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Post subject: Tex-Mex pick ups????
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:33 pm
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I was given a set of pick ups out of my buddy's Road Worn Strat and was told they were Tex Mex singles. They are on fiber bobbins and people keep telling me that they cannot be Tex Mex because they use plastic. Did Fender use other pups in the Road Worn strats?


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Post subject: Re: Tex-Mex pick ups????
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:25 am
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The original Road Worns (now called the Road Worn Vintage Series) have Tex-Mex's with plastic bobbins. The newer "Road Worn Player Series" have Texas Specials with fiber flatwork bobbins. The Player Series has modern features like flatter fretboards, bigger frets, and the truss rod adjusts at the headstock (instead of at the neck's heel).

http://www.fender.com/products/roadworn/models.php?prodNo=0131062

I actually prefer the sound of the Tex-Mex's, but Texas Specials are worth a lot more. Your buddy is very generous (or didn't know what he had).

If they came out of a Road Worn Vintage Series, I have to wonder if your buddy bought the guitar used and a previous owner swapped out the pickups. Or maybe some dealer ordered FSR (factory special run) Road Worns with different pickups. If that's the case they might not be TxSpl's but if they don't have plastic bobbins they sure aren't Tex-Mex's.


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Post subject: Re: Tex-Mex pick ups????
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:57 am
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Thanks so much for the info, good times for me! I told my buddy and he said it was all good because in the end he did not like the sound of the pups!


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