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Old January 30th, 2008, 02:28 AM   #45 (permalink)
unzari
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Originally Posted by Bill View Post
Too bad you didn't give the stock pickups a listen first. The ones that came in my hardtail Bullet Squier sounded very warm, much warmer than the '56 and '62 Custom Shop models I tried them against, without being muddy. Maybe some of that sound is due to the model I got being a hardtail, but I really like the sound.
I like the ceramic pups in the old Squier I bought recently. Just like you said, warm w/o being too muddy. The mid-neck position almost sounds like a humbucker, even though I'm pretty sure it isnt reverse-wound reverse-polarity as there's still a bit of hum.
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