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I have a guitar called a mini-May that is a travel sized guitar with a single pickup at the bridge, made in China. It is a sweet little guitar that has a unique sound very much like Brian May's tone at times. I got it as a restock for $85 incl. S&H with gig bag a few years ago.I have a thing for these small sized guitars they are a nice change for my mainly slide based style. The pickup is the same in all the current Brian May guitars. Nice finish and neck a very cool guitar.

Guitar Fetish
https://www.guitarfetish.com/Brighton-Rock-Vintage-Spec-Alnico-Pickups-Classic-Queen-sound_p_1514.html

Has a version called the Brighton Rock that are sized like strat pickups. I have been thinking about getting a set for my Am Std GR-ready strat they are $85 for a set of 3 . Pretty affordable the main thing that has made me move slowly is my strat which due to the built in GR hex pickup and electronics makes doing any work on it non-trivial (there are 8 or so teeny plugs that are delicate but need removal and reinstallation). I have and like the P90 humbucker sized pickups I got from them for one of my Switch guitars (it's sort of like a Les Paul Jr) they are the "Mean" variety with more output but have a nice P90ish sound with hum canceling in the center position not exactly vintage but very usable and enjoyable to play. I've also used their bridges, controls and switches all were well made and easy to install. I also have a travel guitar from them with a 24" scale, single humbucker at the bridge, it was a black Friday special with very nice gig bag, tuner/headphone amp for $105. It is pretty well made with excellent finish but has a slight problem with the control route so 1 screw of the cover is loose. My only real complaint is that it has only a volume but no tone control, it needs long shaft controls and I can't find a dual control with a long shaft. I'll have to drill a hole for a tone control. That being said it has a very nice humbucker from their own line.

https://www.guitarfetish.com/Xaviere-JTT-Travel-Guitar-Solid-Alder-Vintage-Cream_p_2209.html
It was a great deal for $105

I did a little demo and post on my sole Burns-equipped guitar here: https://tonefiend.com/pickups/the-mysterious-burns-pickup/

I just saw a pointer to these folks with a recommendation for doing an authentic Trisonic repro at a decent price: https://www.adeson.co.uk/ I gather that current Burns models are pretty correctly built but outsourced to Korea. They do seem to be available from Burns in a Strat-sized format. https://www.burnsguitars.com/accessories.php

Looks interesting — anyone tried them?

Just got the pickups today. Might be a little while before they get into an instrument. The quality looks good. They seem well made. They have chrome covers that are soldered to the ground wire. this makes it hard to get inside. Seems like they are wax potted. I bought some black metal mounting rings, the pickups fit these perfectly. I could post some pictures, but they look just like what's posted on the GF site.