i had a custom set of hot golds given to me by donzo years ago, and they were really good. slightly overwound neck, vintage middle, and hot bridge. really nice set. i gifted that strat to a good friend who still has it with those pups and uses it as his main guitar.
that said, ive not heard any lace pup that sounds like a vintage strat pup. the first gold sensors, which sound good, dont sound like ones from a few years later. i dont know enough to tell you why, but ive heard enough sets to say that confidently. overall, i think they are fine pups, just not my taste.
clapton has been using fender noiseless pups in his strats for a long time now. he still has some old first and second year custom shop clapton models with lace pups, but those dont come out very often. as dave said, the preamp in those guitars does color things a bit, even when the mid boost is all the way off.
that said, ive not heard any lace pup that sounds like a vintage strat pup. the first gold sensors, which sound good, dont sound like ones from a few years later. i dont know enough to tell you why, but ive heard enough sets to say that confidently. overall, i think they are fine pups, just not my taste.
clapton has been using fender noiseless pups in his strats for a long time now. he still has some old first and second year custom shop clapton models with lace pups, but those dont come out very often. as dave said, the preamp in those guitars does color things a bit, even when the mid boost is all the way off.
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