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    Default Mighty Mite Tex Mex pickups?

    Anybody have any experience with these? I currently have a set of Japanese pickups (see my sig) in my Squier, but I'm thinking about changing.

    Thanks in advance,
    Bob
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    I've not seen or heard them Bob... sorry, can't help you here.

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    Aren't these the pups that come standard with Cort guitars?
    I pick a moon dog.

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    Yep, Tot...I had (& probably shouldn't have sold) a Cort MGM-1, a/k/a Matt Guitar Murphy Special, stock Mighty Mite Humbuckers. Pretty decent pups for inexpensive Asians.

    I don't know if the Tex Mex's would be any improvement over the Japanese pup's on that Squier, but Corts are nothing to sneeze at.

    Cort may as well be called Ibanez, as they are part of their Hoshino distribution empire and the Korean factory built various inexpensive Ibanez models until that gig went to China, and now they make many of the mid-level Ibanez models while the top line models are Japanese.
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    I've never played a Cort, so don't know what pickup quality is. I'm hoping that the Tex-Mexers are an improvement, especially since I bought them and will pay my guitar guy to swap out the current pickguard and put in the new one.

    I did some research on the Japanese pickups, and it looks like the mid-80's Japanese Squier pickups were make by Fender in the States.

    I'm getting these about the same time that I'm getting the Pro Jr, so I'm hoping for a major tone upgrade!

    Bob
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    You might want to check out the GFS line of pickups, birv2. There are a lot of satisfied users right here of various pickups in this line. They're inexpensive, and they have great tone. I know that inexpensive and good are often in opposition, but in this case you do get both.
    http://store.guitarfetish.com/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bloozcat
    You might want to check out the GFS line of pickups, birv2. There are a lot of satisfied users right here of various pickups in this line. They're inexpensive, and they have great tone. I know that inexpensive and good are often in opposition, but in this case you do get both.
    http://store.guitarfetish.com/
    Thanks for the tip, BC. I'm kind of in limbo now with upgrades to my Squier, since I'm going to be getting a real strat sometime in the next while (I posted in the Strat subforum about this).

    Bob
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    Just actually put in the Tex-Mex ones tonight. Wow, these guys are hot!

    I play almost all blues, and these without a pedal are definitely at the rock end of the blues spectrum.

    I'm happy with them, because I've got the clean sound covered with my JV Strat with CS Fat 50's.

    Bob
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    I have Fender's Tex Mex on my butterscotch strat, middle and neck, and I love them. Hot and dirty.
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    Glad to hear that they turned out alright for you.Also happy to see someone get some use out of them only been dragging them around for about 10 years.

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    They are definitely HOT. My Fat 50s are just the opposite -- clean and ringing for ages. So it's just a matter of deciding which way I want to go that day -- clean and chimey or hot and dirty.

    Anybody want to buy a wired pickguard with pickups from an 87 Japanese Squier?

    Bob
    Guitars: Jimmie Vaughan Strat, 2001 Affinity Squier Strat with 70's Japanese pickups, Affinity Squier Tele
    Amps: Fender Pro Junior w/ Ragin' Cajun speaker, Peavey Delta Blues 115
    Pedals: Ibanez TS9DX w/ Humphrey mod, Dunlop Crybaby Wah, Dano PB&J Delay, Arion Tubulator w/Indyguitarist mod, Boss CS-3, Dano Fish and Chips EQ, Boss CH-1, Dano TunaMelt Tremolo, Boss RV-3, Boss DS-1
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    We had a German guitar builder some couple years ago who exclusively built in Mighty Mit's.

    Have played them a couple of times when I visitid his shop and they are great PUs.
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