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I think your opinion might help viewers appreciate how all the little differences add up. Like me for instance
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
I've got a nice little run through sheet that I reckon is about the right length now, so thank you everyone for your contributions. I'm going to try to record some various back to back comparisons of stuff to demonstrate what I'll be waffling on about. This is going to take a while, so if you have any other ideas feel free to put them down in the meantime, I'm sure I can squeeze in a few more bits.
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
I didn't try swapping another pup until recently: I had MiM Strat and a USA Strat with solderless pups. I saw some solderless Texas Specials on offer, so I tried them in the USA Strat. It didn't seem to be a noticeable improvement, but I could make a comparison with the MiM - so many people online say the MiM pups are junk, and need to be swapped out immediately, I was really expecting them to end up in the MiM anyway. I made the comparison using Guitar Rig software with a range of stored amp settings, and making some recordings. I numbered the recordings and made a note of which guitar it was, so when I played them back I didn't know which was which, until I'd judged them all. The MiM Strat won - but not on clean tones, if I really wanted the classic clean strat tone, I'd have been happy to keep the Texas Specials. But most of the time I like a bit of gain (or a lot). Blind testing is important - when playing I was leaning toward the TS (even though I was surprised how good the MiM was at times): I'd spent money on the TS, and 'believed' they were better.
The trouble is, we end up making judgments that are both highly subjective and also contextual - there really isn't an objective 'tone' that we hear. So it's easy enough to convince ourselves one way or the other, and to end up in an endless search or, equally, to be satisfied where we are.
Nonetheless, I'm looking forward to learning more about pickups. Not least because, 40 years on, I figure it's time to replace that SD Invader with something more appropriate - I'm just not sure what!
Falling standards created opportunities for people like Larry DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan to market replacement versions of the classic pickup designs.
Lots of interesting replies - thanks, peeps!
Go for it, @Alegree it'll be interesting to see this.