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Re: Fender Custom Shop fat 50's
Considering what you're going for, Fat 50's will make you happy.
Considering what you're going for, Fat 50's will make you happy.
Fender Custom Shop fat 50's
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Re: Fender Custom Shop fat 50's
See if you fine gentlemen can help me out. I got a American Standard Stat. I love shred, blues, metal, and all that, so I tried the YJM Fury picks up for the Neck and Bridge. I left the middle one stock. Don't get me wrong, I WAS able to play metal with the pick ups as they were, but wanted an extra punch. The fat 50s are incredible... except for the noise, like always. Now, I only use the middle for clean balad tones. But there is still a hum. The bass response and chime enchants me and I have been deilberating that in spite of all the noiseless alternatives, I fear that the quality of the Fat 50s would still blow any of these out of the water and hence regret pulling it out. I am told I do not need to do this with clean tones, and it is true, it hardly shows. But to my satisfaction and for gig, recording purposes, if I still hate the hum no matter how slight, what would be the BEST alternative to the CS Fat 50's pick ups? Vintage Noiseless? Anything in Seymour Duncan? I am sure I am not the only one with this dilemma, but for the sake of technicalities, has anyone found a substitute? I am referring of course just to the middle pickup. Thanks
Silent backplates dont work for the middle pick up in question, it is RWRP
See if you fine gentlemen can help me out. I got a American Standard Stat. I love shred, blues, metal, and all that, so I tried the YJM Fury picks up for the Neck and Bridge. I left the middle one stock. Don't get me wrong, I WAS able to play metal with the pick ups as they were, but wanted an extra punch. The fat 50s are incredible... except for the noise, like always. Now, I only use the middle for clean balad tones. But there is still a hum. The bass response and chime enchants me and I have been deilberating that in spite of all the noiseless alternatives, I fear that the quality of the Fat 50s would still blow any of these out of the water and hence regret pulling it out. I am told I do not need to do this with clean tones, and it is true, it hardly shows. But to my satisfaction and for gig, recording purposes, if I still hate the hum no matter how slight, what would be the BEST alternative to the CS Fat 50's pick ups? Vintage Noiseless? Anything in Seymour Duncan? I am sure I am not the only one with this dilemma, but for the sake of technicalities, has anyone found a substitute? I am referring of course just to the middle pickup. Thanks
Silent backplates dont work for the middle pick up in question, it is RWRP
Re: Fender Custom Shop fat 50's
See if you fine gentlemen can help me out. I got a American Standard Stat. I love shred, blues, metal, and all that, so I tried the YJM Fury picks up for the Neck and Bridge. I left the middle one stock. Don't get me wrong, I WAS able to play metal with the pick ups as they were, but wanted an extra punch. The fat 50s are incredible... except for the noise, like always. Now, I only use the middle for clean balad tones. But there is still a hum. The bass response and chime enchants me and I have been deilberating that in spite of all the noiseless alternatives, I fear that the quality of the Fat 50s would still blow any of these out of the water and hence regret pulling it out. I am told I do not need to do this with clean tones, and it is true, it hardly shows. But to my satisfaction and for gig, recording purposes, if I still hate the hum no matter how slight, what would be the BEST alternative to the CS Fat 50's pick ups? Vintage Noiseless? Anything in Seymour Duncan? I am sure I am not the only one with this dilemma, but for the sake of technicalities, has anyone found a substitute? I am referring of course just to the middle pickup. Thanks
Silent backplates dont work for the middle pick up in question, it is RWRP
p.s., can anyone guide me how to open a new thread here?
See if you fine gentlemen can help me out. I got a American Standard Stat. I love shred, blues, metal, and all that, so I tried the YJM Fury picks up for the Neck and Bridge. I left the middle one stock. Don't get me wrong, I WAS able to play metal with the pick ups as they were, but wanted an extra punch. The fat 50s are incredible... except for the noise, like always. Now, I only use the middle for clean balad tones. But there is still a hum. The bass response and chime enchants me and I have been deilberating that in spite of all the noiseless alternatives, I fear that the quality of the Fat 50s would still blow any of these out of the water and hence regret pulling it out. I am told I do not need to do this with clean tones, and it is true, it hardly shows. But to my satisfaction and for gig, recording purposes, if I still hate the hum no matter how slight, what would be the BEST alternative to the CS Fat 50's pick ups? Vintage Noiseless? Anything in Seymour Duncan? I am sure I am not the only one with this dilemma, but for the sake of technicalities, has anyone found a substitute? I am referring of course just to the middle pickup. Thanks
Silent backplates dont work for the middle pick up in question, it is RWRP
p.s., can anyone guide me how to open a new thread here?
zenmindbeginner
New member
Re: Fender Custom Shop fat 50's
The Stack Plus pickups come with 3 conductor wiring so you can split them and have true single coil sound along with their natural hum canceling stacked operation.
This could lead to interesting combinations with a mega switch or a push pull pot.
The Stack Plus pickups come with 3 conductor wiring so you can split them and have true single coil sound along with their natural hum canceling stacked operation.
This could lead to interesting combinations with a mega switch or a push pull pot.
Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: Fender Custom Shop fat 50's
Fatties are nice. You will love the tone of true singles so much, the hum wont bother you.
Fatties are nice. You will love the tone of true singles so much, the hum wont bother you.
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: Fender Custom Shop fat 50's
7 years later, and I've tried yet more strat pickups. I've learned some things, and I've played strats for 23 years as a primary guitar.
You could take 6 different strat sets with almost identical specs, and each will have a slightly different sound. All of them will be good. Why? Because you learned to harness all that a vintage spec strat set can deliver, and it's better than new fangled designs. For pure tone, vintage spec is best.
I've come to really like the Duncan Antiquity Surfer with Surfer Custom bridge, wired like Eric Johnson and Jimmy Vaughan's strats....Volume, tone for neck, tone for bridge. No tone control on the middle.
If noise is an issue, turn your body in the position that cancels most hum. In a live situation, the din of the whole event drowns out the bit of hum you hear when your volume isn't rolled down.
Purity of single coil tone isn't for everyone, but it's for people that come to appreciate it. At that point, noiseless singles sound like pickups that lost a tiny bit of their organic and pure quality.
7 years later, and I've tried yet more strat pickups. I've learned some things, and I've played strats for 23 years as a primary guitar.
You could take 6 different strat sets with almost identical specs, and each will have a slightly different sound. All of them will be good. Why? Because you learned to harness all that a vintage spec strat set can deliver, and it's better than new fangled designs. For pure tone, vintage spec is best.
I've come to really like the Duncan Antiquity Surfer with Surfer Custom bridge, wired like Eric Johnson and Jimmy Vaughan's strats....Volume, tone for neck, tone for bridge. No tone control on the middle.
If noise is an issue, turn your body in the position that cancels most hum. In a live situation, the din of the whole event drowns out the bit of hum you hear when your volume isn't rolled down.
Purity of single coil tone isn't for everyone, but it's for people that come to appreciate it. At that point, noiseless singles sound like pickups that lost a tiny bit of their organic and pure quality.
