Hi My Name is JimmyJ and im an Addict...[Time for More Pickups.....]

[JimmyJ]

Hey all!

yes, im an addict.

Well i was on holiday in sydney last week and i was in a music store and something grabbed my attention, i had a spare 3 ply fender guard at home and wanted to do something with it.

I spotted these and had always been interested in them as they are the same as the eric clapton reissue pickups.



They are Fender Vintage Noiseless pickups, they come in a set of 3 and also come with 2x 1meg pots and 1 500k pot, i didnt like the idea of changing my pots so i left my std 250k`s in the guard and just installed the pickups




Im certainly getting better at installing pickups and doing the wiring, i think ive done it more times than ive played this guitar....

the pickups/guard i replaced had a Dimarzio HS2 neck, HS3 mid and Chopper in the bridge, i love the combo but for classic strat sounds it didnt quite cut it.

anyways here is my final creation, i think it looks much better now





and close up






now...how do they sound, well its currently 2:42 am and ive realy only played them through my xt live and headphones at this stage and i must say, my guitar sounds very hendrix/john frusciante/srv/twangy strat. moreso than it did before, i did some A/Bing with my lace sensor strat and they are really very similar except this guitar has more bottom and a smidge less top end than the lace sensors.


anyways, expect a video soon!

Cheers
Jim

[ryanb]

Eagerly awaiting the video Jimmy. Nice white Strat too.

[mi2tom]

Cool!

[RSVampire]

how do you like the noiseless compared to the Lace Sensors?

a lot of people find the Lace Sensors sound too much like a humbucker... what's your opinion?

[crevis]

You know you're an addict when you haven't got enough guitars to put all your pickups in , and I'm only game to sell the doubles.

[540s]

One thing to note is that the noiseless pickup set comes with those value pots for a reason After your initial test you might want to put those for another test.

[slugman]

Do yours look like they were wound by a chimp?

I bought a set and the bridge and middle broke during installation. I took them apart and the wire was loose in many places... like sometimes the winder had missed the pickup and they just shoved the extra under the plastic. The plastic had rubbed against it and caused it to fail. Still havent soldered them back together again...