Fender Tex Mex Strat Pickup Set, Single Coil, Alnico 5 Magnets, Reverse Wound, Enhanced Output Warm Tone, 3 Piece

Rewind 3 years ago...i bought a custom shop 1960 reissue strat. The original pickups were the very best strat pickups I've ever heard. They were exactly what I wanted a strat to sound like. I didn't like the thin neck on the guitar though, so I got rid of it. I've been playing strats for 25 years professionally; I've tried Don Mare, vintage noiseless, somarian cobalt noiseless, custom shop 69, seymour duncan, among others. Recently, I bought a used MIM road worn strat which I like very much. They have the Tex Mex pickups in these guitars. I love the way they sound. Just to compare, I decided to switch them out with some pickups I had laying around. First, the Fender Texas Specials. Tex Mex blows these out of the water. Texas Specials were very generic sounding in comparison. Kinda dead sounding, very ehh, not inspiring. Next, Fralin Vintage Hot. These were a little better than the Texas Specials, but they sounded like just regular run of the mill strat pickups to me. I guess if you were looking for a guitar that is a Jack of all trades, master of none, these might be good. No shimmery, stratty, glassy bell like tones. Put the Tex Mex back in... Wow these sound fantastic! They sound just like those custom shop'60 reissues. Super stratty, shimmery, warm, glassy and bell like clean. With some gain, they dirty up really nicely, retaining all the above qualities, but when you dig in they can get thick and sustained and make me want to play for hours. Buddy Holly cleans, Very Gilmourish when pushed with gain and fuzz. Very impressed!

Nice clean sound on low vol crunchy on highs and lows are controlled.. B string feels a little low volume but e string does a balance.. good quality, vintage sounds. If you decide get the pickups , I recommend to have the hole system with decent wire quality and components, like input jack, Pickup switch, Volume/Tone controls. My Squier Strat had a hum problem. With the switch, and jack input. I know it Wouldn’t sound as good as now, and yet with the Tex Mexs. Installed. it’s something in the middle of 40-50 bucks for the cheaper and $200-300 for a more Premium Pro pickups options.

These pickups are great for upgrading my squier strat. they made a big difference in the sound I also changed the pots cts and CRL5 way switch.they are alnico magnets and have a higher ohm's bridge pickup 7.5 and less than 100 bucks compared to some of hundreds of over priced pickup people selling the same pickups let's face it you can spend a fortune chasing the perfect tone but the player has a lot to do with it not the pickups 🎸

Fender quality should be perfect for my project

These are the least expensive pickup set that Fender makes and are a great upgrade for swapping out on a Squier or Mexican Fender

These are the best pickups for a strat, if you are into hotter output. Not particularly "hum-less", but work great, I love them.

I was undergoing a small project to upgrade my Strat type guitar to feel like a real Strat, nothing too fancy, just a classic Fender sound and feel. I ran across these set of pickups which felt like the cherry on top. Clear instructions, and easy installation. Now my guitar tone is as close as a real Fender as I think it can get. These pickups give you that crystal sound you would expect from a classic single coil. They might seem a little too bright but nothing you can’t fix with the tone knob, it gives you endless possibilities. Really happy with this purchase, I think my guitar has come to its final form with these!

I replaced the pickups in a Squier Strat with these. The Squier pickups were OK, but these do sound better and are completely different construction. I had to return the first set because the Bridge pickup was wrong. The bridge pickup was actually a middle pickup with yellow & black wires installed to make it look like a bridge pickup. Clearly a factory screw-up and probably not the only time they've done this. The fact that these made it out of the factory speaks to the lack of quality control. It sounded very wrong in switch position 4 (bridge + middle) because the polarity was backwards. I verified by measuring the pickup resistance with a DMM and the magnetic polarity with a compass that the bridge pickup was in fact a middle pickup. When the second set arrived, I checked the replacement pickups *before* installing them. The new set sounds great. The bridge pickup is noticeably hotter than the other two. I wired the pickups in the Dan Armstrong blend configuration (see Guitar Player magazine Feb 1987) and installed a TBX tone pot. I'm pleased with the results, but the tone control might need some tweaking. Five stars for great price, great sound; minus one star for having to return the first set.

Il faut un bon fer à souder et c'est facile à faire. Le son est excellent et très équilibré. Sérieux Upgrade d'une Squire Affinity. Mon seul problème c'est que je veux une Fender mais je n'en ai plus besoin ! Ne vous attendez pas à enfin utiliser le bridge non plus ... 😅 Pour faire des économies n'achètez que le neck 🤣

Acquistati per sostituire i pick un originali inclusi nel kit Stratocaster Harley Benton, hanno sicuramente migliorato il suono, direi che è tutta un'altra chitarra.

These are great replacement pickups. I put these in my 2018 mim stratocaster and they sound great. They are made of good quality materials and no problem to install.

Awesome sounding pickups, really bright and snappy. Love them!

Excelentes pastillas como upgrade para la squire, que le da un sonido mucho más competitivo stratocaster. Valió la pena.