Guitar of the Week 32: Are Noiseless Single Coils ANY GOOD?

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Are they "Stratty" enough?
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@hanovergreen4091 Ай бұрын

When I was gigging, was having a conversation about electrical noise with some guys at work. A young Elec Eng (EE) piped up “Well, just don’t play in places that have dirty electrical nosie”. Just looked at him and smiled :)

@tonyhao9344 Ай бұрын

Nice Strat, Im a Strat guy too... Could really hear the difference in the pickup switch tones when you were switching during the clean patch playing. Nice work Dude!

@ozarkpipertony8396 Ай бұрын

I have a 1997 MIJ with noiseless pickups I added. It's literally my favorite guitar!!! I didn't know how well I was going to like the noiseless Seymore Duncan and they sound absolutely phenomenal! I thought Id miss the distortion and gain but not at all! Really nice Steve!!! Please do a demo of the HSS version of this model!!!!!

@ianinindy1165 Ай бұрын

Glad you pick the 3 single coil. I was wanting to check out the newer noiseless.

@judih.8754 Ай бұрын

Pretty versatile Steve! And so is the guitar.

@rockerbuck967 Ай бұрын

Sounds great! And I like your twist on the Voodoo Child lick!!

@dragan4658 Ай бұрын

Thats a nice strat, but anyone else liking on the blue Vola on the wall?

@elevenAD Ай бұрын

i would love to know how Steve feels they compare!

@DouglasThomas-kx6gj Ай бұрын

$100 guitar could sound great with all those effects. so tired of people not showing us what the guitar actually sounds like without being all dressed up with guitar pedal effects.

@jeremyporter5540 Ай бұрын

@@DouglasThomas-kx6gj well im sure he can go without all the effects and still get the job done. Its a show show … man he’s going to dress it up so everyone that listens, that’s not as guitar savvy as some of us. Get to hear it sound like that. Yes i get where u are coming from bud. I feel ya. Have a good one. 👍

@DJDORAN1 Ай бұрын

No,..no it won't.

@milankotevski1663 16 күн бұрын

I wish it was true. My Squier Affinity strat sounds terrible the more you push it.

@gavinmonson6574 Ай бұрын

Nice demo. A comparison of an OG single coil strat vs this one would be instructive.

@anthonythornhill8715 Ай бұрын

I have always loved the noiseless pick uos

@waynewhiteside Ай бұрын

I thought that was a two color sunburst. It's beautiful.

@j.jester7821 Ай бұрын

I have fender noiseless in several strats, they are great. I have the jeff beck hotnoiseless in a vintage vibe squier and its my favorite guitar.

@brianwilcox2543 Ай бұрын

You make me love Mondays, man!

@TheChristafershawn Ай бұрын

I just a Fender Steve Lacy Strat with noiseless Alnico V's that are wound hot and with a center push on the tone pot that activates an internal fuzz circuit. Never been a Strat guy but I am really liking this incarnation. Still not a fan of the 2 and 4 positions though.

@jodygreen1518 Ай бұрын

Hi there ive owned two of those the same color but i just wanted standards Americans ones and they play so good ive owned Buddy guys polka doys standards and a noisless single coils also Buddy giy with active pickups it was great the older standard lace sensors the 1st gen

@andyseal8134 Ай бұрын

I love watching you play

@alastairwilson8245 Ай бұрын

Hi Steve, could you please advise on the THU patches that you use or provide a link with download advice. Be much appreciated. Cheers from the NE of England 🙂

@salsplace Ай бұрын

I have a 91 strat plus with gold lace sensors, sound great.

@hanovergreen4091 Ай бұрын

I had a 90’s but a chunk of the paint chipped off. A chunk. During practice, singer and lead player just looked over at me. Started laughing. They pointed at floor ad a chunk the width of a fist had chipped off the back. Horrible QC. BUT, they guitar played like a dream and the Lace (Blue, Silver, Red) were fantastic. Still remember that guitar. Best Regards and Best Wishes!

