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indytele · June 1st, 2012, 10:23 PM

How do they compare? I just played a 2006 American Deluxe and the SCNs sounded great. Do the N3s in the new Deluxes sound as good?

H. Mac · June 3rd, 2012, 10:57 AM

Tough question. It's hard to compare pickups that are in two different guitars, since there's a list of variables as long as your arm: different strings, different amps, tubes, speakers, different tone and volume adjustments, etc. so that even hearing a difference when A/B-in them might not tell you much about the pickups themselves.

My 2006 Deluxe Ash Tele with the SCN pickups always sounded great to me, and recently, I moved the SCN pickups and electronics into a Partscaster tele (walnut body, thicker neck, and Wilkinson bridge). It still sounds great. My take on it is that to me, the SCNs sound great.

So whether the question of N3s sound as good as the SCNs will depend on some guesswork, and on the ear of the one deciding.

June 1st, 2012, 10:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
indytele Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Westfield, IN Age: 49 Posts: 106	SCNs vs. N3s How do they compare? I just played a 2006 American Deluxe and the SCNs sounded great. Do the N3s in the new Deluxes sound as good? __________________ *indytele* Hoy-Hoy!

June 3rd, 2012, 10:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
H. Mac Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2012 Location: In the South, U.S.A. Age: 58 Posts: 1,133	Tough question. It's hard to compare pickups that are in two different guitars, since there's a list of variables as long as your arm: different strings, different amps, tubes, speakers, different tone and volume adjustments, etc. so that even hearing a difference when A/B-in them might not tell you much about the pickups themselves. My 2006 Deluxe Ash Tele with the SCN pickups always sounded great to me, and recently, I moved the SCN pickups and electronics into a Partscaster tele (walnut body, thicker neck, and Wilkinson bridge). It still sounds great. My take on it is that to me, the SCNs sound great. So whether the question of N3s sound as good as the SCNs will depend on some guesswork, and on the ear of the one deciding. __________________ Sometimes I wonder: When they invented the alphabet, how did they know what order to put it in?

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