Which Seymour Duncan pickups sound the most like Fender Texas Specials, but better?
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Duncan has really only a couple of low output basic strat winds......and none of them really are anything like TS's. You might find the A2 pro to be the closest of the faraway bunch.....the thicker tone of the A2 might make them somewhat resemble your target.....but not with the same barky nature.
What is wrong with the TS that you are wanting to change??
Duncan has really only a couple of low output basic strat winds......and none of them really are anything like TS's. You might find the A2 pro to be the closest of the faraway bunch.....the thicker tone of the A2 might make them somewhat resemble your target.....but not with the same barky nature.
What is wrong with the TS that you are wanting to change??
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TS are far from my favorite Fender singles. What are you lookng for that you feel is missing?
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TS are far from my favorite Fender singles. What are you lookng for that you feel is missing?
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You might check out the Antiquity Texas Hot set.
Give your Stratocaster the warm bell like chime normally reserved for priceless vintage instruments.
The Antiquity Texas Hot Neck produces that familiar, spanky Stratocaster tone, but with a sweet tonal character that only a decades old pickup can produce. Its treble attack is softened by the specially degaussed alnico 2 rod poles, and we inject just the right amount of smoke, sweat, and grime to give them that perfect grit.
You might check out the Antiquity Texas Hot set.
Give your Stratocaster the warm bell like chime normally reserved for priceless vintage instruments.
The Antiquity Texas Hot Neck produces that familiar, spanky Stratocaster tone, but with a sweet tonal character that only a decades old pickup can produce. Its treble attack is softened by the specially degaussed alnico 2 rod poles, and we inject just the right amount of smoke, sweat, and grime to give them that perfect grit.
Lewguitar
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Texas Specials are not bad. Mark Knopfler likes them.
Always feel weird recommending non-Seymour pickups (almost all my guitars have Duncan’s tho...) but the Lindy Fralin Blues Specials are my favorite “hotter and smoother than vintage” Strat and Tele pickups.
I use either Duncan Antiquity Surfers or Lindy’s Vintage Hots in my Strats tho. I prefer the early 60’s Strat tones.
Texas Specials are not bad. Mark Knopfler likes them.
Always feel weird recommending non-Seymour pickups (almost all my guitars have Duncan’s tho...) but the Lindy Fralin Blues Specials are my favorite “hotter and smoother than vintage” Strat and Tele pickups.
I use either Duncan Antiquity Surfers or Lindy’s Vintage Hots in my Strats tho. I prefer the early 60’s Strat tones.
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JB_From_Hell
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Me too. I wasn’t totally happy with them for a long time, but once I lowered them significantly, they got really good. I set my neck almost flush with the guard, the middle just slightly higher, and moved the bridge to match the volume of the neck. The old Dire Straits tones are definitely in there.
Me too. I wasn’t totally happy with them for a long time, but once I lowered them significantly, they got really good. I set my neck almost flush with the guard, the middle just slightly higher, and moved the bridge to match the volume of the neck. The old Dire Straits tones are definitely in there.
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personally i dont care for the texas specials, especially the bridge pup. the neck is pretty nice though. for staggered strat pups i really like the surfers but they are more even sounding than the ts
personally i dont care for the texas specials, especially the bridge pup. the neck is pretty nice though. for staggered strat pups i really like the surfers but they are more even sounding than the ts
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I have the Duncan Texas Hot Antiquity sets in a couple of G&L Legacys, with the RW/RP middle and the Power bridge. IME, they sound nothing like the Fender Texas Specials...they're darker, richer and smoother.
My G&Ls come stock with the G&L CLF-100 sets, very close to the flat top SSL-2s that they used to come with. I have several of these guitars with the stock pickups.
I would think that the Antiquity Surfers or the staggered SSL-1s would be a better bet, or perhaps one of Duncan's hotter single coils, for getting close to the Texas Specials.
Personally, I don't care for the Texas Specials, finding them edgy and grainy. The T-H Ants are a nice change up from the bright, vintage sounding SSL-1/2s.
