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Topic: Fender Strat pickup sets |
Lefty
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Grayson, Ga.
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Posted 11 Nov 2003 1:55 pm |
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I am looking to replace the pickups in a Japanese Stratocaster I bought last week. Does anyone have any advise to offer on the Fender sets I.E. Texas special, or Vintage Noiseless sets, or etc. I think I will replace all three with a matched Fender set.
Thanks,
Lefty
Dekley D-10
Sho-Bud LDG
Fender Jap Strat[This message was edited by Lefty on 11 November 2003 at 01:56 PM.] |
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2003 3:21 pm
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Seymour Duncan makes a vintage strat set. They came stock in my G&L legacy and they sound like a strat should sound to me.
Brad Sarno
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Karl Oberlander
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2003 4:13 pm
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I put Seymour Duncans in my Squire Strat and they really sing out. I also replaced the crappy 5-way switch and the pots that made a big difference too.
Kobe
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Earl Foote
From:
Houston, Tx, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2003 5:24 pm
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| I installed Dimarzio HS-3s in my Squire Strat. They have zero noise and slightly less highs than standard strat pickups. |
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Lefty
From:
Grayson, Ga.
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Posted 11 Nov 2003 5:33 pm
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This guitar is a left handed model Japanese (not a Squire). It has a Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck Jr, in the bridge position, I don't know what the other two are, but they have more output than the JB. This seems strange. Also, the tone controls have to ne turmed over 3/4 rotation before any noticible tone difference. I checked the wiring to a Seymore duncan schematic, and it seemed correct. All I can figure is maybe the pots are the wrong ohmage (500 ohm instead of 250 ohm?). I have always kept my guitars stock, so I am new to this. Any advise will be appreciated.
Thanks to those who responded.
Lefty,
Dekley D-10
Shp-Bud LDG
G&L ASAT[This message was edited by Lefty on 11 November 2003 at 05:34 PM.] |
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James Quackenbush
From:
Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2003 5:58 pm
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| Get in touch with Bill Lawrence...He makes a lower powered set, and a higher powered set of humbucking pickups that are the same size of the normal Strat pickup ...I'm not even an advocate of humbucking pickups as there are not many I like, but these pickups will really fool even the biggest single coil fan !!..Great pickups at a great price, plenty of tone, with no noise as a bonus !! |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2003 6:09 pm
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I have three Bill Lawrence in one of my 4 Tele's. They beat them all and sound better to me than the Vintage Noiseless (had a set of those for a few months). At $40.00 each, you can't go wrong. You get them direct from Bill abd Becky. Check it out at:
billlawrence.com
I just bought a new Japanese Tele, with a Bigsby. Great guitar, awful pickups! I am having it routed for a middle Strat size pickup. I will be getting three Bill Lawrence for it ASAP. Also Warmoth is making a Tortise guard for it. I like their pickguard quality much more than the Fender original.
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Del Rangel
From:
Clayton, NC
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Posted 11 Nov 2003 7:23 pm
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| I have to chime in for Bill Lawrence pups as well. Just installed 290TL/280TN set in a new parts-tele I am finishing up. BLs are a great deal--where else can you get a set of custom pups for $80 plus shipping, and on top of it they sound great, and are dead quiet. Like you I am planning on a strat set for the near future. Just realize that it can take 2-3 months before you have them in hand. |
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Gino Iorfida
From:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2003 7:36 pm
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the Duncan SSL-1 are great pickups. As are the custom shop 57's (50 somethings!!! *laugh*)...
my only advice is to stay away from the reverse wound/reverse polarity middle pickup. sure it's noise cancelling, however the volume drop is much worse in the rw/rp configuration, as well as the tone is not exactly what I call the 'quack' of the middle+ top or middle + bridge configuration.... in humbucking mode, the highs are attenuated as are the lows a bit, and the mids are bumped up a bit compared to the standard configuration wiht all pickups the same wind/polarity (where in the combination of middle + top or bridge, the highs and lows are where they should be, and the mids have a CUT-- quite frankly, the OPPOSITE effect as what the rw/rp deal gives).. others may like it, but my opinion as well as a few others who are as tone fanatical tend to agree with me. |
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Steve Stallings
From:
Houston/Cypress, Texas
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Posted 12 Nov 2003 12:03 pm
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| i put a set of Kinmans in mine... very smooth. |
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Jerry Erickson
From:
Atlanta,IL 61723
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Posted 13 Nov 2003 7:41 am
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| The pots should be 250K value, although in my '54 strat, Leo put 100K pots in it. |
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Michael Brebes
From:
Northridge CA
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Posted 13 Nov 2003 8:02 am
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| The Seymour Duncan Antiquity Strat pickups are the closest thing I've found to the sound of my '62 Strat. |
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DroopyPawn
From:
Fox, OK, USA
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Posted 15 Nov 2003 4:46 pm
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Fender Vintage Noiseless.
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Ronnie Miley
From:
Hendersonville
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Posted 21 Nov 2003 10:44 am
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| EMG-SA (The Best) |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2003 11:03 am
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| I have a SRV Strat with Texas Specials & I love it...Great tone both clean & dirty. |
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Steve Schmidt
From:
Ramsey, MN, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2003 12:54 pm
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| Anybody ever try the Seymour Duncan Five-Two pickups. Apparantly they are the same as the older Nashville Studio pickups. I am considering 3 for my Tele (strat in the middle) |
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Ben Slaughter
From:
Madera, California
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Posted 21 Nov 2003 2:17 pm
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I've got a SD Five-Two as the 3rd pickup in my Tele (G&L). Wired it with a "blender" knob. Wide open, it sort of sounds like a strat, but it really works well as kind of an EQ.
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Ben
Zum D10, NV400, POD, G&L Guitars, etc, etc. |
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