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I like the deep tones of the Blues Special, very clear. Vintage Hots seem to ring nice for full chords too. "Pickup Height" is a Great Take-away point, each pickups' character can probably be dialed in to preference. 😎👍🎶
Listening to the recording I was expecting the Blues to have be the warmer more mid scooped Tones. I didn’t hear it that way. I hear the vintage having those tones and if I were to pick one over the other (both sounded great) I’d pick the vintage. Thanks for sharing.
The blues specials are "overwound". Adding more winds of wire to a pickup will roll off highs and bump up the mids/lower mids. The bump in mids is usually perceived as warmth (though if mids get too pronounced it can end up a bit more honky/nasal, like a P90)
I have a Blues Specials set in my Nashville Tele (because I wanted a little more Strat tone overlap across the set) that I absolutely love. Lindy Fralin makes great pickups.
100%! I kinda wish we got a sample of the middle position with that setup haha. The neck pups were super close, but the Blues Special had just a little extra sweetness to it that I liked.
Another Fralin option to consider is their Split Steel Poled Tele bridge pickup. It's a beast. Noiseless, P90 mojo -- my favorite Tele bridge pickup hands down.
Your observations were spot-on. I enjoyed the extra mid-range grease in the Blues Special bridge, but the Vintage Hots middle had the classic Tele spank. Both sets had exceptional quality though, and you wouldn't expect anything less from Lindy single-coils. Your Pepto-B Tele was the perfect test-bed too! Perhaps a good compromise would be to go for the Vintage Hot in the neck and Blues Special in the Bridge 👍
The Vintage Hots sounded like my Cavalier “Holy Grail” Nocasters by Cavalier Pickups. Those pickups are basically the overwound version of the original Nocasters with A3 mags and 43 AWG wire. I put a four-way switch in mine so I could get a hum-canceling effect with more oomph in position three.
I found the sound differences in these shootouts are due as much to which piece of my gear I'm listening to them on. The Klipsch's in the studio make it much clearer then the Behringer's in my bedroom. After re-watching this in the studio, I agree with your findings. BTW Love the Warhead headstock. It's my favorite of ALL the headstocks out there. Fender-esque yet unique and more graceful that the Strat. No wonder I have 23 of them including 2 bass necks.
I just got a set of Vintage Hots for an American Standard Tele I have that came stock with a Twisted Tele neck and Broadcaster bridge and I did not like those at all. I wish I had seen this before I bought the Vintage Hots because I really like the the Blues Special middle position the most. But I think they both sound great and either would be better than the Fender "custom shop" pickups my Tele came with. Thanks for the review.
I said it before, ill say it again: Sounds versatile....i would have liked the playing to be a tad more versatile though! I love vintage pickups tbh, the higher outpout ones tend to become barky or flat. Nice pickups overall!
Yes, I found the Vintage Hots in the middle position to have the most difference, a little extra punch or bite. Although I like the Vintage Hot pickups more, I wouldn't pay extra for them as, like you said, the difference was generally subtle! Thanks for the video.
Although there was no great difference in the tonality between the two I would go for the Blues Specials. This is purely based of the slightest warmer overall feel I got from them…but I’m sure I’d be happy with either
Dunno - obiously - how they sounds "in the room", but through my system the Vintage Hot have a kind of "fullness" down to the mid/low-low frequecies that i like more thant the "bite" in the Blues Special (that - in case - can be helpfull in a dense mix). Anyway... both can be conducted in their respective territories with the amp (and/or pedal like a tube screamer) controls.
heard a bit more highs in the vintage hot _neck_ , otherwise everything sounded pretty darn close to the same point well taken about how the differences are way more evident in the feel to the player than in what the listener hears! probably true for the vast majority of guitars and guitar gear anyway big fan of fralins, i have his 10k high outputs in my tele; he knows how to greatly overwind them while still keeping the clarity
Less mids and more highs in the vintage hot set vs the blues set. I bet both sound great but I would guess the vintage ones would sound more chimey in person.
Both are a bit too hot for me. I really like the Fender Nocasters that I got. Low output and sweet. The Highway 1 originals were way too hot and compressed sounding.
