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Post subject: PU Upgrade
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:23 pm
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I have a MIM classic player 60s strat, and Im wondering about upgrading the stock PU's that's installed atm.

I'm looking for that fat, rich "SRV" style sound, and I'm kinda stuck between 57/62's and Texas Specials. Those are the two that I have checked out, so if any of you wise men in here have som tips of other recomendations for me, it's most appreciated.


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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:18 pm
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Firstoff, have you tried changing the height of the pickups in there now? I have 2 guitars with Texas Specials in and i like them.They are definately fat sounding .They are quite midrangey too.I played a 60th anniversary strat a few years ago and my impressions are they are low output and more vintage sounding but sometimes a little thin sounding .Definately not fat sounding.The Texas Specials can be more vintagey if you lower the height.


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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:26 pm
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I would suggest people examine their amplification first. before looking at pickups.

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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:53 pm
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Twelvebar wrote:
I would suggest people examine their amplification first. before looking at pickups.
+1 on the amplification.It really amazes me how many people are wanting to swap out pickups so soon.Sometimes even before they recieve the guitar.Pickups make a subtle difference in tone,amps and their settings make a HUGE difference in tone.


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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:08 pm
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budglo wrote:
Twelvebar wrote:
I would suggest people examine their amplification first. before looking at pickups.
+1 on the amplification.It really amazes me how many people are wanting to swap out pickups so soon.Sometimes even before they recieve the guitar.Pickups make a subtle difference in tone,amps and their settings make a HUGE difference in tone.


Exactly!! :wink:


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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:11 pm
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I changed my Squier Strat pickups to Texas Specials, and it sounds like a completely different guitar. They've definately got plenty of punch, mid-range and they do sound very rich. They're my favorite set of pickups so far. :)

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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:14 pm
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I have a buddy, he has a Les Paul. He asked if he should buy some re=issue PAF's to try get the Clapton-Beano tone.

I told him "Maybe you should stop playing through a 5 watt solid state practice amp you got at the flea market for 10 bucks." it was some horrible off brand, I can't remember.

An extreme example, but your amp is a HUGE part of your sound.

Any strat will get you close to an SRV sound with the right amplification.

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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:27 pm
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texasguitarslinger wrote:
I changed my Squier Strat pickups to Texas Specials, and it sounds like a completely different guitar. They've definately got plenty of punch, mid-range and they do sound very rich. They're my favorite set of pickups so far. :)

+1 on the Texas Specials. Also check out Seymour Duncan pups. I have an SSL-1/SSL-5 set in my HWY1 and to me, this is THE strat sound I was looking for.


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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:33 pm
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fadingcaptain wrote:
texasguitarslinger wrote:
I changed my Squier Strat pickups to Texas Specials, and it sounds like a completely different guitar. They've definately got plenty of punch, mid-range and they do sound very rich. They're my favorite set of pickups so far. :)

+1 on the Texas Specials. Also check out Seymour Duncan pups. I have an SSL-1/SSL-5 set in my HWY1 and to me, this is THE strat sound I was looking for.


That particular set of SD's are nice! :wink:


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budglo wrote:
Twelvebar wrote:
I would suggest people examine their amplification first. before looking at pickups.
+1 on the amplification.It really amazes me how many people are wanting to swap out pickups so soon.Sometimes even before they recieve the guitar.Pickups make a subtle difference in tone,amps and their settings make a HUGE difference in tone.


Pickups make a huge difference in tone. There are drastic differences in sound between pickups. I believe you have to start at the source. The guitar and pickups. Get the sound you want there and work your way to the amp.


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See, i am just the opposite , i start with the guitar , then get the amp that i want for my foundational sound, then i might swap pickups.I treat pickups as more of a tweak than a do over, but thats just me.Sometimes the same pickups in different guitars sound worlds apart.


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budglo wrote:
Sometimes the same pickups in different guitars sound worlds apart.


Absolutely. I've discovered the same pickups can sound extremely different in a different guitar. The way pickups end up sounding in the end is largely determined by the body.


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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:07 pm
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In addition to all the excellent points above, and I've said this several times before: Prior to running out and, "upgrading" your pickup set because you want more of, "this and/or that", decide what tonal characteristics you DO like with the current set and make sure that you do NOT lose these characteristics with whatever new set you are contemplating. Many players have been bitterly DISAPPOINTED when switching sets because although they did get their targeted, "this and/or that", it was at the expense of the desirable characteristics of the originals.

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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:34 pm
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357mag wrote:
The guitar and pickups. Get the sound you want there and work your way to the amp.


It's a Chicken and The Egg thing ... regarding the Guitar and the Amp.

You won't have the sound you want from your guitar if you don't have the right amp. And you won't get the right sound from your amp if you don't have the right guitar.

Get the guitar, the amp AND then figure out if the guitar has the right pickups ... what it's got are probably VERY close ...

I gotta assume that Fender and Gibson have a pretty good idea what they are doing (ie, what pickups they put on their guitars).

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Running a JBjr in the bridge , a Classic Strat Stack in the middle and a Duckbucker in the neck position. But I'm also runnin a Marshall amp throught a Peavey 4 X 12, w/a BBE Sonic Stomp in the FX Loop, a rotovibe and Zakk Wylde Wah, DD6 Delay, a Metal Muff Distortion, w/a Boss Noie Reduction. Theres more to changing pickups. And my rig is less than appealing.

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