Bill
I have the Duncan Texas Hot Antiquity sets in a couple of G&L Legacys, with the RW/RP middle and the Power bridge. IME, they sound nothing like the Fender Texas Specials...they're darker, richer and smoother.
My G&Ls come stock with the G&L CLF-100 sets, very close to the flat top SSL-2s that they used to come with. I have several of these guitars with the stock pickups.
I would think that the Antiquity Surfers or the staggered SSL-1s would be a better bet, or perhaps one of Duncan's hotter single coils, for getting close to the Texas Specials.
Personally, I don't care for the Texas Specials, finding them edgy and grainy. The T-H Ants are a nice change up from the bright, vintage sounding SSL-1/2s.
Bill
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The use of the word "Texas" in both the case of the Texas Specials and the Texas Hots is just a marketing gimmick to make Stevie Ray Vaughan tone chasers think they're prayers have been answered. Thusly, Texas Specials and Texas Hots have nothing of substance in common. The Texas Hots use A2 poles and the bridge pickups is wound with 43AWG. They're completely unrelated pickup sets.
The use of the word "Texas" in both the case of the Texas Specials and the Texas Hots is just a marketing gimmick to make Stevie Ray Vaughan tone chasers think they're prayers have been answered. Thusly, Texas Specials and Texas Hots have nothing of substance in common. The Texas Hots use A2 poles and the bridge pickups is wound with 43AWG. They're completely unrelated pickup sets.
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What pickup name is not marketing? The name gives you a great idea what the pickup is good for.
What pickup name is not marketing? The name gives you a great idea what the pickup is good for.
PicoRiveraTele
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SSL-1, SSL-2, SSL-3, etc.
SSL-1, SSL-2, SSL-3, etc.
Lewguitar
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Nothing wrong with marketing. It’s the intelligent thing to do. Sell the sizzle not the steak...and all that.
Besides, the resurgence of interest in the Blues was all due to SRV.
A lot of great music came pouring out of Texas: Eric Johnson, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Waylon, Willie, SRV...the whole Austin scene and the arrival of Americana.
A lot of great Stratocaster players too.
Nothing wrong with marketing. It’s the intelligent thing to do. Sell the sizzle not the steak...and all that.
Besides, the resurgence of interest in the Blues was all due to SRV.
A lot of great music came pouring out of Texas: Eric Johnson, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Waylon, Willie, SRV...the whole Austin scene and the arrival of Americana.
A lot of great Stratocaster players too.
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Chistopher
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Or if you go by the actual names and not what is essentially the parts number, you'll find the king of guitar buzzwords: vintage. Or you can get into the SSL-1 set, the California 50s set.
If that's not marketing I don't know what is.
Or if you go by the actual names and not what is essentially the parts number, you'll find the king of guitar buzzwords: vintage. Or you can get into the SSL-1 set, the California 50s set.
If that's not marketing I don't know what is.
PicoRiveraTele
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The SSL-1 was originally called "the SSL-1". The "California 50 set" marketing name came much later. Most people still know it as "SSL-1" and are confused if you actually refer to it by the "California 50's" name.
The SSL-1 was originally called "the SSL-1". The "California 50 set" marketing name came much later. Most people still know it as "SSL-1" and are confused if you actually refer to it by the "California 50's" name.
PicoRiveraTele
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Who said there was anything wrong with marketing?
Who said there was anything wrong with marketing?
Jacew
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SSL pickups all have product names. SSL-1 = Vintage staggered, SSL-3 = Hot strat and so on...
We just use "parts code" names of them because it 's easy to type.
SSL pickups all have product names. SSL-1 = Vintage staggered, SSL-3 = Hot strat and so on...
We just use "parts code" names of them because it 's easy to type.
PicoRiveraTele
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Quote or it didn't happen.
Quote or it didn't happen.
PicoRiveraTele
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Most people know the SSL-1 as the SSL-1, the SSL-5 as the SSL-5, etc. Whatever marketing names they made up for them now or in the past apparently didn't stick.
Most people know the SSL-1 as the SSL-1, the SSL-5 as the SSL-5, etc. Whatever marketing names they made up for them now or in the past apparently didn't stick.
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