So I Hear You Like Lace Sensors?

[Chistopher]

I'd say this takes the cake in most possible tones from one guitar, especially if those switches allow for phase reversal. By my math that allows for 6561, or 256 if those are simple on/off switches.

 

[PFDarkside]

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Does anyone really like Lace Sensors?

 

[Silence Kid]

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Does anyone really like Lace Sensors?

Like them. Don't always prefer them.

 

[Thundermtn]

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My hammer claw's are effn awesome. Seriously my best doomy metal p/ups ever.

 

[Little Pigbacon]

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I like playing too much for this kind of horse****.

 

[idsnowdog]

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It's kind of an exercise in futility. There are some subtle tonal differences in each of the positions, but the choice of Lace sensors just inflated the cost of the wiring scheme because I think they're overpriced and underperforming. They sound great clean and they are quiter than real single coils, but they don't sound like real single coils and distorted they're nothing special. Their greatest virtue is you can combine them and they make a well balanced set where other pickups are hit and miss.

 

[Chistopher]

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It's kind of an exercise in futility. There are some subtle tonal differences in each of the positions, but the choice of Lace sensors just inflated the cost of the wiring scheme because I think they're overpriced for their performance.

The fella I pulled that from said he did it because his shop had a surplus of Lace Sensor single coils on hand and he wanted to see what he could do with them. That's why the colors don't completely match.

 

[Chris Pile]

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If he had really tried, he could have squeezed one more in there by going all the way to the neck and to the bridge.

 

[idsnowdog]

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The fella I pulled that from said he did it because his shop had a surplus of Lace Sensor single coils on hand and he wanted to see what he could do with them. That's why the colors don't completely match.

You don't really want the colors to match. Although sold as being suitable for all positions they are semi-calibrated. I have found as long as you have golds in the middle and silver in the neck you can use whatver you like in the bridge red/maroon/purple/green/light blue/dark blue and still have a good sounding set.

 

[Chistopher]

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You don't really want the colors to match. Although sold as being suitable for all positions they are semi-calibrated. I have found as long as you have golds in the middle and silver in the neck you can use whatver you like in the bridge red/maroon/purple/green/light blue/dark blue and still have a good sounding set.

Oh silly me, I forgot about Lace's naming system. I meant the color of the covers on the pickups themselves.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

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Nigel Tufnel would approve.

 

[DavidRavenMoon]

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They sound great clean and they are quiter than real single coils, but they don't sound like real single coils...

They are “real” single coils. But you mean they don’t sound like Strat pickups. Some of them do. But that’s the point, they offer a different tone from the stock pickups.



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[ItsaBass]

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Good luck figuring those controls out between notes!

 

[idsnowdog]

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They are “real” single coils. But you mean they don’t sound like Strat pickups. Some of them do. But that’s the point, they offer a different tone from the stock pickups.



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They are technicaly shielded single coils. They have their own sound which is neither good/bad just different.

 

[ehdwuld]

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My friend has em in his Valley Arts Samick 7/8s strat
He likes em

Sound better than the stock pickups

 

[Obsessive Compulsive]

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That guitar is BS. It's 99% photoshopped. Plus, the cut-outs on the pickguard are so clean it couldn't have been possibly done manually.

 

[ItsaBass]

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That guitar is BS. It's 99% photoshopped. Plus, the cut-outs on the pickguard are so clean it couldn't have been possibly done manually.

I'm a full time professional photographer, and I know Photoshop very well. This pic doesn't stand out as looking fake to me. Sure, pretty much anything could be Photoshopped, but in this pic, nothing looks cloned, the light on all the parts is consistent, and the strings look perfect, plus the motive is nonexistent. And when it comes to the routs, your comment is flat wrong. Firstly, who said the creator did it manually (as in without power tools)? Secondly, even if it was done with hand tools, it could have been made that clean, if the creator of the guitar knew what he was doing (I could certainly do it myself, without a bunch of struggle; all it would take would be time and the right tools). More than likely, he just used a router and a Strat pickup template. It certainly would be quicker than Photoshopping it that perfectly.

 

[RorySquier]

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;>)/

 

[eclecticsynergy]

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As for the tone, I haven't played with many of the modern Lace Sensors. I have a ChromeDome that sounds good in neck position. And I have an old Lace set that's been in one of my Floydcasters since around 1980. Those have Mid and Presence controls and they sound great. Also good hum rejection in noisy venues, a good feature in a gig guitar.

 

[mxaniac]

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I played a bit on a 92 Strat with the Lace sensors and the pull switch and I really liked all the tones you could get out of it. Great setup IMO.