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Some people like A3 on a Stratocaster. I only like it on Telecasters, P90s and humbuckers.
What fingerboard radius is the Kimbara? This will determine whether you should opt for equal length polepieces or the vintage style “stagger” pattern.
Hard to define warm - I'd use the vol pot to soften any highs and even a tweak on the tone pot, to 'warm it up' - With a good taper on the pots then subtle tweaks should produce effective results - I'm not a fan of a treble bleed cap on the vol pots but I know many are
Fender themselves never used anything but alnico 5 for Strat pickups in their original vintage pickups
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Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57776/handsomerik/p1
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For the definition of "warm" that's generally used (at least in audio engineering), basically meaning less high frequencies, turning the tone knob down will definitely make it sound warmer.
But the problem with audio descriptions like that is that people use them for different things. The "looking for richness and chime" suggested to me he might not just be looking for what I'd call warmth; i.e. less high frequencies.
To me, "chime" isn't something I'd associate with "warmth".
I think anything beyond the simple "brighter = more high frequencies", "warmer/darker = less high frequencies" is getting in to territory of subjective abstract terms and can quickly become useless for communication because people will use the same words to describe completely different things.
The basic answer came back as, yes, the qualities I like in the Tele A3’s will transfer over to A3’s in a Strat. So, I’ll be getting a set the Mojo Specials which are a tad overwound A3’s.
Dont know if that helps.