Lol. They sound similar. Have a set of blues specials, and a set fender 64 reissues. They both are similar slightly hot. Vintage output has that twang and the hotter it gets the thicker it sounds. Till it becomes something completely different. Noticed ever Tele has different needs. Like a light weight ash maple tele sounds great with vintage output, chimie beautiful. But say a heavier alder rosewood tele, the vintage output sounds too tame and I go with a much hotter output to get that throaty sound.
Too similar to make a significant difference,The only difference that was evident to me was at 02:05/10 when you cranked the bridge a bit. The Vintage Hot had a slight edge to them.
You gotta guitar and you wanna the weak tone gone. Install Fralin anytime(Dirty deeds vocal style). Dirty tones and the pickups are sweet.....dirty tones and the pickups are sweet.
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I’m kind of amazed how similar they sounded.
I’d love to see another build planning and assembling video!
He launched the sound through Two Notes digital device, I’m surprised that they are so different))))
when i was younger I liked the blues pickups. now, i like vintage pickups.
I like the deep tones of the Blues Special, very clear. Vintage Hots seem to ring nice for full chords too. "Pickup Height" is a Great Take-away point, each pickups' character can probably be dialed in to preference. 😎👍🎶
Dropped some Blues Special into a Classic Vibe and wow!! Love the lil beast now.
Listening to the recording I was expecting the Blues to have be the warmer more mid scooped Tones. I didn’t hear it that way. I hear the vintage having those tones and if I were to pick one over the other (both sounded great) I’d pick the vintage. Thanks for sharing.
The blues specials are "overwound". Adding more winds of wire to a pickup will roll off highs and bump up the mids/lower mids. The bump in mids is usually perceived as warmth (though if mids get too pronounced it can end up a bit more honky/nasal, like a P90)
I have a Blues Specials set in my Nashville Tele (because I wanted a little more Strat tone overlap across the set) that I absolutely love. Lindy Fralin makes great pickups.
I would use Vintage Hot Bridge and Blues Special for Neck, but both sets are great!
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Was thinking the same! The VHB sounded a little fuller, warmer and 'filled the chords out' more. The neck pups on both were too close to call.
100%! I kinda wish we got a sample of the middle position with that setup haha. The neck pups were super close, but the Blues Special had just a little extra sweetness to it that I liked.
I was thinking the exact opposite 😂
Love Fralins. Great video!
Another Fralin option to consider is their Split Steel Poled Tele bridge pickup. It's a beast. Noiseless, P90 mojo -- my favorite Tele bridge pickup hands down.
Any demos of those pickups?
Your observations were spot-on. I enjoyed the extra mid-range grease in the Blues Special bridge, but the Vintage Hots middle had the classic Tele spank. Both sets had exceptional quality though, and you wouldn't expect anything less from Lindy single-coils. Your Pepto-B Tele was the perfect test-bed too! Perhaps a good compromise would be to go for the Vintage Hot in the neck and Blues Special in the Bridge 👍
The Vintage Hots sounded like my Cavalier “Holy Grail” Nocasters by Cavalier Pickups.
Those pickups are basically the overwound version of the original Nocasters with A3 mags and 43 AWG wire.
I put a four-way switch in mine so I could get a hum-canceling effect with more oomph in position three.
I found the sound differences in these shootouts are due as much to which piece of my gear I'm listening to them on. The Klipsch's in the studio make it much clearer then the Behringer's in my bedroom. After re-watching this in the studio, I agree with your findings. BTW Love the Warhead headstock. It's my favorite of ALL the headstocks out there. Fender-esque yet unique and more graceful that the Strat. No wonder I have 23 of them including 2 bass necks.
I just got a set of Vintage Hots for an American Standard Tele I have that came stock with a Twisted Tele neck and Broadcaster bridge and I did not like those at all. I wish I had seen this before I bought the Vintage Hots because I really like the the Blues Special middle position the most. But I think they both sound great and either would be better than the Fender "custom shop" pickups my Tele came with. Thanks for the review.
Both sound great, but slightly prefer the bounce, spank, and persuasiveness of the Vintage Hots, but I could definitely live with either.
Neck of vintage and blues in the bridge
I Always look forward to these videos!
Also, love your haircut! 😊
Keep rocking! 🤘🏻
I have the Blues Specials in my Tele and I really dig them.
I said it before, ill say it again: Sounds versatile....i would have liked the playing to be a tad more versatile though!
