All user reviews for the Fender Custom Shop Texas Special Stratocaster Pickup Set

so for those who seek his burning blues is what kind of microphones need, no defects found, if there is too much saturation may be missing mediums though it work hard as it seems to have both a double bass is more pronounced than on simple standard here sounds in all directions and the crushing of the notes is a real pleasure (you know the hair is felt to stand on his head), they are extremely musical and alive without annoying color, soft if you are gentle and pests if you type in, really one of the best microphones for me.
something that can hinder is staging pads, one feels both acute lower than others, but at the same time here gives them a very nice character.
here may annoy fans of taping, but they are not too planned for that.
fender rarely disappoints and offers microphones for everyone, those are classified among the best and should be tried at least once in his life, is one of the strato sounds fuller than they may have, everything is heat, definition, biting, malleable maximum.

Last year, mounted on a Deluxe Strat Mex.

They are in perfect agreement with the guitar is typed blues, funk, rock light, I love it.
They excel in this field. on the other hand, do not ask them anything.
For greater versatility, the configuration adopted by lonestar should be fine.
The neck and middle great, split neck / middle is quite soft, sticks very well to a clean fender, and the other is fantastic funk. The bridge less fun. I use it so split, or only rarely. To add the tone suits you! Screaming otherwise ...

The +:
-Excellent for blues, clean / crunch
-A good range of sounds, think about the tone for the bridge!
-For a set, the price is reasonable, and it becomes a good Mexican good American, at least that's my opinion.

The -:
The bridge, a little loud, we would like to send with more distortion, but it is not here for after all.

I remake that choice without hesitation, but mostly stay in coherence with the guitar!

I use these mics for 3 years on my stratocaster US Texas Special.
CHARACTERISTICS The main of these pickups are level output important for single coil and a medium enhanced compared to standard micro-US.

Fender has chosen Premire up in the signature Stratocasters Mark Knopfler (Dire Staite) and SRV (Stevie Ray Vaughan), the sound is actually close to the old hard trs Dire Straits with great attack and a tendency go on a lightweight crunch ds that the attack is more incisive. Intermdiaires positions 2 and 4 are well particulirement hollow, restoring rhythmic funky perfectly tipyque the stratocaster.

In terms of SRV, the strong tendency to crunch and pronounced medium is well suited to approximate the sound of the master.

These must be utiliss microphones with amplifiers of good quality lamps or quality of transistors and having a reserve of power available allowing to master the nuances of playing the guitar volume. Large distortions are not the cup of tea this type of microphones. Their behavior becomes rough or high power then we must reduce the volume lgrement the guitar always because of their emphasis medium.

Here if you are a fan of his stratocaster pchue regular but is the mic for you!

2 days

my guitar is a Vigier Excalibur 2 singles, 1 double

to explain. the sound of me vigier parraissait taking in too low. very low round and be pronounced but very little attack. and the sound of my Super 112 not only given good result in clean

I got ready in a fender SRV, and I took a good slap

Vigier was knowing that my alder, I had the ide to mount these microphones. and)))
but happiness.

it enriches my vigier in treble and harmonic. I lost a lot of low (good) and round (too bad) but I now have a range of possibilities much wider.

I mount the only serious micro and central

it is clear that on my guitar ca opens new doors. I am getting closer to the sound clapton while remaining somewhat different from the SRV. more shine! Less roundness, a more homogeneous and range of punch

