Changing Pickups In My Fender Stratocaster Made A Huge Difference - Fender Noiseless Pickups Rule!

In this video I swap out some Tone Specific '71 Punch Pickups I installed in this relic'd Eric Clapton Fender Stratocaster of mine. The Tone Specific pickups were ok for a while, but over time I came to realize they were just a little too bright for my taste. I was given a set of Fender Noiseless Pickups from a friend, so I figured what was there to lose!? In this video I show a before and after audio test of both pickup sets, and I think the results will surprise you. I also show the pickup swap out process. I hope you enjoy the video. Please subscribe!
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[@tSxO44]

Noiseless pickups sound nice i need to install some on my wife😂

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

“Honey, what are you doing with that soldering iron??”

[@stevenpotter-en2me]

Modern style with flat pole pieces worked best for mine

[@pedraw]

It's 102 here in central florida..............toasty for sure. Cool Strat Marty and I like the noiseless Fender pups. I have a shawbucker in mine but I'd like to install a couple noiseless to go with it.

[@jimmyz2098]

Cool vid, Marty - as always! I liked both sets of pickups in that guitar. But yeah. The Fender Noiseless are amazing. Sounds so good. A definite upgrade. Rock on, Brother!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks for the feedback dude. I agree man. Have a great weekend. 🍺

[@papablue3015]

Yep, taste change, that's for sure! I'm always swapping pickups out! Thanks Marty 🤘 cool guitar 🎸!

[@jamesmarcin4787]

The noiseless pickups sound great. I have the noiseless Hot Alnico 5 single coils with a Double Tap Tim Shaw Humbucker with an S1 switch on my Texas Tea Ultra Stratocaster. Love it.👍

[@BillyE5150]

Yeah man, those Fender pickups sound great! Those noiseless ones are actually stacked humbuckers, right? They sound so good.

[@mikedtubey]

Love the guitar. Big fan of the relic job!!! love both sets of pickups sound wise. I'm leaning towards to the sound of the replacement pickups you put in!!! Enjoy!

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

Sounds damn good, love the look of that Strat too. Looks well loved! 🤟🏻

[@Wolf.51.50]

That's the "Starsky & Hutch" Strat! 🤣🙂❤

[@MarkEdward-bl6cr]

The noiseless sounds better to me I have the old Stratosphere hot rail loaded pickgaurds in my 2 strats they still sound like strats but on steroids cool vid Marty 👍🤘🎸👽

[@davidcraft4919]

I really like the noiseless Fenders, they sound great. it's hard to decide without playing, because the "feel" has to be accounted for, and that is entirely in the guitarist's hands. My strat has Texas Specials in it, but I may have to invest in some of those Fender Noiseless ones.... thanks for this, Marty! Rock On, Guitar Friends! 🥃🍺🍻🤟🎸👽

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

I’ll take those Texas Specials if you’re done with em haha, been chasing that SRV tone for years

[@davidcraft4919]

@@TylerJohnstonGuitar I really love that guitar.... bought it off the local Craig's List for very little.... it was in almost unplayed condition. I put my strings and setup on it, and fell in love.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

@@davidcraft4919 Those guitars are the best, I love buying neglected instruments. It’s like the music equivalent of a rescue dog.

[@davidcraft4919]

@@TylerJohnstonGuitar Amen, Brother! My rack is full of rescue guitars.... but there's always room for one more!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

I should start a second channel Marty5150 Swap Meet. Lol. That'd be fun actually.

[@quadproz9393]

I'm sure you already know but throwing in my $.02. Make sure you let the soldering iron fully heat up before trying to solder. Generally, if you're having issues getting the solder to flow, the iron is not hot yet. Give it a few more minutes and you'll be good.

[@jeffskyberg5615]

“It’s like a Balmy armpit outside” 😂😂😂

[@tysondog843]

Another great video. I was planning to build a new guitar. But, life happens, and I can't afford it right now. Hey, we all go through that... The option might be to just mod my "frankie" (not a real one, one I built). So researching and hearing single coil options that I can afford to add is great. These pick-ups cost more than my Guitar😁but it's something to think about. I'll be searching for 2nd hand ones, maybe in my price range, as they sound Great.

[@reharris904]

Look up Lollar Blondes pickups anything Lollar is great and agreed good pick ups and good Pots CTS makes a huge difference 🎉

[@reharris904]

There’s a b flat note in sweet home intro that you missed pick ups some killer nice Funk 49 licks and I kept waiting For you to start playing Cream Crossroads Rock On Marty

[@chriskethan5952]

The first set sounds great in position 2 & 4 and the Neck. The bridge was a little brittle for my taste...

[@johnhotz1400]

Thanks, don't play my strat no more since I bought two Frankenstein strat, evh, just can't put them down. Rock on.

[@truthtobehonest]

The Tone Specific '71 Punch bridge pickup is way too bright Imo, can't wait to watch on and see the difference.

[@evanmiller2579]

Night and day difference. Preferred the Noiseless.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

For sure man! Me too. Totally transformed the guitar. 🎸😎

[@edgeofeternity101]

I thought position 2 &4 sounded less straty, but the others were good.

[@geoffreylowery9730]

Sounds good to me Marty. She was a tad thin at first, Not That Theres Anything Wrong With That! STOP WHINING!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

I couldn't deal with it lol

[@geoffreylowery9730]

@Ranch5150SkinWalker Yeah, Naw it's far better now. I was suggesting that the random haters of everything back the bleep off!

[@marcaustin]

nice tone improvement. the solder on that pot is an abomination. you can always add flux to promote melting old material. with that mess - i would use a small set of side cutters to just chop off that blob and start fresh

[@larriveeman]

what kind of noiseless, gen 4?

[@doofwop]

You might want to invest in some solder wick and some flux. Flux will enable you to melt the old solder easily and the wick will remove old solder entirely. Also you don't allow the tip of the iron enough time to heat the joint up to melt the solder. You are moving the tip around too much. Your solder connections are not very good as a result. Might work anyway but dang do you have a mess underneath that pickguard.