a good MIM Fender is the best mod platform there is. You get outstanding wood, great necks, good hardware... and electronics that are very 'meh'. That's not a bad thing. Taste is personal. There are people that actually hate Texas Specials, and they are not wrong. Any more than I am in saying to me, they are the BEST Strat single coil made. I've owned a lot of Strats, MIM and MIA, Texas Specials ended up in most of them. I just put a set in my current #1, a mim, limited finish I fell in love with. The alder body has grain that looks like ash. The Candy Red burst is gorgeous, and the rosewood fretboard... dark chocolate with streaks of milk chocolate, and hints of red. Absolute stunner to look at. But she plays better than she looks. After a good set up, ended up the best playing Strat I've ever had. Odd neck shape. Must be a mistake, thicker up near the nut, but thinner by the 12th, it's like the thickness taper is exagerated. It's starts thicker than a 'modern C' ends up thinner. I've no idea why that is on this neck. Shrug. I just love the shit out of that shape. It's my new favorite. Clearly a mistake of some kind, but a glorious one. Action is crazy low with no fretting out on bends high up... no buzz... the wood rings out too. Best sounding Strat I've ever played unplugged. The raw acoustic tone is quite nice actually. And after throwing Texas Specials in the neck and middle (it's an HSS), it's starting to sound like the best Strat I've ever had. 'Bucker will be Duncan Custom Shop, already know what I want, just waiting on budget to pull trigger. Anyway, modding MIM Fenders half the fun of MIM. Every MIM Guitar from Fender should come with a soldering iron. We all have different tastes. Get a good Mexi and hot rod it to be what YOU like. It's a tired old guitar trick, but only because it works sooooo well. You end up with a fantastic guitar at the end. A good Mexi, well set up, with pickups and other upgrades can throw down with any guitar there is, and be at home on any stage or studio you care to point to. Embracing this tactic, anytime I pick up a good Mexi, I kinda ignore the electronics (unless it's a model like the old MIM Lone Star Strats that came with... Texas Specials, or the old Player series with Vintage Noiseless and 7 way switching), and judge the guitar as a player. If it plays well, or can be made to play well, it's a good guitar that can be made to sound great. With this tactic comes a warning... you might not even be shopping for a guitar and come across a cheap Mexi Strat that is just too damned good and too damned cheap to leave on the rack. It's a perfectly valid guitar buying hack... but it often means you find the perfect guitar at a less than ideal time to purchase... and do anyway. Ask I how I know ;)
This is one of the best composed comments I've had on any video I have ever posted. I thank you very much for taking your time to share this information. I have pinned this comment. Bless you, and thank you for watching voodoochild1975az.
I did the same thing for my old 1999 MIM , the tone improve so much better; later i upgraded the tuning nut to gotoh, full titanium bridge and trem blocks, it sound like an customshop level hahahah.
Nice work here Marshall. Thinking about doing the same to revitalize an old 2000 model MIM strat a bit. The difference is there! Brings todays pup technology in and makes it something special. Thanks for the vid!
I really enjoy installing these for my clients. They have been a better kind of different in every guitar I've put them in. Some pups are different. These seem to make a guitar better in every instance. "That's a bold statement".
"Rock 'N Roll and glasses don't go together"??? My man! As a fellow four-eyes and on behalf of our fellow rocker, the late, great Buddy Holly I must protest!
Your protest is welcome in my world. Thank you very much for watching. I recently grabbed a strap to keep my glasses on me. Now they don't fall off whilst headbanging.
I had my the pickups in my 90 MIM replaced with Texas Specials. It sounds great, but the original pickups sounded great too. So, I would like to see a video that demonstrates before and after next to eachother. Play a riff in one position and directly have it followed up with the exact same riff with the new pickups. That would make the comparison much easier.
Well, that's my mind made up. Definitely getting a set of these for my Mex Strat. Had it since 2004 and this will be the first part I've upgraded on it (aside from Strings, obvs). I love this guitar so much, that it feels only right to put these pickups in it.
