Members derivicus Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 Curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Red Ant Posted September 12, 2006 Moderators Share Posted September 12, 2006 Originally posted by derivicus Curious. Yuck. That's my consensus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mac_C Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 I like them but be prepared for this word: STERILE I'm not sure what it means or where it originated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrmikers Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 Some love'em and some hate'em. They are very quiet and almost hum free. Most players feel that they are a little sterile compared to vintage strat pickups. Alot of big name players have used them so they obviously have something to offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 I like them but be prepared for this word:STERILEI'm not sure what it means or where it originated. Comes from them being tossed into cardboard boxes where they fail to multiply.I think they sound alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jalfredprufrock Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 I think they're good for effects stuff, but a lot of guys hate them. Not the pick-up to get if you're looking for classic fender tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carati Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 Don't think i'd want to use any but the alnico Holy Grails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phyrexia Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 I like my blue and my silver. I'm not sure if I like my red yet. The blue is pretty fat and the silver sounds kinda like an old single coil. Together they make a wonderful clean sound. This is in a strat with an all maple neck. Alder body, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mcinku Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 I have them on my Strat Plus obviously and I like them. (I have golds... silver at bridge)Some say they don't sound like Fender... I don't agree.At the time when I was buying my strat, I was deciding between G&L Lagacy (Seymour Duncan) and Strat Plus. I went with the Strat 'couse it sounded more like a Strat to me. (I don't know which pups exactly were on that G&L at the time)If you want example how they sound... let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flip333 Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 I only know that a local guitar hero uses them on his standard strat through an old Musicman tube amp with no effects. He rocks! That's why he's a local guitar hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members batotman Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 I think they blow ass and sound sterile and lifeless. Only one I liked was the 13.2k bridge hot gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 They seem to be designed with compromise in mind. Hum canceling but not really a humbucker. No single noise character. I think they might be a nice pickup to use in one slot of one guitar if you have a bunch of guitars...but not the pickups I'd want in the only guitar I could have on a desert island. A moderate output one like the Gold one... maybe stuck in the middle or neck position of a strat might be a good application. A nice go-to pickup if noise is a problem. They also seem to mix interestingly with other pickups. Sort of a slight phase cancelation thing that's clean and quite usable in high gain situations or with effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeBoy Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 They are OK if you use processors and digital stuff in your setup. Playing them plugged straight into a big tube amp and cab, to me it was like I had clipped off the sound on the top and bottom in some notched way. It did make me realize also that noise from a pickup is also a positive thing for me. When you are a bombastic player like me noise is part of it. There are some config considerations to them also. I do not know the options there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BootRoots Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 I can't understand why these pickups get {censored} on so much. I recently dropped a set of lace golds into one of my strats and I have been pleasently surprised. I'm convinced the whole "steril" comment thing is just internet hearsay bull{censored}, that doesn't mean much. I mean do you ever hear that term thrown around for another pickup? no. its almost a freakin cliche. I really think its all about what sound you are going for. And I can totally understand if its not somebodys thing. I play mostly blues stuff. Run through my rig: foxrox cc2->boss sd-1->t9s->dd3->tu-2->classic 50 (4x10)...they sound fantastic. very smooth and creamy when used with the fuzz or a good bit of over drive. Isn't Clapton still using them in his guitars? How can you listen to the Cream Reunion CD and not think these things sound great? (even if claptons playing isn't yoour thing.) I wouldn't call it processed. I think hes only using his preamp boost running into some custom shop twins and a leslie. just my .02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boxhollow Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 I plug mine right into a tube amp and my strat sounds like a strat. The other strat I had with the more traditional Fender pickups did not sound any more like a strat than my current one with the lace sensors. I like them, little noise and strat sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 59refin Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 I have three golds in my Strat Plus too, I get plenty of Strat style quack and the neck pickup is just as warm as a trad Strat pup. The only thing for me about the gold lace sensors is they're just not hot enough. When I need real crunch I used the Les Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boxhollow Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 Originally posted by 59refin I have three golds in my Strat Plus too, I get plenty of Strat style quack and the neck pickup is just as warm as a trad Strat pup. The only thing for me about the gold lace sensors is they're just not hot enough. When I need real crunch I used the Les Paul. I'd agree with that....the golds from what I recall are supposed to be the "vintage" sounding ones so they would not have a lot of "hotness".........I, like you, have three golds in my strat plus and I love them for strat type sounds. But also like you I have a Les Paul for the crunch type stuff. I don't know.... I could easily change the pickups in my strat but I really don't see a need too, I get great tone from my strat....so the lace sensors have stayed for 17 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mac_C Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 I'd love to take a nice set of Lindy Fralins and put Lace or EMG covers and logos on them and see what people had to say. I wouldn't be shocked to hear how "sterile" they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bdegrande Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 L like them all except the red, which is too harsh for my taste. I think the whole "sterile" thing comes from two sources. One is people who don't realize how little magnetic pull the Lace Sensors have and how close to the strings you can adjust them without problems. The tome imoroves closer to the strings. The other is Lace's fault, as they did market the Gold as having a vintage Strat tone, which it doesn't. It is a smooth, glassy, compressed sound, and I like it better than normal Strat pickups, but it is different. The Holy Grails are the Lace which IS designed to sound like a conventional Strat pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted September 12, 2006 Members Share Posted September 12, 2006 Originally posted by BootRoots I can't understand why these pickups get {censored} on so much. I recently dropped a set of lace golds into one of my strats and I have been pleasently surprised. I'm convinced the whole "steril" comment thing is just internet hearsay bull{censored}, that doesn't mean much. I mean do you ever hear that term thrown around for another pickup? no. its almost a freakin cliche. just my .02 I think there is some truth about this whole "sterile" thing being a cliche. Maybe they don't have what purists might consider "vintage" tone, but I certainly don't think they are sterile. I've experimented with a variety of pickups in my Strat and have settled on Lace Sensors. I originally had two Golds and a Red, but am currently using Silver/neck, Gold/middle, Blue/bridge. I had the Red in the bridge for a year, but found it too edgy, compared to the warmth and smoothness of the Blue, which is usually found in the neck position, but sounds great in the bridge. The Silver in the neck is awesome. When it all comes down, tone is subjective. We all play different kinds of music and look for different kinds of tones. But I don't think Lace Sensors deserve the bad rap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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