@AlaskanRockstar Ай бұрын

🤘I'm a fan of Fender....great review!

@stratjed Ай бұрын

Fender noiseless single coil pickups are Awesome. They are a game changer for working musicians. Personally love the vintage noiseless. And keep the originals in vintage guitars that stay home.

@Bliggick Ай бұрын

The processed high gain and echo and delay setting is nice but can we hear the guitar stripped away of all that too, bare-bones clean, no delay or reverb, please? With all those effects every guitar you demo sounds exactly the same.

@dcamnc1 Ай бұрын

I want a player plus, but I have a feeling they are coming out with player plus 2 pretty soon, mostly to incorporate rosewood, like the player 2's.

@jeremyporter5540 Ай бұрын

I’ve always been on the fence about who my favorite guitar player is…… It’s Steve from Boston! For me from now on. Hey bud you dam sure play a mean strat! I listen too his podcast just so i can hear him riff out!

@thejuggernaut5327 Ай бұрын

Strong video- thanks SFB!

@slimsantilli4476 Ай бұрын

My 1995 G&L legacy has Lace Holy Grail single coils. It's the best Electric I've ever played.

@dbrown6451 Ай бұрын

I can’t deal with that volume knob next to the bridge. I had Warmoth build me pickguards using the 2 tone locations only.

@dwainmcbain5263 Ай бұрын

Just pull the knob off

@truckercowboyed2638 Ай бұрын

Umm guitarists have dealt with that for 60 years.......but you can't handle that???

@dbrown6451 Ай бұрын

@ no, it sucks.

@pedraw Ай бұрын

@@truckercowboyed2638 I find it annoying myself.

@mknewlan67 Ай бұрын

I don’t like it either.

@waynewhiteside Ай бұрын

After 25 years, I switched from Sperzel locking tuners to Fender locking tuners. The Fender tuners are much better. The early Sperzels were not the best. I had them on my Telecaster in 1989 too.

@NelsonRodriguez_ 16 күн бұрын

I got you on the re run bro 🎉

@secretdaisy6484 Ай бұрын

For the record, Fender began putting rosewood fretboards on Strats in 1959. I have a Custom Shop 59 Reissue and the color of its burst is more amber/butterscotch than the more modern color on your guitar 🎸. 👍☮️🌞🎸🎵🩷⭐️

@WickedFesterBand Ай бұрын

Nice! Last year, Black Friday sale, scored a Fender loaded pick guard 1/2 price. Noiseless neck and middle, Shawbucker 1 bridge. I love them. The Shawbucker 1 is lower output and pairs well with the noiseless.

@jimwoodswrites Ай бұрын

Steve, that's a keeper!

@bmg696 Ай бұрын

I have both a Strat Ultra Luxe and Tele Ultra. I play clean only, and I love the Noiseless pickups. I can't tolerate any hum. I also replaced the V-mod II pickups in my Pro II Tele with Gen 4 Noiseless pickups. It sounds great to me as well.

@f3uibeghardt522 Ай бұрын

I play my Strat exclusively on clean. I can't figure out why no one else is like that.

@bmg696 Ай бұрын

@f3uibeghardt522 u and me both brother

@randrothify Ай бұрын

Sounds like those noiseless pickups are pretty high output because they sound naturally thick and muscular for a Strat. Sounds great but maybe not entirely traditional. Then again that could also be colored by your signal chain.

@Krullmatic Ай бұрын

They're essentially stacked humbuckers. That's why they have a fuller and warmer sound.

@Johnny.D Ай бұрын

That strat sounds very nice. I would be interested in hearing your review of the prs se NF3. I tryed one and was very impressed by its single coil tones.

@GaryBertolo Ай бұрын

That is nice lookin'

@Smart-Alex Ай бұрын

Sounds really good, its a beautiful guitar. Just curious, did you use any added noise suppression in THU?

@SFBGuitar Ай бұрын

I did not add any noise suppression, BUT, TH-U does have a global noise gate and I keep that on and at the absolute minimum (or it will choke notes). In my testing, single coil hum can easily bust through it. It's more for noise created by the signal chain, not the guitar.

