Members neffrocks Posted March 25, 2010 Members Share Posted March 25, 2010 I use Texas Specials in my Strat. Just wondering if anyone else does. Im pretty happy with them as long as I don't have them set to high. I use a Matchless DC/30 and I really like the sound of these pickups through this (Vox style) amp. I didn't really like these pickups through any Fender amp though. Just wanna here some opinions, tips, etc. about these pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Foamoi_refreshe Posted March 25, 2010 Members Share Posted March 25, 2010 ive used some CS texas specials in my strat for about 18 months now, upgraded them from the colbalt noiseless pickups that came stock. used them through a marshall JVM half stack for about a year, awesome sound, i find they can fit almost any style of music. sound amazing for blues, and classic rock, i find the tone knobs work so well with these pickups as does rolling the volume back, theres alot of tones to be had in these. ive pretty much only used this guitar in the band i play in (grunge/hard rock/classic rock) and its never let me down. even jamming with other guys i can play pantera on it and sounds just as almost as good as my dimebucker equiped ibanez. now i just recently got a vox amp, and as far as i can tell, they still have all those great tones that i love, ive never tried these through a fender amp, so i cant help there. have you tried maybe lowering the pickup heights at all?? pretty sure theres some fender factory guidlines for texas specials, i got the info for my setup from a haynes stratocaster manual, and i ended up lowering the pickups to the measurements in that book and it proved to be a much better setup than the fender factory setup guides. also what kind of tone knob setup do you have??? on my strat ive got the rear tone knob controls both the middle and neck pickups, and the top tone kob controls juct the neck pickup. maybe this makes a difference?? i really like this setup, its very versitile and great to have a tone knob for the bridge pickup. its also one of those ones where when its fully off its out of the circuit, so you still get your 'original' sound. i havent regretted buying these pcikups since the day i installed them. hope that kinda helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted March 25, 2010 Members Share Posted March 25, 2010 I like them. My lonestar strat is my main guitar. However there's a lot of strong opinions about them out there, a lot of people really despise them. They are definitely darker than most other pickups, especially compared to my stock Fender American Strat. I change the EQ on my amp when I change guitars. I tried lowering mine down, but I ended up raising them back up. They are back where they were set at the factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joshmac Posted March 25, 2010 Members Share Posted March 25, 2010 I have some in my strat which have been treatin me very well. Makes my strat sound very full and, really, just like a strat which is exactly what I look for in strat p-ups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted March 25, 2010 Members Share Posted March 25, 2010 keep them low in relation to the strings and they sound just fine. It's just a matter of finding their sweet spot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members neffrocks Posted March 27, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Yeah, I keep em super low, nowhere near factory specs. I like em only through my Mathcless. I HATE them through anything else. I have a maple neck so the sound I get is quite bright. Overall, I think I like em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members m90guy Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Yeah, I keep em super low, nowhere near factory specs. I like em only through my Mathcless. I HATE them through anything else. I have a maple neck so the sound I get is quite bright. Overall, I think I like em. Hehe. I feel the same way about my strat with em going into vox ac4 or 15/30. Into anything else they give me fits. I have em low as well. Setup from fender they were pulling on the strings to much making dead sounding noted from the 12th to 15th frets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 They came stock in my srv. I love 'em. And yes, they are definitely adjusted a bit low. I also have the low e end lower then the high e end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scuzzo Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 i tried them they seemed a bit too hot.. i went with some TX mex and really like them.. but its just a preference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 I don't hate them. I had them on a strat in the past, sold them now I have another strat with them installed. I could live with them and be quite happy, but when I compare them back to back with any other set of pickups I currently own, I always like the Texas Specials the least. The Tex Mex set also seems to get a bit of hate in general and I think they sound great. I'd almost say I prefer them to the Texas Specials, but I can't compare bridge pickups as my Tex Mex set is H/S/S. So... not my favorite, but certainly not deserving of the hate they get on this forum and elsewhere. They definitely seem to be a 'love em or hate em' set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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