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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: donovan.x on October 16, 2005, 10:29:14 AM

Title: Texas specila equivalent
Post by: donovan.x on October 16, 2005, 10:29:14 AM

The nicest Strat pups I have ever heard are the Texas Specials. What are the BKP alternatives?

Title: Texas specila equivalent
Post by: Elliot on October 16, 2005, 10:43:36 AM

irish tours

Title: Texas specila equivalent
Post by: Ratrod on October 16, 2005, 12:05:34 PM

Quote from: Elliot

irish tours

+1

Title: Texas specila equivalent
Post by: donovan.x on October 16, 2005, 12:12:01 PM

All bias aside, are they as good or better? :o

Title: Texas specila equivalent
Post by: Ratrod on October 16, 2005, 12:16:27 PM

According to the users on this forum they are way better, even better than the Duncan antiquities.

Title: Texas specila equivalent
Post by: Steve-Mr Pig 2U on October 16, 2005, 12:40:24 PM

Quote from: donovanx

All bias aside, are they as good or better? :o

We wouldn't make them if they weren't better!

Title: Texas specila equivalent
Post by: donovan.x on October 16, 2005, 01:49:13 PM

Fair play. :oops:

Title: Texas specila equivalent
Post by: Brow on October 16, 2005, 03:20:59 PM

Quote from: Ratrod

According to the users on this forum they are way better, even better than the Duncan antiquities.

This is my opinion yes :)

I had a set of the Duncan Antiquities fitted to my Strat, and to my ears they were what a 'proper' strat should sound like. Then I put a Crawler/Irish Tour/Irish Tour set on another strat and after the 1st few notes, the Irish Tours blew the Duncan Antiquities out of the water!

Title: Texas specila equivalent
Post by: steve on October 16, 2005, 03:37:57 PM

I had Texas Specials on my Sambora strat which i changed for the Mothers Milk single coils,WOW.A much warmer less spikey tone,without the T.Specials mid range honk.I like the T.Specials but the BK singles ive tried have all blown them out of the water.

Title: Texas specila equivalent
Post by: Elliot on October 16, 2005, 04:12:09 PM

I have mother's milks in my strat and they are another option to Irish Tours - they are lower output but have a great sixties warm smooth strat glow.  Very nice and better than the Duncans they replaced.

Title: Mudders Milk.
Post by: StefanPrice on October 16, 2005, 07:34:14 PM

From looking at the disciptions, I would say that the Taxas Specials are closet to the Mothers Milk, I could be wrong obviously.

I took the Texas Specials out of my MK signature Strat and replaced them with Apache's.
I wanted the old strat sound, and there was a big difference of course.