hello friend..I decided to replace the pickups of my stratocaster..looking the various reviews I immediately liked the Antiquity Texas Hot ... what I wonder is if you really have that sound and that tone.. are two reviews and all I see two behind the guitarist champer and much more ... you've never tried? are really just as we have? thank you all in advance...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEqTD4dcb9U
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I flipping love my Texas Antiquities! I'm going to have to agree with Jeremy & his "Smokey" equation, they are a bit chewy in the mids & darker sounding than the Surfers or other vintage voiced singles but in a gritty & almost rude kinda way? It's not a bad thing @ all, quite the opposite in my opinion! The bridge cuts like a knife, the neck has those beautiful bell like tones that you expect from a Strat neck pup but they're not overly bright & in positions in 2 & 4 they don't get wimpy sounding like some other vintage single coils do. It's also probably worth mentioning that they are extremely dynamic single coil pickups!
The Texas Antiquity's are very responsive to pick attack and the way you play so when you play your Strat you are going to sound like you so they probably are not the best choice if you're chasing someone else's tone? I.M.H.O. that's what makes Strat's such great guitars. If 10 guys play the same song on the same Stratocaster with the same amp set to the same settings every one of them will sound just a little bit different from the last, that's the players character & playing style bleeding through and not something that comes from the guitar....
I flipping love my Texas Antiquities! I'm going to have to agree with Jeremy & his "Smokey" equation, they are a bit chewy in the mids & darker sounding than the Surfers or other vintage voiced singles but in a gritty & almost rude kinda way? It's not a bad thing @ all, quite the opposite in my opinion! The bridge cuts like a knife, the neck has those beautiful bell like tones that you expect from a Strat neck pup but they're not overly bright & in positions in 2 & 4 they don't get wimpy sounding like some other vintage single coils do. It's also probably worth mentioning that they are extremely dynamic single coil pickups!
The Texas Antiquity's are very responsive to pick attack and the way you play so when you play your Strat you are going to sound like you so they probably are not the best choice if you're chasing someone else's tone? I.M.H.O. that's what makes Strat's such great guitars. If 10 guys play the same song on the same Stratocaster with the same amp set to the same settings every one of them will sound just a little bit different from the last, that's the players character & playing style bleeding through and not something that comes from the guitar....
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You can certainly do this, although you will have to check the wiring. The Texas Hots are generally wired opposite of the rest of the Duncan line, and Fender pickups are wired opposite too, but I have no idea about Lace Sensors. So you might want to look it up. I don't know if the balance is a big deal- many people use hotter bridge pickups. You can always balance with pickup height. If you like the Lace Red, then keep it.
You can certainly do this, although you will have to check the wiring. The Texas Hots are generally wired opposite of the rest of the Duncan line, and Fender pickups are wired opposite too, but I have no idea about Lace Sensors. So you might want to look it up. I don't know if the balance is a big deal- many people use hotter bridge pickups. You can always balance with pickup height. If you like the Lace Red, then keep it.
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If it was my strat, i would just go for all three pickups as true singles.
(actually that is what i did with my strat plus deluxe, which came stock from fender with the red,silver,blue lace set. I have never looked back. There is not a single set of true singles that i did not much prefer over the lace sensors)
take out the red. It has nothing in common with sweet, juicy vintage style strat tones. It is designed to sound like an overwound humbucker ala the custom custom etc. It is great for heavily overdriven sounds because it is noiseless, but unfortunately it takes away all the liveliness and chime of a strat.
If it was my strat, i would just go for all three pickups as true singles.
(actually that is what i did with my strat plus deluxe, which came stock from fender with the red,silver,blue lace set. I have never looked back. There is not a single set of true singles that i did not much prefer over the lace sensors)
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