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Post subject: Custom Shop pickups
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:46 pm
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I just installed a CS 69' in the bridge position; a CS Fat 50's in the middle position, and a Texas Special in the bridge position and I'm loving it. Great tone all around. The 69' has a nice clean and bluesy tone that sounds great for rhythm and smooth leads. The Fat 50's captures the Fender tone with a little more output and that the 69'. The Fat 50's is RW/RP, so it cuts down on the hum put out by the Texas Special. The Texas Special is super hot and when combined with the Fat 50's, creates a fat lead tone. All of these are wired to two TBX tone controls that allows you to create an array of tonal variations. I highly recommend this combination due to its versatility and ease of use on stage.

Fender CS 69' bridge: 5.8k res.
Fender CS Fat 50's RW/RP middle: 6.2k res.
Fender CS Texas Special bridge: 6.5k res.

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2007 Fender CS Eric Johnson 57' style, deep contoured body; Sunburst
2008 Fender American Strat Neck; Maple/Rosewood with LSR Roller Nut; Fender Deluxe locking tuners
Fender CS Eric Clapton vintage style tremolo; Full steel block
custom pickup combination
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Post subject: Re: Custom Shop pickups
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:13 pm
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Sandling2@yahoo.com wrote:
Fender CS 69' bridge: 5.8k res.
Fender CS Texas Special bridge: 6.5k res.


Weird. I thought guitars had only one bridge... :P

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Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:18 pm
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I meant 69' neck


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Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:06 pm
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I would say to put some texas specials on it, i have them in my lonesat stratocaster and they sound amazing, warm, bites when driven neck pickup, beautiful clean middle, i don't quite know about the bridge pickup however because i have a seymour duncan pearly gates humbucker, but i love the texas specials!


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Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:25 am
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Martian wrote:
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Thanks Martian. I hope you didn't think I was questioning your integrity. Anyway, that's a much fuller explanation than my rather feeble question deserves!

If I were to elaborate – please excuse my lack of musical literacy – I don't always know the terminology that might help me explain things more coherently.

I actually use my neck pickup for guitar only pieces like Little Wing intro, Castles in the Sand and the things the Chuck Hall does on the Gallagher for the Fender amp demos (have you seen/heard them?). Although I like these on neck and middle also (where they sound a little more 'jangly' and acoustic). I love the slight growl I get from the MIA Standard neck pup if I attack the double stops in that sort of piece.

I don't play in a band, so my 'soloing' is mostly against blues and southern rock style backing tracks (and loops of my own making), where I have total control over the mix. Again, I prefer neck, or neck and middle.

My bridge is almost redundant, but if I have the blender pot mod then maybe I'll enjoy the extra dimension that gives me.

I was going to mod either my MIM or MIA Standard and sell the other one, I love the neck (the actual neck, not the pup) on the MIM, but something tells me not to sell the MIA in favour of the MIM. So I'm keeping both.

Conclusion:

1) Leave the MIA as it is, because I do like the neck pup on that and I could do the blender pot, as it already has a no-load pot. Easy, no cost mod... see how I like it.

2) Mod the MIM completely... the stock pups don't do it for me at all, so maybe use this one to experiment.

Not sure if ANY of that helps. I guess I don't use the pups like most people do. If it's still all a bit too vague please don't spend too much time on it. Thanks again so far!


You're quite welcome and no, I surely didn't take any offense to anything you've said.

Yes, your elaboration is MOST helpful.

Of course, I'm totally familiar with the Hendrix stuff, as to Chuck Hall, never heard of him.

If you enjoy the MIA Strat neck pickup, the TS will definitely be overkill. For this position, I'm going to switch gears here and recommend a Duncan SSL-2. It is designed to sound like an aged, 50s Strat pickup where although it is on the highest end of the 'normal' output scale, it keeps it's midrange in check so isn't farty, etc. and overpowering and because of the flat polepieces, you will get better string separation and a much more even string response.

For your middle position, you can also go with an SSL-2 or take it up a notch with a Duncan SSL-6. This is an outright, higher output single coil designed to sound like the SSL-2, complete with the even polepieces with tonally more of everything the SSL-2 offers. Of course, this could be a candidate for the bridge too. Now, if you want to get totally nuts like I did, I put a Duncan SSL-3 in the bridge which has the flat polepieces as well and outright sounds like a smokin' P-90. And who doesn't like a smokin' P-90! Who knows? You might even find the bridge pickup much more usable! At the very least, teamed with the neck pickup, you'll have one really ripping Tele sound.

I'm literally practicing what I preach here. In one of my Strats, I have: An SSL-2 in the neck, an SSL-6 in the middle and an SSL-3 in the bridge. Naturally, it is wired so that I can get any and all pickup combinations too. Believe me, this guitar ROARS but cleans up mighty nice as well. I think you just may want to give this combo a shot as I'm positive that no way on this planet would you be disappointed!!


Hey Martian, you got me interested in that pickup combination. SSL-2,6 and 3.
I'm going to the States for a couple of days, and was wondering if those pickups are available in a normal music store like a Guitar Center?


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