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ESQUIREoholic · May 8th, 2008, 08:32 PM

Does anyone know what kind of pickups were in these guitars?
Were they a Japan interpretation of the classic 60's pickup or Texas Specials?

thaus · May 8th, 2008, 09:05 PM

I have an 1985 MIJ Tele Custom and the stock pups are definitely not Texas Specials. They may be US Vintage pups; whatever they are, they sound very good! I believe some of the newer CIJ Telecasters have the Texas Specials installed.

TheDev01dOne · May 8th, 2008, 09:24 PM

The one I had was either 86 or 89.. had the usual crappy japanese pickups, they sounded horrible, certainly not texas specials (Though they don't sound much better to me anyway, just my opinion)

I think they started using the texas specials when/after they swapped to CIJ instead of MIJ..

JimiBryant · May 8th, 2008, 10:33 PM

most of my MIJ Fenders are mid/late 1980's vintage and had fairly shrill
stock pickups. I swapped out a couple with Texas Specials but I'm about
ready to try something new in a couple of my Teles.

May 8th, 2008, 08:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 1,049	MIJ Tele Custom's from the mid 80's to 90's Does anyone know what kind of pickups were in these guitars? Were they a Japan interpretation of the classic 60's pickup or Texas Specials? __________________ Alright, hand over the Tele...and no one gets hurt!

May 8th, 2008, 09:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheDev01dOne Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Wollongong, NSW, Australia. Age: 21 Posts: 784	The one I had was either 86 or 89.. had the usual crappy japanese pickups, they sounded horrible, certainly not texas specials (Though they don't sound much better to me anyway, just my opinion) I think they started using the texas specials when/after they swapped to CIJ instead of MIJ.. __________________ Esquires straight through a Pro Junior! www.myspace.com/skipcoble

May 8th, 2008, 10:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
JimiBryant Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Chicago that toddlin' town Age: 47 Posts: 1,842	most of my MIJ Fenders are mid/late 1980's vintage and had fairly shrill stock pickups. I swapped out a couple with Texas Specials but I'm about ready to try something new in a couple of my Teles. __________________ *we all shine on, like the moon and the stars and the sun.*

May 8th, 2008, 09:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
thaus Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 532	I have an 1985 MIJ Tele Custom and the stock pups are definitely not Texas Specials. They may be US Vintage pups; whatever they are, they sound very good! I believe some of the newer CIJ Telecasters have the Texas Specials installed.

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