Lace Sensor Blue-Silver-Red 3-Pack S-S-S Set?

[grumptruck]

Anyone have an experience with them?

How do they sound in notch positions?

[Bludave]

I have not used the Blue, red, silver 3 packs, but I play a Clapton Strat that has its original lace sensors and this guitar sounds great in all positions. The New ones with the "Fender noiseless" pickups IMHO sound very sterile by comparison.

[jeremy]

i think even the new gold lace pups arent the same as the old gold lace pups and im not talking about old gold vs new hot gold, i mean the current lace sensor gold isnt the same as the old lace sensor gold.

[scottish]

as jeremy was saying, im pretty sure the fender lace sensors which were in the clapton strat are not exactly the same as the new lace sensors.

that being said, i have a set of the newer hot golds and they are really nice. i have never tried the blue or the silver but personally i think the red is just way too hot and compressed and sounds very artificial.

[theodie]

I really dug the red/silver/blue set myself!

I thought the notches were decent.

[sublimerules9604]

I really like mine, I have a neck on switch and with all three on it sounds really acousticish. They have a lot of versatility, and the notch positions really help with that. The red is quite a bit hotter than the other two, and I am thinking about replacing it with a custom custom. I cant comment on how they sound compared to other singles, since I swapped out for them pretty much instantly. I rather enjoy the hum canceling part of them, but if you really want a true single coil sound, from what I understand they don't really have that tone. You really have to try them.

[millsart]

played them and didn't like them as a whole. The red's aren't bad if you wanted a hot pickup though I'd go a different route in that case as well with a lil 59 or something. The blue and silvers seemed rather bland and lacking character.

Personally I'm of the bias that strat pickups should be hand wound, stagged, lower output Alnico 5 's. Nothing else need apply

[PFDarkside]

They were stock in my Deluxe Plus. I thought they were sterile and bland. Since I got it, it's had APS-1's, original Virtual Vintages, SSL-1's and a Rio Grande Stelly in various combos, and all the them sounded way better to me. Even the VV's had a more organic character to them.

However, quite a few notable artists have gotten decent tones out of them. Maybe you're a Lace guy?

[grumptruck]

Thanks for the replies guys.