I put these in my Mex Strat which is about 12 years old and with no other electrical modifications I thought they were great. I get a huge range of sounds just by turning my volume knob up and down and they have plenty of bite. I like strat pickups to have a little more output than stock but not too much to where you lose certain overtones.
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I replaced the stock pickups on my 2005 American Jazz Bass (not the Deluxe) with these. The output seems about the same, but the sound is clearer, more solid, tigher and fuller in the bass, and less present in the treble. The original pickups had more sound options, and were brighter, but these sound better to me than any of the myriad sounds the originals had. Overall, they’re more “hi-fi” than stock, but not sterile. I play classic rock style originals, mostly for home recording. These are completely quiet and suit that purpose very well. I don’t think these pickups are particularly good for slap, but they may work well for slap with the addition of a treble boost pedal of some sort.
Amazing set of pickups… i just couldn’t believe it when my luthier gave me my guitar back… wow… Totally recommend them.
they said they had two in stock on there add but had nothing……they continued to make excuse after excuse for not sending it out to me…so i had to buy them else where. 8th STREET MUSIC IS NOT RECOMMENDED!!!!
The thing that sets these pickups apart is that they produce the purest clean highs. If you want the fat Texas blues sound, these are not going to do it for you without a distortion pedal. On the other hand, if you want the “Little Wing” sound, these are for you. I like them because you have a choice. You can get a clean, classic Strat sound and still get a bluesy sound by adding a distortion pedal. Remember that Jimi Hendrix played current (at the time) brand new strats, so this is essentially the sound he started with to create his final sound.
By the way, the set that I got did not have a reverse wound middle pickup. That may have been a mistake on Fender’s part, I don’t know. I mention it in case it’s important to you.
For some reason, they don’t get as much attention as other Fender pickups, but I am extremely happy with them.
If you want your classic Strat sound with lots of Clear bell chime sound this pickup is for you. If you want a warm hot sound look for something else. What good about this pickup is, if you put somekind of effects or distortion. You still don’t lose those clear sounding of a strat. Down side is since all three pickups is the same in resistance point of view. You will find that the position 1 or bridge pickup will sound a little bit tiny and to bright. But if you can modify your strat to have seperate tone control on a bridge pickup that would be great. No reverse wound here so 60hz hum could bit an issue it depend on your setup. But I highly reccomend it to anybody who love classic rock and a little bit of rock and roll or blues player. Warning not for Metal heads and head banger alike.
If you are going to replace your old pickups,in your low end Strat, with Texas specials you need to change the pots,switch,and the capacitor. Stewart-MacDonald (stewmac.com)has the replacement parts kit. The older strats didn’t have the cheap parts in them like they do today. And the cheap parts will keep your strat sounding like crap no matter what pick-up you put in them.
I have done the whole electronics makeover on my Squier and it does not matter which amp I plug into…it shreds.
The Texas Special pickups I received to replace the stock Stratocaster pickups were noticibly different in appearance right out of the box. The stock pickup windings are copper in color and the Texas Special windings are dark brown.
I de-soldered the original pickups and re-soldered the Texas Specials following the instructions included in the packaging. The installation went without a hitch and frankly was easier that I had expected. I had a little trouble with my old soldering gun since it did not want to heatup to the temperature the solder required. But, after waiting a while the old gun started working and I was on my way.
After installing the new Texas Specials I went back with a medium weight set of DAddario strings. To be honest I really don’t hear a huge difference in sound during recording using headphones. It is only after plugging into my old Gibson tube amp and cranking up the volume that you can begin to hear a little deeper growl from the pickups.
I was not impressed with these pickups and would advise prospective buyers to shop around before spending $140.00 on the Texas Specials.
Gazolene