Totally agree even better mij lawsuits got a eairly 80's profile silhouette for 150 bucks had a 81 in there. I got emg golds for 150 loaded pickguard and put jumbo frets in myself it's better than any strat I had maybe except for the strat plus I had and sold. Miss that thing I tell ya
Dude you rock. Your serious about life and health (meaning positive) and also showing me how to change my "Fender Player Strat" stock pickups to the Texas Specials?! dope. I also hate the short pickup wiring - can't do shit without blindly shipping and resoldering even SHORTER wires
Thank you so much David. Happy I could help. You made my day bro! I just ordered new pickups for my old Ibanez RG570. I bought it brand new in 1988. I swapped out the PUPS at some point during the 90's(AAAARGH!). I found a set of the original V7, V8, and S1 pickups about two years ago, and returned the guitar back to its original state. I've been recording a lot of very high gain music in recent months, and have decided to get a new set of pups for it with much higher output. The RG570 is the only guitar I own with a Floyd Rose, and I need it for a lot of my recent compositions. I'll put up a video comparing the old, and new pick ups. It'll be a week or two.
Thanks once again Mark. This was a really fun job. What a difference the pick ups made in how this guitar felt to play. Way higher output, and they have a "BARK" to them that I really liked. I sure wish I'd played better. No time to warm up.
I have a made in Taiwan Player Fender Strat and wanna replace stock pickups with Texas Specials -- in your opinion - is the "bridge only" selection and "neck only" selections a much clearer twangy sound than the stock? i'm a fan of John Frusciante (chili peppers) tone (main tone not his pedals) and it's clarity
I like my strat with the bridge and neck only option. Definitely brighter, and warmer tones can be achieved. It's really up to you, and how you choose to wire the switch. It can always be changed.
ive had a set of these in my cupboard for a year.I had this idea of buying a squire and for fun modify it you know heavy strings tune it a step flat put these pick ups in it. But my hands are shot from work so heavy strings is not happeing so tommorow their going into a guitar ive already got
Thanks for the demo. Considering a second hand sterling that had the Texas Specials swapped in. Your comparison isn't really fair to the stock pickups, since I am guessing you fixed the action where it was too low before? Cheers!
I wasn't conducting a scientific study with multiple, or thousands of samples to compare with. It's not really possible. Ultimately, the Texas Special pickups sounded and felt fantastic to use. Thanks for watching freshelfpie.
I bought a Deluxe MIM just for the Texas Specials. Did I goof? Is there a dif between MIM installed TS and Custom Shop? Neck 6.21 ohm, Mid 6.39 ohm, Bridge 6.7 ohm
I notice the MIM's had pole pieces and not ceramic glue-on magnets. The Texas PUPS @ 9:43 . Both sounded nice but, you know the Texas Specials were ...........sha-weet.
It's a song called MY BEST MISTAKE. It's an oringinal tune I wrote, and recorded. All the music in any video I create is original. Thank you for asking.
@@Emma-kz3zr I don't have that song posted anywhere on the Internet. It's a part of my personal music collection that I use for background music in my videos. I will be shooting a video for it soon. Keep an eye out on my channel for it.
@@Emma-kz3zr I've begun work on making the video. It takes some time, and proper settings to get it all done. I can only ask for your patience. Since the time this video was posted I have made a few changes to the mix of My Best Mistake. Nothing major. Mostly drum changes to get them to fit a bit tighter, and I recorded a new bass line that I feel makes the song roll along with a bit more aggression. I will repay the subscription bro. Be patient. Videos take time to put together. I'm grateful to you for asking the question, and it has motivated me to get this thing done. I'm very proud of the song my best friend and I wrote together 250 miles apart.
Thank you for watching. I'm playing B minor, D major, A major to G major.(in that order) The common pop music chords. For the D major I'm using a voicing that uses the shape of an open C major chord, and for the A major I use the shape of an open G major. Ultimately they are barr chords. Give them a try. I wish I'd been facing the camera more directly so you could see my left hand better. ~peace~
@@izayin6365 No problem. I was waiting for glue to dry on a guitar I'm repairing. If you haven't subscribed to my channel please do so. I'm growing my channel. Have a wonderful day.
Thanks for watching Jeffy Jeffy. I usually invent a loop in the moment, and improvise. I insist on playing them before I send them home. The four chord thing was Bm, Dmaj, A maj, Gmaj. I'm not sure what part of the demo you asked about.
@@MarshallSetUps right after you adjusted the pickups you said how about a demo etc and it almost sounded like a Lennie Kravitz beat but not exactly ...it's a familiar song but I can't remember what it is
Thanks for watching KandE. SRV era was a magical time in the guitar world. Since he's up jammin with Elvis, Tom, John, and Roy, you can be my brother. I will subscribe to your channel. Have a great day.