I love vintage pickups tbh, the higher outpout ones tend to become barky or flat. Nice pickups overall!
Definitely fatter rounder tone on the Blues pu’s. This was super helpful so thanks. I am getting the Vintage Hots +2%
Thanks for sharing.
Are you sure you changed pickups because they sound exactly the same to my ears. I can not detect the slightest change what so ever.
Maybe it's the lighting, but I really love that pink.
Literally the exact choice I’m trying to make today.
Yes, I found the Vintage Hots in the middle position to have the most difference, a little extra punch or bite. Although I like the Vintage Hot pickups more, I wouldn't pay extra for them as, like you said, the difference was generally subtle! Thanks for the video.
Although there was no great difference in the tonality between the two I would go for the Blues Specials. This is purely based of the slightest warmer overall feel I got from them…but I’m sure I’d be happy with either
Vintage Hot has a lil more mojo in my ears. Lil bit more grunt. Great as usual Aaron.
I prefer the vintage hots as well
Dunno - obiously - how they sounds "in the room", but through my system the Vintage Hot have a kind of "fullness" down to the mid/low-low frequecies that i like more thant the "bite" in the Blues Special (that - in case - can be helpfull in a dense mix). Anyway... both can be conducted in their respective territories with the amp (and/or pedal like a tube screamer) controls.
Blues ones may have a tad more twang or "life" in them. Those were my fav of the 2, if I had to choose.
heard a bit more highs in the vintage hot _neck_ , otherwise everything sounded pretty darn close to the same
point well taken about how the differences are way more evident in the feel to the player than in what the listener hears! probably true for the vast majority of guitars and guitar gear
anyway big fan of fralins, i have his 10k high outputs in my tele; he knows how to greatly overwind them while still keeping the clarity
I'm like'in the Blues.
I thought I would like the Blues Specials the best, but I liked the Vintage Hots better as well.
With headphones on, I couldn't tell a difference until the Dirty Deeds bridge example. The Vintage Hot have a slight advantage in my opinion
Little difference, imho - the Vintage Hots sound more ‘modern’ to me - if I had to choose, I’d pick the Blues
Less mids and more highs in the vintage hot set vs the blues set. I bet both sound great but I would guess the vintage ones would sound more chimey in person.
An Aaron video a day keeps the doctor away.
Seems like the Blues set was just slightly brighter... maybe? Very similar.
V.H. For me
Vintage Hots for me
Both sound good, but I can't imagine hearing a difference in a mix.
Blues Special, the hot sound tinny
Both are a bit too hot for me. I really like the Fender Nocasters that I got. Low output and sweet. The Highway 1 originals were way too hot and compressed sounding.
Somebody got a Friedman…
Lol. They sound similar. Have a set of blues specials, and a set fender 64 reissues. They both are similar slightly hot. Vintage output has that twang and the hotter it gets the thicker it sounds. Till it becomes something completely different. Noticed ever Tele has different needs. Like a light weight ash maple tele sounds great with vintage output, chimie beautiful. But say a heavier alder rosewood tele, the vintage output sounds too tame and I go with a much hotter output to get that throaty sound.
Vintage Hots all the way. Are these noise cancelling or just quality singles?
Singles. No noise cancelling.
Too little in it for me to say. I'd maybe let price or availability choose for me. Its just too slim a difference, I reckon.
Too similar to make a significant difference,The only difference that was evident to me was at 02:05/10 when you cranked the bridge a bit. The Vintage Hot had a slight edge to them.
You gotta guitar and you wanna the weak tone gone. Install Fralin anytime(Dirty deeds vocal style). Dirty tones and the pickups are sweet.....dirty tones and the pickups are sweet.
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The Hots drive the amp a teensy bit more....
Aaron:
2 new brands for W to stock:
1) Curtis Novak Pickups
2) Babicz (Pronounced 'BAB-its') Full Contact Bridges ,
particularly for basses.
Sound pretty much the same to me.
Peptobismolcaster 😂😂😂😂
I'll go for the Split Blades, to get rid of the noise/hum... 🙈
Sound the same
😂😅, why are you demo a set of Fralin Pickups?.
Please tell us more . . .
@@RedArrow73 Why are you asking me?.
Uhmm, it's not addressed to you as a comment, is it. Why do you think it was a question for you?...
Give me a Dimarzio Area-T.
Don’t like both of them