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Post subject: Re: Lace Sensors and other pickups
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:46 am
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I'm a big fan of the Gold Lace Sensors. I, too tried the blue, silver, red configuration and didn't like it much.

I own several Strats with a wide variety of pups. Here are mine ranked from most liked:

'79 Strat w/ Van Zandt true vintage (Most beautiful osunding pups I own, and I don't even know why. They just have that certain something I can't quantify).

50th Anniv. Strat w/ CS '54s (These are great for THAT '50s Strat sound. The bad part is that there is not hum canceling in position 2 & 4).

'00 EC Strat w/ Gold Lacer Sensors (Wonderful pups for any kind of music. Work really well with the Mid-range boost).

Hwy 1 w/ CS '69s (These are very different than the CS '54s. They are great for early Heavy Metal. Think Deep purple and Iron Maiden).

parts-o-caster w/ Texas Spc. (Nice sounding pups. They have a dirty growl that the Lace Sensors don't. I got these pups when I was really into playing blues. My tastes have changed, but i still like the way they sound).

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Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:47 am
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Smokin' Frets wrote:
Xhefri wrote:
Is smokin frets saying I ain't no good at playing, that is why I keep changing pickups??? :lol: :lol:


Of course not, Xhefri. :lol: After all those years with trying different stuff and buying guitar after guitar, my #1 is still my #1 and it's stock! That made me think!
Since I have several other hobbies, I don't miss anything when stopping my guitar projects.

The problem I have is that I live in a very rural area. Lately, the last two years especially, I have been playing with guitars as much as play guitars. The guys I use to play with on Thursday evenings moved back to Europe, so there is not one really to jam with right now. The other old band mates live 3 hours away so I do not see them very often. So playing with guitars is one of my "better than nothing" alternatives. :?

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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 12:08 am
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I've spent so much money on pick ups and tried so many types. If you check out on You Tube Zexcoil Signature pick ups they are great. The Juicy Bucker give you closer to a fat single coil also most humbucker type sound and if you get it with the push pull pot you can run less of the coil to get a noiseless true single coil sound in the Silent Split mode. A lot of players like the DiMarzio Area 58 pick ups. The Area 61 is a bit hotter but still clear for the bridge and the Area 67 is thinner for the neck. I like the Fender SCN pick ups but that I personal taste. Mike Eldred head of the Fender Custom Shop likes the SCN pick ups. I bought some Kinman pick ups from Austrailia which some love but I find them a bir steely and some low level hum even though they claim to be completely hum free. I didn't know their were Fender purple and Fender Green Lace Sensors. I like Seymour Duncan Classic and Hot Stacks with 500k pots for more sparkle in the high end. There are just so many pick ups out there.


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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:44 am
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Purple and Emerald Sensors are not made by Fender. Lace Actodyne's agreement with FMIC ended in late 1997.

These new Sensors are pure Lace designs.

Same thing for the Burgundy, Light Blue and Hot Golds.


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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 2:48 am
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Thanks for clearing that up about the Purples and Emeralds.


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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 3:56 am
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Xhefri wrote:
Smokin' Frets wrote:
Xhefri wrote:
Is smokin frets saying I ain't no good at playing, that is why I keep changing pickups??? :lol: :lol:


Of course not, Xhefri. :lol: After all those years with trying different stuff and buying guitar after guitar, my #1 is still my #1 and it's stock! That made me think!
Since I have several other hobbies, I don't miss anything when stopping my guitar projects.

The problem I have is that I live in a very rural area. Lately, the last two years especially, I have been playing with guitars as much as play guitars. The guys I use to play with on Thursday evenings moved back to Europe, so there is not one really to jam with right now. The other old band mates live 3 hours away so I do not see them very often. So playing with guitars is one of my "better than nothing" alternatives. :?


Where in the North West Pacific do you live?


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paris wrote:
They have a dirty growl that the Lace Sensors don't.


Until now.

Lace Emeralds have that dirty growl you might expect from a Texas Special pickup set.

Though they're only available for the neck and the middle positions, the Emeralds can be easily matched with the Purple in the bridge for a ZZ Top kind of sound.

For a LoneStar configuration you can't go wrong with two Emeralds in the neck & middle and a Purple/Emerald Dually in the bridge.


