Sorry to post another "texas special" but i have a question and will listen to anyones input. I have a american strat special with the stock pickups I love them but I have fallen in love the the texas specials on another strat. Would i be downgrading if i put a set of these in my strat special??? I have been playing for years but have never really messed with my strats. And yes i have played with my tones... I know what I can get out of her.

Thanks everyone!!

Replacing any kind of pickups with pickups you like is not a downgrade, even if the ones you like are significantly cheaper. Any modifications you make to your strat that will make you like it better are upgrades.

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Ya know what your right! I am going for it thank you!

That's the spirit!

It is never a, "down" grade. It is either, "up" or at the very least, "lateral".

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Well, I hope you like them as much as I do. Or else I'm the one to blame if you don't.

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Just keep all the original parts. That way you can go back if it does not work out.

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Alot of notable strat players seem to think Texas Specials on a standard guitar are the way to go.

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No no and no

I thought the Stratocaster Special was made in Mexico back in the early 90's so I cant picture which guitar you have. The American Texas Special came with some nice sounding pickups that where Texas Special coils and the Fat ones had a PearlyGates Humb. and the double Fat's were the same guitar but two Duncan Humb's. What year is your guitar and what pickups are in it now?

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The Texas Specials are awesome pickups.I have 2 guitars with TS pickups and i like them alot.Alot of character,my other is an American Standard which i like too, but i dig the overwound sound.

I have TS pups in one of my Strats and like them a lot.

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Certainly not a downgrade.. But, tell me- are these the only pickups that you have played with from the Custom Shop? Before dropping that kind of money be sure to try everything!

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Right now it has single coils across the board. it also has the button on the volume knob... i cant think of what its called and it is around a 2003 or 2004 how can i tell what year it is? i know it was the special and not the deluxe because it does not have a humbucker on the bridge. i guess i dont remember

You know they are the only custom shop pickups I have played. Are their any other pickups like them that i might want to consider? I just really like the punch and tone that they poar out of a good tube amp!
I love playing blues and alot of SRV "style" stuff. obviously not as pristine as he was but i try like heck.

I am really indecisive. I never throw any of my old parts away just in case i do want to go back to how it was .