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budglo
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The Texas Specials have some of the nicest low ends of any of the pickups I have played.Dont get the highs ,but the rest is pretty sweet.Like TGS , i ended up using a tone pot for the bridge and left the middle open.Really like the sound.
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I can vouch for the Tex-Mex pups as I recently bought a Jimmy Vaughn Strat and like TGS said the mid pup has no tone control but the guitar is the closest in sound and feel to an L-series(62-65)Strat that I've tried.

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budglo wrote:
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so could you get that classic Dire Straits sound with the Texas Specials - just like with the much more expensive Mark Knopfler Custom ?
If it were me ,I would be looking at fender 57/62 pickups to get that clean Dire Straits sound.Texas Specials have quite a bit of bite to them whereas the 57/62s are more vintage sounding.Option 2 would be to try the Texas Specials and lower them closer to the pickgard.This will give them more of a vintage tone,but they wont sound as defined IMO.


I would have to agree. While you could get Mark Knopfler tone out of a set of Texas Specials, I think that the 57/62s would be a better choice.

Also, mess with your amp settings. Your amp and how it's EQ'd play a significant role in your tone.

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