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Originally Posted by ribbons
Considering buying Lollar 52 T Series neck and bridge pickups for my Squier Classic Vibe Tele (same as shown here) with some birthday gift money. I think they sound fantastic, especially the bridge - although some commenters think the great tone is coming from that Lab L7 amp.
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The Squier Classic Vibe Tele with the Lollar pickups and Lab L7 amp does sound very warm and deep, ribbons.
Your post made me wonder how much difference in sound the Lollar 52 T Series neck and bridge pickups make compared to the guitar's out-of-the-box pickups.
I tried finding videos that might demonstrate this. Here's the closest I could find:
a video comparing American Standard Pickups with Lollar 52-Ts on a home-made pine Tele.
With all the different setting options that the man used (below), it was hard to tell much difference between the pickups, but perhaps the Lollars sounded more mellow? It seems to me that the tone is affected more by the settings used than the pickups. (He should have played the same songs using the different pickups, and he should have used the exact same settings!)
I guess I'm wondering if the tone difference is worth the $220 cost of Lollar 52-T neck and bridge pickups (according to the Lollar website):
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