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Re: what pickups for Fender Strat copy?

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Posted by greg (from: ) on June 09, 2000 at 03:34:17:

In Reply to: what pickups for Fender Strat copy? posted by Petr on May 28, 2000 at 06:01:36:

To start with play your guitar unplugged and listen to other expensive guitars unplugged at a guitar store. If yours sounds bad unplugged, I wouldn't waste time/energy on it. "You can't polish a turd". Also the amp is extremely important to tone. A $2000 Paul Reed Smith will sound bad on a crappy pv. If the guitar sounds good acoustically, you can get a decent pickup starting at $50 through mail order (american musical supply, etc. check out links}. I put a Seymour Duncan in my Japenese Fender and it sounds great. I have also heard that the fender srv's (texas specials) are cool too ($50). Changing pickups is actually an easy job. The pain is in getting the pickguard off. You'll get a heavier/bassy sound with humbuckers and a clearer (although you can muddy it up) and more dynamic sound with single coils. With single coils you can play softer and then hammer the guitar during a chorus and it will go much louder and distorted and can be more energetic. I would play some guitars with both humbuckers and single coils and see what you like. But don't spend a lot of money at a store for pickups, they are usually marked up quite a bit. I hope this helps, if you have any questions you can e-mail me. Greg

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: To start with play your guitar unplugged and listen to other expensive guitars unplugged at a guitar store. If yours sounds bad unplugged, I wouldn't waste time/energy on it. "You can't polish a turd". Also the amp is extremely important to tone. A $2000 Paul Reed Smith will sound bad on a crappy pv. If the guitar sounds good acoustically, you can get a decent pickup starting at $50 through mail order (american musical supply, etc. check out links}. I put a Seymour Duncan in my Japenese Fender and it sounds great. I have also heard that the fender srv's (texas specials) are cool too ($50). Changing pickups is actually an easy job. The pain is in getting the pickguard off. You'll get a heavier/bassy sound with humbuckers and a clearer (although you can muddy it up) and more dynamic sound with single coils. With single coils you can play softer and then hammer the guitar during a chorus and it will go much louder and distorted and can be more energetic. I would play some guitars with both humbuckers and single coils and see what you like. But don't spend a lot of money at a store for pickups, they are usually marked up quite a bit. I hope this helps, if you have any questions you can e-mail me. Greg

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