My Fender Stratocaster (Mexico) with Tex-Mex pickups

[hambo1]

you are a goon

[counciousstream]

You indicate that the American Standard is a much better guitar than your MIM. I don't think so, especially if you have put Tex-Mex pups on it. As long as the guitar plays well, holds a tune and the intonation is right, it's as good as any other Strat.

[spreepin]

Man, you're so 80'!

[MultiBluesky09]

Are you using the standard wiring with the wide open bridge or the Jimmie Vaughan style wiring with the tone control moved to the bridge and wide open middle?

[stuco]

Sounds fantastic

[asianibanez]

you sound like like srv

[hypr0040]

I have had a MIM for about 15 years. It still sounds just as good as the day I brought it home. I told the guy I wanted the cheapest strat they had. I played a Squire, Mexican and an American Standard. The Squire was absolute GARBAGE! The american standard was expensive and very well made. I played the $300 TEX MEX strat and that was the end of it, I bought it. Mine has a humbucker bridge pickup. I like the sound a little more and haven't seen one like that since.

[hypr0040]

or Create a video response I have had a MIM for about 15 years. It still sounds just as good as the day I brought it home. I told the guy I wanted the cheapest strat they had. I played a Squire, Mexican and an American Standard. The Squire was absolute GARBAGE! The american standard was expensive and very well made. I played the $300 TEX MEX strat and that was the end of it, I bought it. Mine has a humbucker bridge pickup. I like the sound a little more and haven't seen one like that since.

[tatsandteles]

I just bought the same colored Mexi Strat at a pawn shop for $160. Just got a set of brand new Tex Mex pups on line for $60. $220 total, and a set of strings! Nice playin' kid, keep bringin' it.

[kmacnumber2]

I have a MIM and a MIA standard strat. My Mexican standard is my main guitar and I love it. The only real differences are the strap buttons and the bridge. The pickups sound just fine on mine. I've owned many guitars and my Mexican standard is the one guitar I would never part with.

[videotitan1]

I went to the Mexican fender Factory and guess what? the workers are mexican guitar players, so don't worry the guitar sounds 99.9% same as the American.

[thewhorocks524]

holy shit! i'm definetly putting these babies in my squier strat!

[50j0urn3r]

sounds very well, nice tone, good playin ... thumb up & merry christmas :)

[cookasoo]

great!!!

[TeenCretin]

For those of you who want to know about Tex-Mex pickups, ..they are bright and glassy, slightly thinner than other strat pickups in the midrange but have a nice bright glassy sound with lots of upper harmonics...they do not sound flat like cheaper PU's

[yimmiytube]

get out

go out and entertain people

[rallegai]

i have cheap and expensive Guitars, and the Story, that an expensive , or old guitars sounds better, is a tale... your guitar sounds very well !!!! :) I have Mex- and USA -strats, the mex-strats are very, very good guitars... :)

[LostMusicalMeanings]

I honestly don't know why,but that sound reminded me of a bass instead of a guitar o.o

The sound in the beggining

[legumes12]

I've got the Tex-Mex Pickups in my American Standard Strat HSS, (they came standard on the HSS model) and I can honestly say I'm in love with them, but for some reason, I see that there are other guitarists who really don't like them. To Me they are absolutely perfect and much more affordable.

[fabou13]

what a SRV beautiful tone !

[MrBasementJams]

that jump was epic!!!!

[idog6204]

This video and every thing in your house looks so 80s but good playing

[TalkerWalker]

@idog6204 hahaha thnx! you didn't see other side of the room - it looks more like 80's. I have 90's PC, 90's TV, 80's hi-fi stuff and some other things ;) I have no money to change that but I feel comfortable in that room :)

[CaptainP00face]

@TalkerWalker

You dont sound like the average person with a perfect room straight out of some sort commercial, i like that.

[chrismonzel]

i've been looking at getting a set of tex mex pups for about a month now for a guitar that i'm building, and dude, fucking sold, these sound amazing, especially for the price, thanks :)

[kartman74usa]

mannnnn....i love your tone,.....supreme.

