Vintage '54 Strat Sound - Classic Electric Guitar Pickup
The Lace Holy Grail is the ultimate hum cancelling, vintage toned guitar pickup; the tone of a '54 Strat without all the noise or the crazy price tag. "Grails are the richest sounding pups I have heard. They sound so good both clean and distorted and they quack like nothing else I have ever heard. I'm going to put these on all my Strats." -Jet-Strat, FDP
Conventional stacked pickups sacrifice the high and low end, but the Holy Grail's patented break-through sidewinder design retains the depth and the sparkle that is the hallmark of vintage guitar tone. Pure Alnico 5 magnets combined with Lace technology delivers that classic tone you have been searching for.
For Optimal Tone: Use our suggested pickup heights. These measurements are good for any of our pickups. Start with these measurements and adjust height to preference.
String distance from the pickup, fretted at 21st fret:
High “E”:
-NECK: 1.5mm
-MID: 2.0mm
-BRIDGE: 1.0mm
String distance from the pickup, fretted at 21st fret:
Low “E”:
-Neck: 2.5mm
-Mid: 3.5mm
-Bridge: 2.0mm
Music Styles: Rock, blues, R & B, Country, Funk, Jazz, and Pop
Think: Clapton, Hendrix, Beck, Townshend, Bonamassa, Buddy Guy
Sound: A hotter 50's Style single coil sound with a classy bell tone
- Lace Sensor Gold: A classic 50's Style single coil sound with a classic bell tone. Well rounded; and good for any position or style. This is the one that started it all! ~ 5.8k
- Lace Sensor Silver: A fat 70's single coil sound with slightly increased output and more midrange than our Gold Sensors. This is the ultimate middle position pickup ~ 7.1k
- Lace Sensor Light Blue: Warm & Punchy. This Sensor is best suited as a Jazz & Blues neck pickup; or for thicker tone, use it as a middle, or bridge. ~ 8.0k
- Lace Sensor Burgundy: Stay classy with this Sensor. We recommend it for the Bridge position due to its slightly fatter tone over our regular Sensors. ~ 8.9k
- Lace Sensor Blue: Increased output from our standard Sensors, with a warmer 50's humbucking sound in a single coil configuration. Equally at home in Jazz, or Rock applications in a neck or bridge position. ~ 12.8k
- Lace Sensor Red: The hottest output of our Sensor Series. Perfect for the bridge position when fat, punch humbucking output is required. If heat is what you crave, Red is what you need. ~ 14.5k
- Lace Sensor Emerald: Get that Texas-inspired tone and twang done right… without the all that noise! Excellent for all Country applications, and really sings in the neck position. ~ 5.7k
- Lace Sensor Purple: Hot overwound single coil tone. A cross between our Burgundy and Blue Sensor. Designed for bridge position and produces a P-90-type tone when used in the neck. ~ 10.5k
- Lace Sensor Hot Gold: A modern take on 60's vintage classic sound with a full bottom end, singing midrange, & high-end sparkle. Offered in a neck/mid, or a hot bridge variation ~ 6.0k neck/mid, 13.2. Bridge.