2001 Mim Fender strat pup any good?

[ken374]

I might buy a used one, had one b4 but switched out the pup because I wanted a humbucker, now with my Vox I want a single coil pickups to play around with, so I wonder are these good enough or should I up grade it. I am pretty picky when it comes to tone, what can I cay lol! 2001 strat,s/s/s config. thanks

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[guitarz1972]

Matter of taste of course, but I think just stock American strat pups are probably a step-up, let alone any of the usual boutique after market varieties. That said I think Mexi's sound ok; give it a good test drive with your rig and see for yourself.

 

[joeburke]

Probably has ceramic magnets. You should be able to find something alnico for cheap too. Try angela.com. They have misfit fender parts and you can probably find a pup from a classic series fender.

 

[candid_x]

The question lacks enough info. There's several models of MIM Strat and they have different pickups, including a couple of Custom Shop offerings. If it's your basic MIM Standard, they come stock with ceramic magnet pickups, which aren't likely to be very satisfying.

 

[ken374]

just the basic MIM thx

 

[ken374]

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not bad for 150 huh, zero fret wear

 

[joeburke]

Nope, good deal at twice the price!

 

[sonic_777111]

I find the pups in mine are a bit drecky. Maybe I'll try raising them...they sound a little too low to the body.

 

[connorreeves]

my MiM's stock pups were a tad too thin for my taste, and the bridge pickup was quite ice-picky. I have a American Standard Alnico V pup in one of my other guitars and by comparison it's a much nicer pickup, and very cheap ($25 on ebay)

 

[ken374]

I bought a set of vintage noiseless used for under 90 bucks, putting them in Tuesday and I hope I like it

 

[boonhogganbeck]

I didn't like them in mine. I replaced them with Dimarzio Areas.

 

[DaGlenster]

I replaced mine with Duncan antiquities and there was very little difference that I noticed, but it did sound smoother(for lack of a better word). I also replaced the trem block with a full size one, not a big change in sound, but it feels better. MIM's are pretty decent strats for the money. I'm happy with the changes I made, but I could have lived with it stock.

 

[ken374]

let ya know in a couple of hrs how it turned out

 

[Nico.]

I don't like the majority of Fender pickups I must say...
I prefer for strats BKP or Frallin pickups as a big step up in sound quality

 

[ken374]

guitar sounds a lot better on the clean side of my vox, bridge pup on the hot channel still is a bit trebley. has to see how it is when cranked, is better then stock for sure.

 

[DonP]

I have two stock MIM strats - a 96 and an 08.

I do like the MIM pickups in the 08. Did they improve things from 96?

 

[ken374]

do strat players with single coils use the bridge pup alot? I like the notch right before on the clean tone, sounds real good. The noiseless writing dont have any color on it, its not silver or anything are these older?

 

[ken374]

heres some cleaner tones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzNRM1fuzgE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT-tDTFkqtA

 

[Bro.Twang]

Anytime I change out pu's on my strats or teles I choose lollars. I just like em.

 

[ken374]

I should of researched more, I looked at the GC web site first and it got good reviews