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Re: Japanese Strat question

8/6/1999 12:51 AM
JohnC	Re: Japanese Strat question Don: Do any quality american made strats leave the factory with ceramic pu's installed on them? Maybe I just have to get used to them, as I discovered today that they sound better when the amp is at a little higher volume. I'm talking "too early", I dindn't have enough time to fiddle around with the guitar yet, but this pu's seem to be clearsounders, loud enough, but I would say they lack a bit of "personality" in their sound. Are alnicos considered better sounders, or just different? I think my Fender Bullet deluxe ('81) has alnicos (am I right?), and they sound really-really-really good to me; they sound clean, bright and reach from 0 to 9 in the volume pot of the guitar, and they nicely crank any amp when at 10. I visited Seymour Duncans's web site, and they have so many pu's for strats that it makes my possible decision much harder. I have also heard great things about Lace Sensors... So I don't know where to begin my "search" of sound for my MIJ Strat. Maybe just look for original vintage alnicos if possible, I don't know. Or those TM'ed aged alnicos (II or V) Seymour Duncan sell. JohnC

8/6/1999 12:51 AM

JohnC

Re: Japanese Strat question

Don:

Do any quality american made strats leave the factory with ceramic pu's installed on them?

Maybe I just have to get used to them, as I discovered today that they sound better when the amp is at a little higher volume.

I'm talking "too early", I dindn't have enough time to fiddle around with the guitar yet, but this pu's seem to be clearsounders, loud enough, but I would say they lack a bit of "personality" in their sound.

Are alnicos considered better sounders, or just different?

I think my Fender Bullet deluxe ('81) has alnicos (am I right?), and they sound really-really-really good to me; they sound clean, bright and reach from 0 to 9 in the volume pot of the guitar, and they nicely crank any amp when at 10.

I visited Seymour Duncans's web site, and they have so many pu's for strats that it makes my possible decision much harder. I have also heard great things about Lace Sensors...

So I don't know where to begin my "search" of sound for my MIJ Strat.

Maybe just look for original vintage alnicos if possible, I don't know. Or those TM'ed aged alnicos (II or V) Seymour Duncan sell.

JohnC

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