Thanks for watching and commenting Nomar Kddus. Be careful about getting the pick ups too close to the strings. If too close the magnets will grab the strings, and kill the sustain.
Thank you for watching Kelly Leo. I recommend measuring your pick ups, and determining if they will fit. I have to alter a pick guard, or change the 5 way switch at times. Fender's website has information, and specs are typically available at online guitar shops. Let me know what you find. I'm guessing there wouldn't be much trouble with installing these in a Fernandez.
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a good MIM Fender is the best mod platform there is. You get outstanding wood, great necks, good hardware... and electronics that are very 'meh'. That's not a bad thing. Taste is personal. There are people that actually hate Texas Specials, and they are not wrong. Any more than I am in saying to me, they are the BEST Strat single coil made. I've owned a lot of Strats, MIM and MIA, Texas Specials ended up in most of them. I just put a set in my current #1, a mim, limited finish I fell in love with. The alder body has grain that looks like ash. The Candy Red burst is gorgeous, and the rosewood fretboard... dark chocolate with streaks of milk chocolate, and hints of red. Absolute stunner to look at. But she plays better than she looks. After a good set up, ended up the best playing Strat I've ever had. Odd neck shape. Must be a mistake, thicker up near the nut, but thinner by the 12th, it's like the thickness taper is exagerated. It's starts thicker than a 'modern C' ends up thinner. I've no idea why that is on this neck. Shrug. I just love the shit out of that shape. It's my new favorite. Clearly a mistake of some kind, but a glorious one. Action is crazy low with no fretting out on bends high up... no buzz... the wood rings out too. Best sounding Strat I've ever played unplugged. The raw acoustic tone is quite nice actually.
And after throwing Texas Specials in the neck and middle (it's an HSS), it's starting to sound like the best Strat I've ever had. 'Bucker will be Duncan Custom Shop, already know what I want, just waiting on budget to pull trigger.
Anyway, modding MIM Fenders half the fun of MIM. Every MIM Guitar from Fender should come with a soldering iron. We all have different tastes. Get a good Mexi and hot rod it to be what YOU like. It's a tired old guitar trick, but only because it works sooooo well. You end up with a fantastic guitar at the end. A good Mexi, well set up, with pickups and other upgrades can throw down with any guitar there is, and be at home on any stage or studio you care to point to.
Embracing this tactic, anytime I pick up a good Mexi, I kinda ignore the electronics (unless it's a model like the old MIM Lone Star Strats that came with... Texas Specials, or the old Player series with Vintage Noiseless and 7 way switching), and judge the guitar as a player. If it plays well, or can be made to play well, it's a good guitar that can be made to sound great.
With this tactic comes a warning... you might not even be shopping for a guitar and come across a cheap Mexi Strat that is just too damned good and too damned cheap to leave on the rack. It's a perfectly valid guitar buying hack... but it often means you find the perfect guitar at a less than ideal time to purchase... and do anyway. Ask I how I know ;)
This is one of the best composed comments I've had on any video I have ever posted.
I thank you very much for taking your time to share this information.
I have pinned this comment.
Bless you, and thank you for watching voodoochild1975az.
I did the same thing for my old 1999 MIM , the tone improve so much better; later i upgraded the tuning nut to gotoh, full titanium bridge and trem blocks, it sound like an customshop level hahahah.
Thanks for telling us the settings! mostly you tubers forget this!!!
Great video ! Some good tunes and those new pickups are exactly what I’m looking for. Nice playing too bro!
Nice work here Marshall. Thinking about doing the same to revitalize an old 2000 model MIM strat a bit. The difference is there! Brings todays pup technology in and makes it something special. Thanks for the vid!
I really enjoy installing these for my clients. They have been a better kind of different in every guitar I've put them in. Some pups are different. These seem to make a guitar better in every instance. "That's a bold statement".
Liked and subbed. Thanks for the content man. I like your style
Texas Special has a classic strat tone but with a little bit hotter output overwound vintage pickup
"Rock 'N Roll and glasses don't go together"??? My man! As a fellow four-eyes and on behalf of our fellow rocker, the late, great Buddy Holly I must protest!
Your protest is welcome in my world. Thank you very much for watching. I recently grabbed a strap to keep my glasses on me. Now they don't fall off whilst headbanging.
the texas special neck pick up is unbeatable !