but beware, each guitar has a different personality

I brought up the kit a week ago. I have a good small strata of Japanese 90, which was good and dj trs, APRS well have cost the other phnomne Obviously Ray Vaughan in his work, I wanted to have a sound like him. That's what (like many I suppose), motivated me.
What I like is that frankly looks like a the sound of the alien other. Sr, has given him one of those sweet my little Japanese! But then attention is trs typ. We amme beginners to feel that we can only do the blue-rock muscular as Uncle Ray. And we said, 'Damn, I am condemned to try to play as the man with the hat and he brler a candle every day until the end of mine.
Actually, no, you do not have to go like crazy and we can do in the finesse and velvety. It also works well and plutt. But the best is when even a little touch "comes in" with the riffs that go. In my case, I break the ears the whole neighborhood with a Vox AC30 CC2. All married plutt well.
Another thing I read somewhere and I can confirm: the texas special pickups do not support well distos trs. Personally, j'ulitise the crunch of my Vox I boost when colr thanks a wonderful PDAL I recommend everyone: the "Tube Blower" home "Jacques", an analog overdrive Top Notch (the gal from the famous Ibanez TS colmbien I do not know ... I think 9).)
I play occasionally in the stratum amricaine my friend ... yes, yes, it is fine, but mine too, especially since the transplant dernire microphones. It would become even a challenger for the beautiful srieuse US My friend does not deny it.
The price quality ratio seems correct since I am happy with my brand new beautiful sound.
Yes, I would do without hsiter this choice, but I advise all of those same hsitent still try before because I RPET is trs typ.
Oh, by the way, if you invest in texas special, you may be ground to tonn to note that when you play the six strings one by one we see (especially on the positions microphones intermdiaires) , the string "if" and "mi chanterelle" lgrement out weaker than others. It's a bit dconcertant to beginners, but oddly when you attack a solo, a great happening. It seems even carefully equilibrated. Same observation in o riffs by playing full chords. In short, aa t really well thought out their kit mics. So if you are a hardcore of "mad riffs", go ahead with closed eyes and ears wide open.

Stevie Ray Vaughn-inspired, and good for mere mortals, these are very good pickups. Just a bit hotter than American Standard Pickups, if you play blues or rock, these could be the single-coils for you.

I own an American Standard Strat- the previous owner had installed Tex Specs in it, and I had the same pups in my previous Strat- a Squier Standard- so I was familiar with these. Still, I wanted to compare. As I play lefty, I could not find a lefty American Standard Strat in Sam Ash the day I went, so I had a guy who worked there play the SRV Strat and the American Standard, back-to-back. The tone of the Tex Specs is not only a little hotter, it's also fuller and better-sounding, to my ears.

IMO, the SRV Strat is a great tribute to a legendary guitarist- but aping someone else is just not cool, in my book. Install a set of Tex Spec pups in a good, solid Strat, and save yourself considerable money- and lots of "wannabe" embarrassment.

How long you use it, oh great master of the guitar?
This lot here, a Chtite week, but my first c'pas.

What is so special that you love the most, least, oh great master of the guitar?
+: The sound, dynamic response, the response to the EQ and tone knobs to
-: The thread unfinished, boring

[[Hint: take a screwdriver too thick (4mm), and return the thread the microphone (the screw cap of nickel was thus no need for me), and turn to expand it. It avoids the irritations ...]]

Have you tried many other models before buying it, oh great master of the guitar?
Yo, I had a lot of bad and good in some Dimarzio, EMG, Seymour and other Fender. Most have nothing to do but not because of quality, because of its too typical. But those are a very good quality.

How do you value for money, oh great master of the guitar?
The threads, abused. Cons by the sound ... thank you Leo.

With experience, oh great master of the guitar, you do again this election? ...
Yep, proof.

I want to say that the first 5 minutes, you say "Wow Stevie Ray is in me!" and the next hour we say "Gee, I have done, there's no flexibility."

Frankly, play with the tone, and said as a user of FA on these mics, one must learn to control them, but we did everything we want.

To me, these pickups are great for playing SRV, the Dire Straits, of Clapton, blues and rock in general, but also modern rock and even punk rock (why not Green Day, AC passes without problem), a little hard (to AC DC, ok).

AC buzz a bit by climbing the gain would be wise to consider a noisegate.

One more thing: if you play on a zero transition, frankly, change first amp. These microphones are only expressed on a good amp. So if you have a budget of 180 euro, buy a good secondhand Valvestate, or whatever you want, why not a Peavey Bandit, but do not be a good transition, a nice hybrid, an all-tube (but it ' more expensive).

These microphones bad transistor, the AC did not. Do not expect miracles, they catch up not using an amp too. An amp is an investment that generally does not regret.

For guitar, needless to say "yeah is mandatory if a Mexican c'pas punishment."

On my Squier Affinity, they send what to paste, I'm sorry, but few would argue the contrary would be able to distinguish a Squier equipped texas a SRV signature. Yes, yes.

Anyway, thank you Leo Fender.