way) Quack is there, but so is alot of glass, making a less extreme difference in sound from the 1-3-5 positions. Middle pickup height may change this but I have not found evidence enough to say that it changes the sound significantly(i.e. - going from lenny to little wing with one turn of the screw)

It's hard to say one way or the other, wether the set is polite sounding, or aggressive.  I find they are a blank palate.  Bring out the aggresive side of the pickups, as you dig in.  Or back off and play with a regular touch to bring out the best of both worlds, or play soft, and get the dynamic, kind, almost human-voice character in tone.

Great set---The craftsmanship is unequalled - every detail of this set shows true artisan skills with technical ability. They dont have a bunch of stuff written all over them or anything. Just clean great looking pickups. 

I've had Fralins, Fender amse's, and I just thought how could you go wrong with a chef who knows all his ingredients and how to use them to the customers 100% satisfaction, garunteed?

It's got all I need in there...

As for the tone search, it at least has taken a stop at the satisfaction Inn. Will it change and continue one day? Could be, but I have to say, the tone is just what I want - so much so that I dont even notice the pickups being in there. Then I remember from time to time that I have duffs in there. A feeling of money well spent, and relief!

Owen Is awesome, he has put up with my every question under the sun, in the most professional manner.

In all honesty I will share a bit of the story that hasent been brought to light yet in my review.  Only for the purpose of displaying evidence of his customer service...

I recieved my set and measured the resistance right before they went in and the bridge was ~6.23 - which for handwinding is as close as it gets, and if anyone can hear the difference of less than 1k I would think that person or persons would be in the looney bin now, from being driven insane from their ears.

I thought thats as close as it got, but the middle pickup measured 5.8 almost on the dot. I was amazed at that accuracy.

As stated on his site, climate and other conditions affect the final product you recieve - so dont freak out if its .07k off.

The neck however, was a little hot, in fact it measured 6.3k

That was enough to say something about, so I told Owen, and the guy was apologetic to the point I felt as though I had beaten the kindness out of him. He took it back and had it back to me in about 2 or 3 days, fixed right down to 5.6k and didnt charge me a thing.

It just doesnt get any better folks.

Great guy, great pickups, great service! DONE!

 

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