MIKE ROSS wrote in a message to jahmas:

Some people rave about Lace sensors (blue, silver, red, neck to
bridge).

Are Lace Sensors still available new? I havent shopped for a new guitar
in so long that I have no idea if Fender is still making them....

Some line the inside cavity with a grounded copper sheet,

I think this is the one alot of people do sooner or later....I think
Rich has done this on his Strats.


Nice to see a new message in here....:)

Tom

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jahmas wrote in a message to All:

I have an old 1961 Strat in fairly stock condition. The guitar's
tone is fine if you go to the amplifier and try to boost the mids
yet there is always a flat tinny tone and not enough "fat" for me. I

If they are the true original 1961 pickups I am sure they are really
thin compared to what is available now. My Strat Ultra came with the
Lace Sensors and I replaced them with Van Zandts. They are still
available and are a nice replacement. Not sure on the price though...
try a search for Van Zandt.

Good luck.


Tom

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You can get Lace Sensors out of the Musician's Friend catalog i.e., Http://www.musiciansfriend.com The blue pickups are $49.99, the red ones
are $59.99, golds are $39.99 and silvers ar $49.99. Their prices are just
about the same as Mars or Guitar Center. I think Carvins are actually a good deal and Carvin has recently come out with a dual coil strat pickup. But the purists might be offended with dual coils. I think EMG actually has a better idea using "low impedence" pickups which negate the noise and favor the midtones. Since low impedence pickups have low output, this necessitates the use of onboard preamps. the DG module EMG makes (David Gilmour) is great.
Just listen to Gilmour's strat tones. His tones have always amazed me. Other folks have avoided onboard preamps and just keep with straight high impedance single coils i.e, Bonnie Raitt uses the Kinmans which seem very nice. I think this is where I would be headed.

Jah

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Tom Engle wrote in a message to MIKE ROSS:

Some line the inside cavity with a grounded copper sheet,

I think this is the one alot of people do sooner or later....I
think Rich has done this on his Strats.

Didn't make a significant difference in noise though. Single coils are single coils and the only way to deal with it is careful use of a noise gate if ou don't mind chopping off the bottom of the dynamic range.



C-ya! Rich

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