Hello!

I'm looking to upgrade my MIM Strat and replace pickups to Lace Sensors. Not sure if I should go all Gold or Red-Silver-Blue or any other convo. I'd like a fat sound, but strat sound. Any advise here?

I've owned guitars with both and ended up only liking the Gold Lace Sensors. The Blue ones are too muddy sounding for my taste. The Silver are too brittle sounding and the Red are too hot. The Gold sound the most like traditional Fender pickups. If you want to change your tone you can change the pots, the capacitors or your amp.

What equipment (what guitar, pickups and amp) are you using right now? What sound are you trying to get?

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2007 Andy Summers Inspired Telecaster
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Hey Mr (water type where it is warm) longboarder! If you seek a bit fatter tone, this is a great combo. I do the Blue/Silver Red Dually (ultra setup) in a lot of my guitars and love it. I might be able to help you out if your look for some of these. xhefri@gmail.com Below is off my website:

The Blue Lace Sensor has increased output compared to the Gold Lace and has a warmer P-90 Gibson flavor to it. I like to use it on a clean amp setting for a powerful, rich, smooth blues or jazz sound. With distortion, it can be silky smooth with no raspy edges.

The Silver Lace Sensor gives a fatter vintage 70s Strat sound with a little increased output and more mid-range. This pickup works great in switch positions #2 and #4 in giving those out-of-phase sound Strats are famous for.

The Red Lace Sensor is the hottest output of the Lace Series, and gives a fat, punchy humbucker sound. It has lot's of bite and is most often used in the bridge. Some of the Tele Plus' and the Strat Ultras used the Red Lace in a Dually configuration, often with a switch to split one of the two pickups off.

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Hey Xhefri!

Still messing up in the snow?



Right now all I have is:

EPI 335 Dot w Seymour Phat Cat neck and Seymour Pearly Gates Bridge

MIM Strat maple neck w Dimarzio Area 58-67-61 N-M-B

my amp is a Superchamp that I reaplaced the speaker to Rajin Cajun Emminence

When originally replaced the pups on the strat had a SD HOTRAILS bridge, but later replaced for the Area 61.

Recently learned about the Lace Sensors and have been listening to demos on Youtube etc., so considering them to upgrade another MIM Strat. I would like to keep my Strat sound (not HB) but would like a fat sound on this guitar (SRV). Maybe I should get a Rosewood neck on this one.

The pickup will make a much bigger difference in sound that the wood on the neck will. IMHO. SRV used Texas Specials. Lace makes a equivalent to that in the Lace Sensor-Emerald. I had a set in one of my guitars with a dually purple in the bridge which is a bit hotter. Seems like I always got back to the Blue/Silver/Red combo. Darker sounding that a 50s type Strat sound. But lots of nice variation in tone.

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www.xhefriguitars.com

Are you familiar with the Dimarzio Area (58-67-61) pickups I have on my strat?

How would you compare the Lace Sensors to them?

I have used a number of DiMarzio pickups but not familiar with the 58-67-61 pickups. Sorry I can't be much help with that kind of comparison.

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www.xhefriguitars.com

Longboarder has sought counsel from the Oracle of Lace Sensors who has responded in kind. Kind of like consulting J. Robert Oppenheimer or Edward Teller on nuclear weapons. IMHO there's nothing more to say.

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Lace Sensor-Light Blue: Warm, punchy, Jazz Blues neck pickup, or thicker, middle and bridge tone.

Lace Sensor-Burgundy: Recommended as Bridge pickup for slightly fatter tone.


Lace Sensor-Emerald: That Texas-inspired tone without the noise! All you want for that style of music!

Lace Sensor-Purple: Hot overwound single coil tone, between a Burgundy and Blue Sensor. Designed for bridge or a P-90-type tone in the neck.

Lace Sensor-Hot Gold: Slightly stronger output. They retain all the definition of the regular Gold Lace Sensors but add a firm bottom and singing mid range. Excellent from clean to vintage growl.