The Chrome Domes have been praised for both their "sweet, rounded tones" and simutaneously described as sounding like "a Strat on steroids". This was accomplished by modifying a pickup already known for its bell-like tone and rich history, the original Gold Sensor. We took the Gold, long a favorite of such artists as Eric Clapton, and "slammed and crammed" it with "hotter magnetics," and reverse wound the middle pickup, then wrapped the pickups in chrome - plated heavy brass.