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Post subject: Question: The best Fender pickups for Funk, Neo-Soul & R&B?
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:18 am
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Hello Fender community!

I'm searching for the best Fender pickups for my Squier Affinity Strat. I'm interested in smooth, clean sound that can be heard in a lot of funk, neo-soul, r&b songs.

I'm thinking about these 2 setups:

- Fender Custom Shop Fat 50s Stratocaster Set
- Fender Custom 69 Stratocaster Pickup Set


Here are few examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GskkeBOwWms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juEzbSmWpHQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEeaGZPBitc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI7iTBDFXx4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVi1wmRCG8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRWtvbyprgo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbMzoSVKp1Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myV5GSJUR5s

I'll be thankful for help. :)


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Post subject: Re: Question: The best Fender pickups for Funk, Neo-Soul & R
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:43 pm
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I bet you've already made up your mind about changing the pickups.

So I won't even mention that the trebly, almost thinnish Affinity stock pickups are a good base for funk (etc.), if you find the sweet spot by fiddling with pickup heights.
Or that with the price of those pickups, you could sell the Affie and upgrade the whole guitar. MIM or Classic Vibe sixties, maybe.
Or that gearwise, you need a wah, a compressor, a phaser for everything and then some dirty fuzz/OD/whatevers for the leads...
Or that it's the player, not the gear. :twisted:

But since those aren't mentioned, the Hitmaker/CS version has CS69's. And one can't get funkier, neo-soulier, r&b'er than Mr. Rodgers's Strat.
Hey, wait, Mr. Watson had a Gibbie... And Catfish a Vox... And the Stone Family did it on bass... And... :roll:
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Post subject: Re: Question: The best Fender pickups for Funk, Neo-Soul & R
Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 4:34 am
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I'm thankful for your post jmattis. I ordered Custom '69 :)


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