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Post subject: Fender Pawn Shop Offset - Pickups
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 12:17 am
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Hello all,

I'm wondering if any of you Fenderites can help me out with this. I just bought a Pawn Shop Offset Special last week from Best Buy (I know.. but it was half price on Black Friday up here in Canada).

This is basically everything I could want in a guitar being a semi-hollow hybrid of a strat/jazzmaster. Unfortunately, the pickups are pretty underwhelming. I wasn't expecting it to be amazing in every aspect but it's almost there in terms of sound. I'm wanting to slip in some vintage 65' soapbar's or Duncan soapbar's, my only concern is the feedback they may generate. I guess my question is, am I ok putting these types of single coils into this guitar or is it just going to sound like an arena buzzer?

Here it is...
http://www.fender.com/series/pawn-shop/ ... -sunburst/


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Post subject: Re: Fender Pawn Shop Offset - Pickups
Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 3:44 am
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First: give it a chance as is. It usually takes more than a week to get to know a new guitar, so the 'almost there' sound may become 'right on'.

If you eventually decide to switch those pickups, going from humbuckers to P90's should lessen the feedback, not increase it.
You may get more 60 cycle hum, though - but in a way it's a part of the traditional JM's and Jags - on bridge only/neck only positions.
There are noiseless soapbars/P90's but I haven't experience on those.


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