How can i tell what pickups i have

Messages: 9, They came in other colours so you probably have the strat you paid for The only real way to check is to take an ohm-meter and check the output. The Tex-Mex pups were hotter than other Fender pup sets. The problem with identifying pups is that many times, nothing is really marked. Some CS sets have the CS sticker on the bottom and colour code dots showing what belongs where That is the ultimate question you should be asking yourself.

That pic of the underside looks an awful lot like cheap Squier-style pups Maybe someone here with Tex-Mex pups can confirm that this is what they look like from the bottom. I know that the Custom Shop stuff has cloth wiring and no magnets connected to the bottom of the pup.

They do sound good.. I love the way the guitar feels, I just want to get the best sound that I can. Funny, I have the same guitar, same color guitar and the same dalema with the pick ups and I almost put a black pearloid pick guard on mine as well.

Went with all black at the last. I do like the way my pickups sound but same as you its my first Strat. Looks great with that pick guard set up. Messages: This is a seriously endless quest but this info should really help you figure it out. This page in an excellent check list of things about pickups that can help to identify them. The numbers can sometimes seem meaningless. This happened years back when they ran out of stock of a given pickup.

If you only have a pickup. Then the following checklist is VERY helpful. Stratocaster Design. Will It Fit? You would think they would label their pickups. I have been confused many times by what pick ups are in a particular guitar.

Especially considering the marketing for the many different pick ups they make these days, it is the 21 century after all. Think of the series as the "P90's of the humbuckers". The best for clean sounds, and the worst for. The T has considerable more output, more crunch, more sustain and better harmonics, will be much heavier,. There are some tables, I've seen before, but each pickup output varies a lot from its production year, how old it is, so I.

I would like to invite you to a tone test with my Gibson collection. I prefer to just read a label on each pick up. I suppose Gibson doesn't label them, because they don't feel like it? I took the trouble to ohm out all the pickups I have, and wrote that on the back of it with a sharpie. You can find dc resistance charts on the net-.

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