Fender Custom Shop Strat Texas Special Pickup Set

Exactly what I was looking for

I bought these from here and installed them into a very cheap B stock guitar I bought online. The guitar was very flawed up but had a decent looking finish. It features a very cheap alder body, cheap bridge, nut and tuners, and terribad fret job on a very poor quality maple/rosewood neck that would make the most adept luthier fret. I completely re-did the frets and put some heavy 58-12 strings on the guitar with these pickups. I also tried them with Ernie Ball 10's and they sound amazing, so you don't need to use "barb wire" strings and absurdly high action, but it does improve the tone. And it's the SRV tone we're all after, right?Getting to the point: these are the best pickups I have ever heard. I have 57-62 which I love. I have almost every major guitar ever made. Alnico 3 and 5's galore. 54's, 69's, Custom shop, Ceramics, crunch, p90's -- you name it. These are the best.My experience was extremely fast shipping, great customer service and a wonderful product that I love so much. Total price for my guitar was right around $220 bucks and it easily beats my $2000 dollar strat. I'm not the bright bulb in the world so if *I* can do this, *YOU* can too.I will add this: I've been playing guitar for 33 years. Putting it mildly, I have never been impressed with Tex Mex pickups but I LOVE these Texas Specials. I never thought anything would outshine my 57/62's but these do. I can't recommend these pickups enough.

I put these in a G&L strat type guitar that has an ash body and rosewood fretboard. I had originally replaced the stock pickups with CS69's. I really like the vibe of those, but decided I couldn't stand the 60 cycle hum from all positions. When I realized that the Texas Specials are wound with the same type of wire and appear to be just a hotter calibrated set with a RWRP middle PU, I ordered them that day. Initial tests were done with all pickups raised to within 2 stacked nickels below the strings, while fretting the outside strings at the last fret. Guitar tone sounds as good or better than I'd hoped. With the CS69's I spent most of my time playing the in-between positions. With the TS's each position sounds great and is well defined, clear and warm. I've read some reviews of some people calling these harsh. These are not harsh at all in my guitar, they are actually very sweet sounding, running clean thru my amp. My guitar is a relatively dark/warm sounding strat. These pickups may or may not sound good thru a bright sounding guitar.

I own a '97 MIM Stratocaster, and while I've always liked how it played, its sound left a bit to be desired. With the stock pickups, it definitely sounded "Strat-y" but lacked punch, and on occasion its tone was bright to the point of sounding harsh (this particular problem got worse when I shielded the pickup cavity).Well, I dropped in a set of Texas Specials, and now it has plenty of warmth in the midrange. These pickups sound great clean, with a little gain, or with a lot of gain, and they're just bright enough (as opposed to the too-bright stock parts). And even with the gain turned up to 12 on my amp, they still clean up nicely when you roll off the volume. Between the cost of these and a MIM Standard Strat, you have a great-sounding guitar for considerably less than an American Standard Stratocaster. Or you could pop for a Deluxe Roadhouse Strat or the American Special, both of which come with these pickups from the factory.But anyway, if you have a less-expensive Stratocaster (or facsimile thereof), give these a try. It might be just what you're looking for.

Wanted these pickups forever. Being a Texas guy (Dallas) who loves the Blues I wanted this sound. After building my own Gibson Les Paul Standard '59 Reissue "Slash" Amber Burst replica but always loved my Dad's 1962 Fender Stratocaster Sunburst I knew if I ever built a Strat I wanted these pickups. Almost bought them at Fender's website until I saw the price here. So using all Vintage parts and a lightly 'Reliced' body (didn't want to go full SRV on it) I now have a authentic Fender Stratocaster that sounds so good my Dad loves to play it ( I am sure he is still partial to his 62 he has owned since before I was born). So if you want to play around a little get the Art of Tone Stratocaster Deluxe kit (all Fender vendor sourced parts plus a vintage Sprague Orange Drop and Gavitt Vintage wiring) and add these pickups and you will have an extremely affordable vintage Fender Stratocaster for VERY little money. Great buy!

These pickups took a 20 year old MIM Fender Strat to a whole new level. The overall sound and note definition are amazing. Breath of fresh air and new life in an old favorite. The Pickups are high quality and easy to install if you have the tools and knowledge. Straight forward instructions. Fit and finish were top notch.

I am essentially giving Fender 1 star for this !!You would think spending this amount of money on a Custom Shop produce, it would come with screws that actually fit the product!! But youd be wrong.the screws are larger than the pickup cavity holes, which requires you to actually drill into the pickup to make the holes bigger so you can install them.I thought I was just unlucky getting screws that dont fit in a Custom Shop product, but a quick Google search indicated that this is standard. so if you buy these and hope to install them when they arrive, make sure you have a drillpress and 3mm drill bit ready.. otherwsie you are buggered!!

I replaced the original Pups on my '70s Fernandes Strat with these Texas Specials and got an immediate improvement in sparkle and depth, along with a more agressive full volume bite! great Pickups and excellent service!!