Anticipation Red Devil Content

[Oldfart_Shredman]

Now the waiting begins.



I also ordered black strat knobs, switch tip and pickup covers so I'll have the black on white pickguard thing happening.

[Mincer]

Oh cool! Write a review here once you get it and install it!

[jeremy]

its a good set of pups! love the bridge especially.

[Liam1963]

I have them in two of my Strats, and I'm thinking about adding them to another, they're great pickups!

[Oldfart_Shredman]

Now the hard part: pickup is here but the new covers and knobs aren't. Now I gotta make myself wait til they arrive to install this because I'm not a big fan of taking Strats apart lol.

[Oldfart_Shredman]

So the Red Devil arrived and I installed it, been doing alot of screwdriver time since then and trying different songa etc.

I am ready to write a full length review but want to wait until pic uploading is working correctly again.

So COMING SOON hopefully lol.

[gsammo79]

So the Red Devil arrived and I installed it, been doing alot of screwdriver time since then and trying different songa etc.

I am ready to write a full length review but want to wait until pic uploading is working correctly again.

So COMING SOON hopefully lol.

Get it in gear, man. We want the review

[misterwhizzy]

Now the hard part: pickup is here but the new covers and knobs aren't. Now I gotta make myself wait til they arrive to install this because I'm not a big fan of taking Strats apart lol.

I feel your pain. I've been waiting two weeks to install a JB in my new HSS Strat, because I had to order a replacement pickguard. Finally got it wired up late last night, and I can't wait to fire up the amp and give it a go.

Taking the guitar apart was no fun, either. I'm used to loosening the strings on my Les Paul and being able to replace the pickup without significant surgery. From what I can tell, there's no way to do this on a Strat without replacing the strings, but I'm certainly willing to listen to others who have figured it out.

[Clint 55]

You don't have to remove the strings to get the pickguard out, you only have to loosen them.

[Oldfart_Shredman]

I definitely wasn't prepared for this to pull off Van Halen as well as it does!

[Mincer]

I definitely wasn't prepared for this to pull off Van Halen as well as it does!

Wow, I didn't know that. Good to know!

[Oldfart_Shredman]

I'm playing through a modded version of a modded Marshall (Phaez amp AFD which the builder told me is a mod on the Friedman BE) so there's a good possibility it's the amp lol

[SweetClyde99]

I feel your pain. I've been waiting two weeks to install a JB in my new HSS Strat, because I had to order a replacement pickguard. Finally got it wired up late last night, and I can't wait to fire up the amp and give it a go.

Taking the guitar apart was no fun, either. I'm used to loosening the strings on my Les Paul and being able to replace the pickup without significant surgery. From what I can tell, there's no way to do this on a Strat without replacing the strings, but I'm certainly willing to listen to others who have figured it out.

I usually unwind the strings from the tuners but leave the strings connected at the bridge when I remove the pickguard to swap pickups in a Strat. I am usually able to rewind the strings at the tuners without issue, but the high E string does break about 20% of the time when it’s tuned back up, but that’s a lot better than buying new strings every time you swap a pickup or a pot for a different value—or maybe I just mess with my electronics too much.