I had my the pickups in my 90 MIM replaced with Texas Specials. It sounds great, but the original pickups sounded great too.
So, I would like to see a video that demonstrates before and after next to eachother. Play a riff in one position and directly have it followed up with the exact same riff with the new pickups. That would make the comparison much easier.
Thanks for watching Jo.
Well, that's my mind made up. Definitely getting a set of these for my Mex Strat. Had it since 2004 and this will be the first part I've upgraded on it (aside from Strings, obvs). I love this guitar so much, that it feels only right to put these pickups in it.
I love how they've sounded in every guitar I've put them in. Truth be told, "I don't have a set in my Strat". AAAARGH😁
@@MarshallSetUps Sounds like we both know what to do!
Awesome video man.
Totally agree even better mij lawsuits got a eairly 80's profile silhouette for 150 bucks had a 81 in there. I got emg golds for 150 loaded pickguard and put jumbo frets in myself it's better than any strat I had maybe except for the strat plus I had and sold. Miss that thing I tell ya
Dude you rock. Your serious about life and health (meaning positive) and also showing me how to change my "Fender Player Strat" stock pickups to the Texas Specials?! dope. I also hate the short pickup wiring - can't do shit without blindly shipping and resoldering even SHORTER wires
Thank you for watching Linus Knight. Have fun swapping out your pickups.
Great Vid Marshall ! I've contemplated doing the same thing to my strat. They seem to have that classic bell tone so many are trying to achieve!
Stock Player pickups have the classic bell tone in spades. No need to swap pickups for that.
Liked and subscribed dude.. Great stuff.. I've wanted to get new pickups.. And you have made up my mind 🤙🤙
Thank you so much David. Happy I could help. You made my day bro! I just ordered new pickups for my old Ibanez RG570. I bought it brand new in 1988. I swapped out the PUPS at some point during the 90's(AAAARGH!). I found a set of the original V7, V8, and S1 pickups about two years ago, and returned the guitar back to its original state. I've been recording a lot of very high gain music in recent months, and have decided to get a new set of pups for it with much higher output. The RG570 is the only guitar I own with a Floyd Rose, and I need it for a lot of my recent compositions. I'll put up a video comparing the old, and new pick ups. It'll be a week or two.
@@MarshallSetUps sweet bro. Be lucking forward to that video.. Keep up the great work. Your channel is rocken 🤙
Please. What the distance from strings to pickups in your set?
Awesome puckups
Outstanding. 👍
Thanks once again Mark. This was a really fun job. What a difference the pick ups made in how this guitar felt to play. Way higher output, and they have a "BARK" to them that I really liked. I sure wish I'd played better. No time to warm up.
Fender Rhodes piano labels the output Jack as input
Yep. That is strange, but hey, they called tremolo vibrato too.... Thank you for watching. I appreciate it.
I offer a huge thank you to all who have subscribed to my channel.
I have a made in Taiwan Player Fender Strat and wanna replace stock pickups with Texas Specials -- in your opinion - is the "bridge only" selection and "neck only" selections a much clearer twangy sound than the stock? i'm a fan of John Frusciante (chili peppers) tone (main tone not his pedals) and it's clarity
I like my strat with the bridge and neck only option. Definitely brighter, and warmer tones can be achieved. It's really up to you, and how you choose to wire the switch. It can always be changed.
There is no such thing as Taiwan Player strat. Lol.
Great video for guys considering doing things like this to their own guitars. Thanks
ive had a set of these in my cupboard for a year.I had this idea of buying a squire and for fun modify it you know heavy strings tune it a step flat put these pick ups in it. But my hands are shot from work so heavy strings is not happeing so tommorow their going into a guitar ive already got
I'm a big fan of these pick ups. I hope you like what they do for you. Thanks for watching Igavehimadollar !
@@MarshallSetUps i cant wait to get them in there today
Thanks for the demo. Considering a second hand sterling that had the Texas Specials swapped in. Your comparison isn't really fair to the stock pickups, since I am guessing you fixed the action where it was too low before? Cheers!
I wasn't conducting a scientific study with multiple, or thousands of samples to compare with. It's not really possible. Ultimately, the Texas Special pickups sounded and felt fantastic to use. Thanks for watching freshelfpie.
I bought a Deluxe MIM just for the Texas Specials. Did I goof? Is there a dif between MIM installed TS and Custom Shop? Neck 6.21 ohm, Mid 6.39 ohm, Bridge 6.7 ohm
Same here. I'm trying to figure out what the best pickups would be for Joe Walsh style stuff.
