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NEW REVIEW - Lace pickups on Strat
I must admit, I ordered the LACE blue/silver/red package for my Strat based on the buzz and I liked the look. WOW, was I surprised! The Blue pickup in neck position is my favorite, fantastic sound. More output, less noise, full harmonic, liquid tone a real transformation. These replaced stock TexMex pickups. Silver in middle and red at bridge also clear improvements and provide many new choices in sound as you mix.
These pickups have completely transformed the look and tone of my strat. Fantastic tone for blues, classic rock. Crank your amp without the buzz and background noise. If you go for black and change out your knobs and switch cover, becomes a completely new look for guitar!
Be ready to solder, but easy connection. Wiring diagrams on LACE web site. Highly Recommended!!
Reviewed by Chipster on 11/3/2009 who plays Blues, Classic Rock.
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Versatile, quiet, and toneful. Not very "strat-y.\
These three Fender Lace Sensor single-coil pickups are great replacement units for the Strat player looking for something other than the typical "Strat" twang. With the blue (for the neck position), the silver for the middle, and the red for the bridge, a Strat can essentially be hotrodded to dish out anything from fat, warm traditional humbucker tone to a fatter Strat sound to high-output distortion. The "blue" Lace Sensor is intended to replicate a 50's humbucker, and does so quite well, with a warm fat, and quite "round" tone that sounds good both overdriven and for clean jazz or blues. The silver pickup is supposed to have "A fatter 70's single coil sound with slightly increased output and bit more midrange" and I guess to be a compromise between the blue humbucker sound and Lace Sensor's traditional twangy "Gold" pickup. As such, the silver pickup is perhaps the least convincing of the Lace Sensor offerings. The red, of course, is intended as a high-output, distortion-oriented pickup for the bridge position and delivers as advertised, although it has little of the great single-coil bite characteristic of a traditional Strat bridge pickup. These Lace Sensors are very quiet and, as mentioned above, are great for the Strat player looking for a variety of non-Strat tones. There MAY be less expensive options out there, particularly for the player looking for a high-output humbucker the size of a single-coil pickup, but these pickups are quiet, generally deliver the tone as advertised, are very well-designed, and are quite a good deal at what breaks down to less than $60 each.
Reviewed by SnarkyGoat on 11/1/2006 who plays Blues, rock,, jazz.
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5's for a reason
I understand giving any product all 5's makes it sound Utopian. Well, for people who love the feel and playability of a strat, but hate that thin tone utopia is pretty much what you get. Imagine playing convincing metal, rock, blues, jazz with your beloved strat with no more hum! The red really sounds massive and heavy. I couldn't believe i was playing a strat. I love the feel of a strat but I never liked the tone until now. I discovered these pick up's. After buying a strat plus for my collection, now all my strats are getting the lace's. You will love the blue up front it is smooth mellow and just sounds awesome. If must have that strat tone adjusting the pick up hight will get you close, and still no hum.
Reviewed by IBall8 on 2/19/2007 who plays rock metal blues.
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Great Set of Pickups
I replaced the stock single coils in my mexican strat with the Lace Sensor red, silver, blue pack and it gave new life to the guitar. Noise was reduced considerably and tones are warm and full. Installation requires soldering but is very straight forward. Lace included silicone spacers that go between the underside of the pickguard and the pickups but they were all different sizes. This was easily fixed by a $1 length of tubing from a hobby shop. Overall these pickups have turned my strat into a very versatile, great sounding guitar. I can confidently recommend this pickup pack.
Reviewed by Chris on 4/16/2008 who plays Rock.
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Definitley 5 for a reason
These pickups will transform your Strat...Night and day difference from neck to bridge. Easy install. Before you buy a new guitar, put these in and you will be amazed.
Reviewed by Slash fan on 12/6/2007
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