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Xhefri wrote:
The problem I have is that I live in a very rural area. Lately, the last two years especially, I have been playing with guitars as much as play guitars. The guys I use to play with on Thursday evenings moved back to Europe, so there is not one really to jam with right now. The other old band mates live 3 hours away so I do not see them very often. So playing with guitars is one of my "better than nothing" alternatives. :?


I hear ya, pal! :(

My bluesrock project came to an abrupt halt when the drummer quit due to a new job, the sax player quit due to a "more interesting project", I fired the bassist for not showing up for rehearsals and parted from the guitarist for not being good enough (he needed one week to practice a 5 note blues lick!!).

So I know how you feel being without jamming companions.

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Hi. I have a 1991 ultra strat with blue-gold-double red lace sensors, and I LOVE them: low noise, good tone, good sustain, and less need to constantly mute to avoid strings ringing because they have less powerful magnets. I've NEVER considered swapping them.


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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:14 am
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Hi. I have a 1991 ultra strat with blue-gold-double red lace sensors, and I LOVE them: low noise, good tone, good sustain, and less need to constantly mute to avoid strings ringing because they have less powerful magnets. I've NEVER considered swapping them.

This was a common problem on the Ultra necks. If you keep watching my thread where I am building the Red Flamed Stratocaster it has a Ultra neck on it nd I will be dealing with the same issue on that thread. The finishes on the back of the next does not adhere very well to the ebony.

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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2013 12:11 pm
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Xhefri wrote:
dkelban wrote:
Hi. I have a 1991 ultra strat with blue-gold-double red lace sensors, and I LOVE them: low noise, good tone, good sustain, and less need to constantly mute to avoid strings ringing because they have less powerful magnets. I've NEVER considered swapping them.

This was a common problem on the Ultra necks. If you keep watching my thread where I am building the Red Flamed Stratocaster it has a Ultra neck on it nd I will be dealing with the same issue on that thread. The finishes on the back of the next does not adhere very well to the ebony.


A buddy of mine a owned a Strat Ultra, but the fret board separated from the neck. He tried to get it fixed, but with little success.


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Post subject: Re: Lace Sensors and other pickups
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:30 pm
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I'm new in this forum and find the subject very interesting. I'm in the process to build a strat ultra pickguard but by a bit greedy to have a dually at the bridge and the neck with 2 mini 3 ways switches.
I'm putting a red/red dually at the bridge and silver at middle but for the neck, I still not sure want to go for blue/gold or blue/hot gold. I saw from many treads that hot gold sound much better at the neck than gold but not sure how it turn out with the blue? Can someone give me some opinions?

I use all single pups for the dually so I can swap them to try for different sound. So i need some clips to strap the lace pups together. Jeff, I saw your other forum you have a lot of those clips. Can you spare 3 pcs for me? :mrgreen:


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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 3:28 am
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dkelban wrote:
Hi. I have a 1991 ultra strat with blue-gold-double red lace sensors, and I LOVE them: low noise, good tone, good sustain, and less need to constantly mute to avoid strings ringing because they have less powerful magnets. I've NEVER considered swapping them.


If you add that midboost thing, your guitar could be more versatile.

There's not necessarily need to rout the body for installing the Elite PCB; just put it under the pickguard.


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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 6:11 am
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Luckily, I've never had that neck problem.


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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 9:19 am
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I've never heard of a neck problem with wood separating. Fender has had a limited Lifetime warranty for a while now and if your get an authorized warranty depot or dealer to send the neck back they usually replace the neck no charge. Even out of warranty if you send the neck to them or take to a Fender depot they should do something because it is a manufactring depot. They use industry standard high quality adhesives like hide glue etc. and you should never have a problem with the neck and fingerboard separating. I have a 1994 Fender Custom Shop set neckwith a maple neck and ebony fingerobard and I also owned a Fender Ultra Strat with an ebony fingerboard and the neck/fingerboard bond is tight with no chance of separating. Contact Fender via mail or on line customer service and phone. They will be intereted to hear about your neck/fingerboard problem and they can advise you. I know this because I have worked as a guitar tech for a major Fender dealer in sales and guitar repairs and a manager at the dealer wanted me to become their Fender Rep. I have been using and working on Fender guitars for over 40 years. There is no problem that I've seen with ebony fingerboards separating from maple or rosewood necks. In your case there might be something strange going on with the batch of adhesive or the wood or temperature problems humidity heat source influences. Fender should be interested in getting to the cause of the problem.


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