I love the Texas special pickups. They are wound pretty hot, so they have kind of an overdriven sound. If you have a player Stratocaster or an older made in Mexico model, these would be a significant upgrade.
But I wouldn't swap these into an American Stratocaster unless you absolutely hate your current pickups. They won't have the vintage sparkle that you get on most of the fender us pickups.
You really have to spend some time dialing these pickups in to the correct height too. Even a slight height adjustment will really change your levels with these. The official fender spec for pickup height on the Texas specials is 3.6 mm on the Bass side and 2.4 mm on the treble side for all 3 pickups (measured while depressing the first fret). I found that if you get too far away from those measurements, you're going to have a bad time.
Isn't the pickup height determined by pressing the last fret (instead of the first fret)?
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But I wouldn't swap these into an American Stratocaster unless you absolutely hate your current pickups. They won't have the vintage sparkle that you get on most of the fender us pickups.
You really have to spend some time dialing these pickups in to the correct height too. Even a slight height adjustment will really change your levels with these. The official fender spec for pickup height on the Texas specials is 3.6 mm on the Bass side and 2.4 mm on the treble side for all 3 pickups (measured while depressing the first fret). I found that if you get too far away from those measurements, you're going to have a bad time.
Isn't the pickup height determined by pressing the last fret (instead of the first fret)?
5.6 K
5.9 K
6.2K
Not very hot if you ask me. The package says its supposed to be
5.9k
6.5k
6.6k
So then I measured an American Special guitar I own, and it reads as:
5.5k
5.8k
6.1k
So I guess its matches up, just not with the packaging specs.