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FDP Forum / The 'Pup' Tent / Which strat pickups give maximum quack?
FDP Forum / The 'Pup' Tent / Which strat pickups give maximum quack?
PapaDave
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Whiney Hall MonitorJun 21st, 2012 09:34 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Can be either Fender or another maker. What say ye?
Loves me some quack!
CellarCat
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I never heard pickups quack as nice as the Big Dippers in the John Mayer strat I used to have .
Unfortunatly Fender doesn't sell them as an aftermarket thing .
shg
StrayaJun 22nd, 2012 10:13 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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My vote goes to Texas Specials, lowered down close to the pickguard.
littleuch
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T-boned and puncturedJun 22nd, 2012 10:37 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Lower powered pickups with Alnico III or V magnets, and setup is critical IMO. I get the best quack results with a middle pup lower than the neck/bridge pups.
Purple Valley
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IMO it helps, in general, if the pups are similar in spec. IOW two identical pups will tend to quack better than two different ones.
Interesting that the first two pups mentioned are very different, if not opposite, in EQ spec. Dippers are very scooped and TS's are supposed to have a beefed up midrange.
Anyone have an opinion on how the EQ spec of a pup affects quack?
I tend to think scooped pups quack well. But then Knopfler is the King of Quack, and he uses TS's in his signature model. Maybe the way a pup is EQ'd doesn't have much to do with quack, anyway.
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PeterJun 22nd, 2012 11:19 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Fender CS Custom '69 Strat pickups give good quack :)
Achase4u
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U.S. - VirginiaJun 23rd, 2012 02:29 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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One problem here is that there really is different types of quack. I mean, Ive heard some #2 positions(bridge and mid) that are super nasally and airy quacky - and Ive heard others that are fuller but clucky - it really depends. Ive heard unbelievable quack from strats with a 7k bridge and 6k middle. Then Ive heard amazing vintage quack on old instruments with similar output pickups(FYI very rarely have I seen vintage strats with identical ohms per pickup - most are for example, 5.75 n, 5.88 mid, 5.6k bridge)
So yea - theres good quack in many forms. The cs69s are good, the cs60s are good and a little different sounding in their quack... the Special H/SRV Callaham set of Fralins has a hot bridge if Im not mistaken, and they seriously quack...
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Guitars do not have diminishing returns.Jul 11th, 2012 07:20 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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People may scoff but Guitar Fetish reverse Jimi set is the most quack I've every heard. Didn't work as great with dirt pedals but straight in they made my Roadworn 50s strat sound great.
smurph1
USASep 13th, 2012 02:36 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I like the standard issue Fenders in my 57 AVRI..VERY Quacky!!
telegib
CanadaSep 16th, 2012 07:24 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I find Lace Sensor Hot Golds have great 2 and 4 position tone.
Alderandash
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QLD AustraliaSep 16th, 2012 09:05 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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One problem here is each person's perception of what "quack" is.
Recently somebody posted that they had just wired their strat for all three pups in parallel(not uncommon) and that he was amazed at the enormous quack it gave.
Now I've done that mod often (only ever use neck and bridge) and would acknowledge that 3 in parallel does have a different sound but not my idea of "quack".
TweedDogSteve
CanadaSep 25th, 2012 05:04 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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quack, quack, quack , quack , quack :)
PapaDave - from what I have heard in the past, vintage style pickups (ie not hot) gives a better quack, but the real trick is in how to setup your pickups to achieve this. The best way is to start with setting up the bridge and neck to your taste , then adjust the middle pickup to get the most quack out of position 2 & 4.
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RonHalen Jokingly He SaysSep 25th, 2012 01:22 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I am getting wicked Quack from my set of copies of Abby Masterwounds that Aaron made me from Rumplestiltskin pickups.
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