@Smart-Alex Ай бұрын

@@SFBGuitar Thanks Steve. I find the same, I use a light always-on noise gate through my Gen 3 Katana Artist but 60 cycle hum rears its hissy head in on high gain settings. Great demo, rock on.

@MarkLumsley Ай бұрын

Your videos are like church for me, except it's on Mondays haha. Great videos as always. ^_^

@yetimatzenightcat8702 Ай бұрын

I hate that i love strat's....best bad thing i've ever had 🤩😱🤩😱🤩😱

@MeekSith777 Ай бұрын

I don't know where you are at but if your KZbin name is accurate is 96% humidity in Boston, 12/10/24 which is not fret sprout climate.

@SFBGuitar Ай бұрын

That's relative humidity. Absolute humidity is measured by dew point. Any dew point below 50F is fairly dry. The day I shot this video the dew point was 8F. Right now, the outdoor temp is 32.7 with a relative humidity of 98%, making for a dew point of 32.2F. Here in the studio, the temp is 71F with a relative humidity of 29% and a dew point of 38F (slightly higher than outdoors). Relative humidity is only representative of moisture as relative to the temperature. But most people don't keep their houses at 32F indoors.

@MeekSith777 Ай бұрын

@@SFBGuitar Great information. I did not consider the affects of the use of heat in the winter, I am from a high humidity area that has varying degrees winter temps.

@charlespeeler2274 Ай бұрын

Great guitar

@GaryBertolo Ай бұрын

2 colors are nice, but that Strat color is subtle and very nice with the mint pg

@donaldyoung9838 Ай бұрын

Oh Lord Definitely Love It So Gorgeous

@robertmitchell5205 Ай бұрын

Nice guitar 🎸❗

@j7cc Ай бұрын

Very nice guitar ! Yo🤘☘️

@donaldyoung9838 Ай бұрын

Hey Steve Whsts Up Wife And I Delivering A Load In Boston Area Cold Here Burrrr Awesome Video

@twolvz-eo6qr Ай бұрын

Requesting another pointy guitar- I loved the flying v demo if you could do an explorer shape that would be great like the zzounds sparkle explorer or maybe an LTD Phoenix

@dbrown6451 Ай бұрын

I thought the noise & hum is part of the experience.

@hawedehre Ай бұрын

You’re talking about my wife? 🤭

@dbrown6451 Ай бұрын

@ I would never 🤠

@TheFendersfine Ай бұрын

…to a point

@davidallen346 Ай бұрын

Texas Special are the best single coil pickups Fender ever made. Next to the 60th anniversary Special strat pickups

@GaryBertolo Ай бұрын

Is that a US production?

@MarkTurner-vs7uc Ай бұрын

I cant stsnd the noise. Especially with a lot of gain.

@cebjr Ай бұрын

Nice guitar,wouldnt part with my 2008 mim lone star Strat.Thanks for the videos Steve.

@GaryBertolo Ай бұрын

Dang... Steve, you started an hour ago... I'm missing out... 10am Denver time ¡¥¡

@gerberbernstein7360 Ай бұрын

Ever played an EJ Strat ? Never connected with a Strat until I played one of those.

@Tonetwisters Ай бұрын

LACE sensors were great.

@Krullmatic Ай бұрын

Noiseless pickups suck, in my opinion. They're lifeless, and dull. They don't have that Strat single coil spank and brightness. I've got a Strat Player Plus, with neck and middle being the noiseless single coils, and a humbucker. The humbucker sucks as well! It got like this ice picky quality to it, and the more gain you add to it, the worse it sounds. Whenever I'm able, I'm gonna switch out the pups. I already have the neck and middle pickups to put in. I was thinking about putting a Seymour Duncan JB, as well.

@MarkLumsley Ай бұрын

I'm glad they seem to have done away with the nitro-cellulose fretboard! I HATE the one on my Fender 2019 Player Series Strat. :/ Gonna swap it out with a second-hand Warmoth neck.