I notice the MIM's had pole pieces and not ceramic glue-on magnets. The Texas PUPS @ 9:43 . Both sounded nice but, you know the Texas Specials were ...........sha-weet.
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Yes I am having a diet Pepsi. diabetes is a real disease.
Hey what song is playing while you was stringing? Great video BTW.
It's a song called MY BEST MISTAKE. It's an oringinal tune I wrote, and recorded. All the music in any video I create is original. Thank you for asking.
@@MarshallSetUps so link it already.
@@Emma-kz3zr I don't have that song posted anywhere on the Internet. It's a part of my personal music collection that I use for background music in my videos. I will be shooting a video for it soon. Keep an eye out on my channel for it.
@@MarshallSetUps oh, in that case I'll just have to subscribe and wait a while.
@@Emma-kz3zr I've begun work on making the video. It takes some time, and proper settings to get it all done. I can only ask for your patience. Since the time this video was posted I have made a few changes to the mix of My Best Mistake. Nothing major. Mostly drum changes to get them to fit a bit tighter, and I recorded a new bass line that I feel makes the song roll along with a bit more aggression. I will repay the subscription bro. Be patient. Videos take time to put together. I'm grateful to you for asking the question, and it has motivated me to get this thing done. I'm very proud of the song my best friend and I wrote together 250 miles apart.
Very nice I have those pu in a strat just need a neck to finish it
Very nice!! What chords you playing at 09:43? Love your playing!!
Thank you for watching. I'm playing B minor, D major, A major to G major.(in that order) The common pop music chords. For the D major I'm using a voicing that uses the shape of an open C major chord, and for the A major I use the shape of an open G major. Ultimately they are barr chords. Give them a try. I wish I'd been facing the camera more directly so you could see my left hand better. ~peace~
@@MarshallSetUps wow thank you for the fast responding!! Keep up the good work!!😁
@@izayin6365 No problem. I was waiting for glue to dry on a guitar I'm repairing. If you haven't subscribed to my channel please do so. I'm growing my channel. Have a wonderful day.
What was that "demo song" that was awesome!?
Thanks for watching Jeffy Jeffy. I usually invent a loop in the moment, and improvise. I insist on playing them before I send them home. The four chord thing was Bm, Dmaj, A maj, Gmaj. I'm not sure what part of the demo you asked about.
@@MarshallSetUps right after you adjusted the pickups you said how about a demo etc and it almost sounded like a Lennie Kravitz beat but not exactly ...it's a familiar song but I can't remember what it is
What body material is that model?
Ash is not as easy to come by..
Custom shop only offers Alder or Mahogany now
Humble Pie C'mon everybody
It's an output SOCKET !!
I just wanna be like srv's brother.
Thanks for watching KandE. SRV era was a magical time in the guitar world. Since he's up jammin with Elvis, Tom, John, and Roy, you can be my brother. I will subscribe to your channel. Have a great day.
@@MarshallSetUps I think Stevie would be hanging with Albert King, Jimi, Lightning, Hubert, and Lonnie Mack!!!
high pickups please
Thanks for watching and commenting Nomar Kddus. Be careful about getting the pick ups too close to the strings. If too close the magnets will grab the strings, and kill the sustain.
Do like me & put Texas Specials in a 1995 Squeir......😁
They are remarkable sounding pick ups.
Roy Orbison.
Can these be put into a Fernandez strat copy
Thank you for watching Kelly Leo. I recommend measuring your pick ups, and determining if they will fit. I have to alter a pick guard, or change the 5 way switch at times. Fender's website has information, and specs are typically available at online guitar shops. Let me know what you find. I'm guessing there wouldn't be much trouble with installing these in a Fernandez.
Input the output to the amp lol
The Rhodes Stage Piano has INPUT written on the OUTPUT.! I think it's funny.
You are Jason Newsted's cousin. No doubt.
I like the video but despise your pepsi over coke
Thank you for watching Joseph Lerz CTY
Not a very big difference in the tone
Thanks for watching MC FEK. Pick up changes are a difficult animal. You can't know how they'll sound until you do it.
Both pickup models sound like a strat
I hear a big difference
Trouble with pups you can change them, spend loads of money doing it and oh shuck you then have to convince yourself they sound better 😂
Exactly