Fender Noiseless Pickups

[Cato]

any users here? how useful? how noiseless? worth buying?
I have enough money for them because I'm not a poor student. I can buy anything that I want. in short, I'm rich. but I don't like to pay for the shit.
anyway, I need to know about them.
any suggestions? are they better than lace sensors? Savicki is really a homo?

[Nitro Express]

I tried them and they kill the overtones and muddy the sound a bit. To be honest, I still like the old pickups Leo Fender designed the best hum and all. One trick I do is I either play in the in-between position that cancels the hum or I play the middle pickup with the tone knob turned down a tad. You lose a lot of the hum that way.

I just learned to live with the hum. Hey, it's old technology and it's noisey but nothing beats the old single coils for tone. If you haven't played a Gibson with soap bar pickups you've missed a real treat.

[ELVIS]

Maybe you should read this...

Kinman AVn

[jhale667]

You should try the Dimarzio Virtual Vintages...they KILL the Fenders...way more variety, too. The Fender Noiseless' sound sterile to me.

http://www.dimarzio.com

[sagebrush]

Originally posted by jhale667
You should try the Dimarzio Virtual Vintages...they KILL the Fenders...way more variety, too. The Fender Noiseless' sound sterile to me.

http://www.dimarzio.com

^ jhale667 said it all .

[Cato]

Originally posted by Nitro Express


If you haven't played a Gibson with soap bar pickups you've missed a real treat.

I've played a real '52 LP at the guitar shop a few years ago and it sounded so sweet. the response of the original P-90's was unbelievably quick. I felt like it sounded before I touched the strings. so I bought a custom shop '54 LP but it had the noisiest PU's I ever heard. and the response was not quick at all. I even waited it.

[jhale667]

...If you're into P90s, check out the Virtual Vintage Solo or Solo Pro Bridge models for Strats...VERY P90-esque, with the same kind of response you're referring to....

[BrownSound1]

The Fenders Noiseless are much better than those old Lace Sensor pickups in my book. However, I pretty much don't care if I get hum or not out of my Fender. Hell, I've had humbuckers that have picked up hum in certain situations, so there you go.

[jhale667]

I cannot stress how quiet the Virtuals are without sounding like a freaking testimonial...but I already told the story in another thread about how I plugged in to my buddy's vintage Plexi that was on 10, turned up my guitar's volume all the way up...not a sound (from the guitar, nevermind the amp's own natural background hiss) until I struck the strings. ZERO. If it hadn't been my guitar, I'd have been sold on the fuckers.

[ELVIS]

You folks need to check out the sound clips on that Kinman link I posted...

[jhale667]

Originally posted by ELVIS
You folks need to check out the sound clips on that Kinman link I posted...

I am...nice. I kind of want to get a set now, to compare and contrast... Though I would say the Virtuals sound equally cool....

[Nitro Express]

Old Original Gibson P-90's are the best pickups ever made in my book. Shit, what's cooler than an original Gold Top LP?

I got to play one through a Marshall Bluesbreaker combo. SWEET!

[ELVIS]

I dunno man...

I'm getting some for sure!

I'm getting the woodstock set with the wiring harness...


Chris Kinman knows what he's talking about...

[jhale667]

Alright, I'm especially liking the A/B against the Noiseless example...it's like night and day. It also confirms my original 'sterile' comment...

[ELVIS]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
Shit, what's cooler than an original Gold Top LP?

My lefty P-90 Gold Top...