Noiseless Pups: Should You Care? (in: Guitars)

By: Funkybot s Evil Twin
28 Sep 13:02

I haven’t seen anything on Fender’s new noiseless system, but I’ve got some D’Addario Area pickups in my main Strat. It’s another stacked humbucker design. I like them. They sound Strat-esque, but they do miss some of the sparkle and openness of real single coils. My other Strat has a Rocketfire 60’s set (non-noiseless), and they’re definitely brighter and more open sounding. I’ve got Area T’s in my tele, and the bridge pickup came to life when I went with an ashtray bridge for that. I dig them….

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