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Post subject: The never ending debate....
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 9:58 am
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Noiseless.....the debate never ends...

Currently I have a set of CS '69 in my Strat. I cannot stand the noise at practice or on stage. I often switch back and forth with my Heritage (think Les Paul) or my Epi Dot Deluxe on stage with the Strat. I have two different issues I want to address... Noise reduction and output....

I've been thinking of replacing my pickups in Strat with one of the following. Could you good people take these suggestions and provide you own opinion on them?

1) Fender Hot Noiseless Pickups- Retain the Strat quack with a little spank/bite and less noise
2) Seymour Duncan Everything Set (Little JB in bridge, Duckbucker in middle, and Little 59 in neck). Gives me a noise reduction and output more like the humbucker loaded guitars I have
3) Dimarizo Area Set- Strat like tones with a reduced amount of noise and more output


I've tried the EMG Vintage Actives I'm not impressed. Doesn't work well when playing clean. I've had Texas Specials and Tex Mex pups before. I rather enjoyed both, but I want more Strat tone without noise.

So what say you Fender Loungers??? My order of preference reflects cost of low to high as well. I plan on selling the AY initialed CS '69's to fund my next set of pickups....

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Post subject: Re: The never ending debate....
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 4:42 pm
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My buddy said the Noiseless pickups on his Deluxe Players Start BLOW. So, he replaced him with tex-mex pickups, which he liked alot better. I haven't had much experience with them though. As for the Duncan's... I'm not sure, never heard em' before. Now, for something I've actually heard :lol: The Dimarzio Area Series.... Boy, do they sound amazing! I've considered swapping out the pickups on my Strat w/ the area series, but I really didn't have the cash, bummer :( My uncle, big fan of DiMarzios, has played some. However, he generally strives for alot of output, so he decided on just swapping one pickup with an Injector. The Areas give a clean bluesy single-coil sound, while also canceling hum. I'd say buy an Area 61 with a pair of 58's if you have the cash. They're great Pickups!


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Post subject: Re: The never ending debate....
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 6:27 pm
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See my response in your other post regarding same.

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Post subject: Re: The never ending debate....
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 6:30 pm
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Posted the same thing twice. I noticed there are a lot less people looking at the pickups forum than the strat....

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Post subject: Re: The never ending debate....
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:56 pm
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I love the organic tone from my CS54 pups, and the 60 cycle hum doesn't matter anymore since I got a Boss NS-2 for my pedal board. It gates the signal coming in, and also has a noise reduction loop that works great with my overdrives.

http://lib.roland.co.jp/manual/en/dl_06 ... NS-2_e.pdf

For years I used Lace Sensors to get away from the noise of single coils. Now I have the best of both worlds: Real single coil tone, and an absolute minimum of noise.


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