I was just wondering if anyone has tried Klein vintage reproduction pickups, and what you think. I picked up a used ASAT that has the Klein Broadcaster pickup in the bridge position, and it sounds pretty darn good. I also got the stock G&L pickup with the deal, and have not decided when or even if I'll to go back to the original.
I was also checking out their website and sound clips, and they seem to have a pretty good process:
"We are your Vintage Pickup specialists. We have cornered the market of manufacturing the most accurate vintage pickup reproductions to which can not be equaled. Our process is to chemically analyze an original pickup magnets and wire, then we reproduce them with the exact same magnets and wire. We don't use stock magnets or wire. We don't degauss magnets and say they are vintage. Our magnets are only as strong as the elemental composition will hold. Our wire is specially manufactured for us, we have many batches of wire with all different types of resistances and O.D.'s. Our wire also is processed differently than modern conventional wire, these little details are what makes the Klein Pickups Reproductions the most accurate in the world. We have a full array of models that we reproduce."
I'm not affiliated ... just passing on the info.
JT