((( The Practical Seer )))

[Sacateca]

The question is:

Would I be willing to make an extra $194.98 investment

to make the Starcaster sound like a Multi-Thousand-Dollar

Fender Stratocaster guitar?


http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Fender-S ... Pickup+Set


Hmmmmm...decisions, decisions...


I mean, my biggest gripe with changing the pickups

was having to do extensive pickup replacement work


To just change the pickguard and solder a couple of wires


Well, that doesn't sound bad at all!!


Hmmm...is it worth it making a cheap guitar

sound like a multi-thousand-dollar guitar


Ya know...I THINK IT IS!!!!!


THERE ARE MANY COMMENTS LIKE THIS AT MUSICIAN'S FRIEND:


Comments about Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickup Set:

The fat 50's are THE Holy grail. Once you put a set on one of your strats you'll be eagerly waiting for the next sale so you can buy more. I have 8 Strats, ranging from 60's through 2012 and these pickups smoke them all. All! The guitar with these on them has become the one I compare all of my other Strats to and I always go back to the Fat 50's. 

The bottom end is nice and fat but articulates well with no mud; the high end is stratty but is not brittle or thin like so many so-called "vintage" pups. They are responsive and nice and poppy like a good Strat should be. I am extremely fussy about my tone and have gone through a lot of pickups. These quench my thirst. 

Blues, rock, country, the tone is aways spot on for what you need. David Gilmour has got nothing on these pups. Buy them. You will look back on it as one of the best decisions you ever made. You won't want to put the guitar down.

BOTTOM LINE Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessor ... pickup-set


MY COMMENT:

Many say these particular pickups sound BETTER than the stock pickups on the multi-thousand-dollar Fender Stratocaster Guitars!! I'll be able to tell anyone who asks: Ah, it's just a cheap guitar. The only reason is sounds so good is that I'm a fantastic guitar player! Ha!

The main thing I don't like about the Starcaster are the machine head tuners. They are not precise enough for my liking so:







http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessor ... ing-tuners

Oh, ****! I can sense money once again being spent. Woe is me!!!!

Let me tell you, I had to get somewhat drunk to order all this ****,

and more, for both guitars!!!

Ya know, (drunk) Mother Nature deserves

the best I can afford, in my performances!!!


Yup, I ordered them...drunk!