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Which Fender guitar sounds better with humbuckers?
Telecaster 43%  43%  [ 3 ]
Stratocaster 57%  57%  [ 4 ]
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Post subject: Humbuckers on Fender guitars
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:55 am
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I know a lot of Fender players aren’t crazy about humbuckers on there guitar but if you had to choose, which Fender guitar do you think sounds best with humbuckers?


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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:05 am
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Both, but Stratocaster is my favorite guitar


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Post subject: Re: Humbuckers on Fender guitars
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:08 am
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OK, since you started a second topic on the subject ( https://forums.fender.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=109486 ) you really must need an answer. :wink:
But first:
- Why reduce the poll options to just those (two here, four on the first topic)?
- And define "best"?


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Post subject: Re: Humbuckers on Fender guitars
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:46 am
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jmattis wrote:
OK, since you started a second topic on the subject ( https://forums.fender.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=109486 ) you really must need an answer. :wink:
:lol:

But first:
- Why reduce the poll options to just those (two here, four on the first topic)?
- And define "best"?


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Post subject: Re: Humbuckers on Fender guitars
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 11:58 am
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I reduce the options because I’m narrowing down which one I’m thinking about getting.


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Post subject: Re: Humbuckers on Fender guitars
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:04 pm
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Needs an option for "neither". I prefer single coil in both models. If I want humbuckers, I'll plug in my Ibanez. But if I had to choose, I would lean toward a H/S/S Stratocaster.


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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:24 pm
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I've often lusted for a Tele with a Wide Range HB in the neck position. Never got around to buying one.


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Post subject: Re: Humbuckers on Fender guitars
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:16 pm
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Needs an option for "neither". I prefer single coil in both models. If I want humbuckers, I'll plug in my Ibanez. But if I had to choose, I would lean toward a H/S/S Stratocaster.


Same for me , the real Strat and real Tele :lol:


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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 3:35 pm
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I picked the Telecaster option, since I do have a Squier Telecaster with a humbucker in the neck position, which I do like a lot, but I typically run it with the bridge pickup, since it adds some brightness to the tone. It's a bit dark or bassy on it's own, but then again, I was playing it through a bass amp, so that might have been a contributing factor to that.

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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 5:48 pm
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Tele, or Starcaster, because that's what Leo and CBS intended.

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Post subject: Re: Humbuckers on Fender guitars
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:54 pm
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Well, for me it’s single coil for Strats and Teles. Humbuckers for LPs. But, if I had to HB a Fender I’d consider this vid as something to consider. So, for now, Strat gets my vote.



This obviously showed a Strat can sound similar (but, not the same) as an LP. But, an LP will never sound like a Strat. :wink:
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Post subject: Re: Humbuckers on Fender guitars
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 12:23 am
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James2244 wrote:
I reduce the options because I’m narrowing down which one I’m thinking about getting.

It's just not that simple.

There are humbuckers, and then there are humbuckers - as in, a Blacktop HH Tele vs. a '72 (Thinline) Tele with original WRH's...
And even a set of similar pickups would sound different with different players/guitars/other sound chain particles.

If you know what kind of sound you're after, the forum might be able to point you in the roughly rightish direction.
If you have no clue, get a HSS Strat, even better if it has a special wiring planned for versatility.


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Post subject: Re: Humbuckers on Fender guitars
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 12:49 am
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Well, for me it’s single coil for Strats and Teles. Humbuckers for LPs. But, if I had to HB a Fender I’d consider this vid as something to consider. So, for now, Strat gets my vote.



This obviously showed a Strat can sound similar (but, not the same) as an LP. But, an LP will never sound like a Strat. :wink:
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Wrong, a humbucker dont't make the guitar.
I often try a real vintage tele, the Thinline Telcaster the one with two with humbucker, it sound real tele


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Post subject: Re: Humbuckers on Fender guitars
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:43 am
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stratele52 wrote:
Wrong, a humbucker dont't make the guitar.
I often try a real vintage tele, the Thinline Telcaster the one with two with humbucker, it sound real tele

I'll somewhat disagree on that - it was probably caused exactly by the (original) WRH's - they're humbuckers but still have a single coil type sound & clarity. That's why those pickups have a legendary rep.

(Edit: WRH = Wide Range Humbuckers, or as Fender calls them in the service diagrams FWR = Fender Wide Range.)


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