Fender Tex-Mex Stratocaster Pickups, Set of 3 - White

$77 for a set of hotish alinco pickups is a great deal. These are definitely not your American Standard sound. These have more midrange and less high end. They are still clear but do not have the same singing highs. The stagger includes a very high pole on the g string. If you have a modern radius neck that might be a bit much.More grunt and less sparkle, I guess. If you're looking for that then these are really hard to beat.Pleased with these. I didn't want my new guitar to sound just like my old one.Oh, and the pickups I was using in my parts caster came from a fender squier. These are a major improvement over those.

I have a partscaster strat that I wanted to upgrade. The pickups that it came with didn't sound quite "stratty" enough, and since I'd heard these TexMex pickups in some other Fender guitar, I figured the they'd be an improvement. They definitely were, though I can't say they transformed this guitar into one that sounds like a high end Stratocaster (and in fairness, it's likely that would require a new body and h/w...). No matter, for the price, these are good pickups and my frankenstrat sounds about as good as it's going to get. I also replaced the middle tone knob with a FAT-O-Caster switch which provides me with an even wider tonal palette.Update: these pickups do sound pretty good/authentic through my bandmate's Fender Twin Reverb amp.

I put these in a Mexican Strat and they sound pretty good for the money (Note:This is back when they were selling for $60. Now that they are $100, I would simply spend the extra few dollars and get some duncan, or other sets). They aren't super rich sounding, and I would prefer them a little less mid-rangey with a bit more bass response, which is personal, but they have very good touch and dynamic response. These are very mid-range strong pickups. They do not have a sweet, delicate, scooped sound. They are especially good for rock. The in-between sounds are good and hum-canceling. The only caveat I have is that the quality control is bad. I metered my first set and the ohms were way off and unbalanced. My neck pickup was hotter than my middle pickup and my bridge pickup was weak. Not a well balanced set, I had to balance the set with the second set I got, which were also all over the place, and send back the pickups I no longer wanted. I ended up with a hotter set than I wanted in order to balance them. The ohms are clearly marked on the package, which doesn't seem to matter. I have had two other kinds of Fender sets in the past, which were completely accurate. But probably that is why these TexMexs are cheap, quality control is not good. But when all is said and done, for the price, the TexMexs aren't bad at all. If you have a Mexican Strat, they are definitely much better than the stock ceramic pickups. If you are thinking about these or GFS, these kick butt on the GFS pickups I have had, which were horribly unbalanced, set after set worse than the TexMexs, flat sounding, and truly the worst touch and dynamic response I have ever heard on any pickup. Whether you pick hard or soft you get exactly the same sound characteristics, completely flat and soulless as well. I yanked the GFSs and put in these and now, after balancing the set, I am pleased. I suspect that if I hadn't balanced the set, I would still have been somewhat pleased with the set when all is considered. Sound is such a personal thing, and every pickup works different in every guitar, but if you are looking for a cheap set of pickups for your guitar, especially to replace the stock ceramics in a Mexican Strat, these aren't a bad choice. I do think that Fender really should be embarrassed to be shipping these however. You think they could get their quality control together better.

...is make single coil pickups. Yeah, okay - I know - that is a tough sell with the likes of Seymour Duncan SSL-52s on the market....But - these sound excellent, with a nice "sizzle" to them and lot's of quack in the neck position. I installed 2/3rds of this set in a Steinberger Spirit for travel use with a Duncan SH4 in the neck position. I am more than happy with this combination. I am finding that I use the guitar for more than just travel... a nice dilemma.Highly recommended!

Came as advertised. Checked the coils with an ohm meter as soon as they arrived. No issues, read as advertised. Installed in my strat no issues, sounds good. Higher output than the squire stock pups they replaced. Overall happy

I retrofitted the Fender Tex-Mex pickups into an old Indiana S-Type guitar that I bought used for $59. They fit perfectly, and produce much more sound than the original pickups. In fact, the guitar volume and tone controls started working for the first time after installing the new pickups. That shows you how weak the original pickups actually were.

I used these pickups on my old Stratocaster-clone to enhance the original sound. the result is the best. Fender premium sound with good treble .. great for blues and rock.

my son wanted these for his birthday to replace the ones on his old Squire, and he said it was a definite improvement