[neknim]

Hey I was wondering if you had ever tried the texas specials p'ups? If so what did you think, and how did they compare to the tex-mex's? Thinking of getting new p'ups and cant decide between the two.

[TalkerWalker]

@neknim I've heard texas specials few times but didn't have it in my guitar. Tex-mex are totally diffrent pickups.

[dirtjumpbandit]

...Tuner...

[dexarouskies]

Rock on

[1964GuitarCovers]

haha omg you look just like al jardine from the beach boys, haha

[TalkerWalker]

@1964GuitarCovers heheh maybe a little ;)

[PeteAndJakee]

@TalkerWalker u look like al jardine from the beach boys they are my idols maybe i should make a 2nd beach boys band so the 60s can be revived

[1964GuitarCovers]

@1964GuitarCovers haha watch the videos on youtube when they play little duece coupe. haha do it,!

[lagSems]

mary had a little lamb...

[Parur123]

Haha, świetnie! :)

[Juni41]

Sweeeeeet hoooome Alabama!

Yeah!

[LedZeppelinTheBeatle]

I just obtained a VG Stratocaster and it plays like a dream. If you should happen to have some money I highly suggest this guitar. Plays just like an American Strat (which it is) and so much more.

[wibawana1]

hey.. i have totaly modify my fender too...

[zaxon3150]

you are very cool!!

good guitar!!!

[123Vespero]

hahahahahaha

[mugnoom]

hi, i'm offered 2004 mexican fender strat on exchange for my saxophone.

guitar is stock, will i nees to change pick ups, do some anti-noise works ? give an advice, if you have time pls :)

[TalkerWalker]

No... I changed pickups for stock few weeks ago and it sounds good with that body (poplar). TexMex are great but too hot for me.

If you think about expensive pickups like Noiseless... I don't like a sound of these in Mex Strat (I tried those pickups).

[LedZeppelinTheBeatle]

@mugnoom what type of sax was it?

[Guevaristas]

Nice playing. Interesting coloured strat-steel blue

[TalkerWalker]

Thnx! That's uncommon blue agave colour - one of the best Fender blue colours for me.

[Guevaristas]

Great.

What do you think of the bridge pick-up sound ie with the toggle switch right down?

It piercing, but you get good harmonics. Some find it to thin and prefer the bigger sounds for the other picks -ups. Rory G. alternates between them.

[TalkerWalker]

Bridge pickup sounds great and little like telecaster. My favourite position in Tex Mex set but know I have stock pickups again :)

[kagoshimaenglish]

that 1958 haircut is da bomb !

[nastynate1229]

Sounds good, but if you're gonna name your strat, you gotta get an american made. It really does make a huge difference. the mexi gets the job done, but when I bought my american standard i could feel and hear the difference.

[messybluesboy]

That guitar sounds fantastic! Who cares if it's not US, it's a great value guitar!

[kagoshimaenglish]

you should call yourself the retarded cowboy, wear some diapers and fluffy rabbit ears, and go on tour ! yee haa !

[MrFENDERstratLOVER]

The mexican standard strat is as good a strat as any out there. You could play to 150,000 people with this guitar at a festival. Its not the guitar but the player.

[kartman74usa]

@MrFENDERstratLOVER amen......

[edgar123]

Great sound. But you made the gayest entrance ever seen. hahahahahahaha

Just kiding. :)

[MrFENDERstratLOVER]

ha ha, very funny and so true. Great vid though.

[TalkerWalker]

SHIT! You're right :( hehe

[diamonddust22]

@edgar123 You know, you are so right, but I love the guy playing, he is a real card.

[edgar123]

You are right. He is a great player.

[dance2noise002]

@edgar123 lmao.

[yujrhnjs]

ok playin but u move like a goof

[randompersonsband1]

you play well, but the video is cheesy as hell

[acmeseed]

whatever you think about the equipment this guy can carry a tune.

[sanders4617]

Sounds like my Jimmie Vaughan strat. Sick and tired of mine.. I hate the tex-mex pickups at times. If you want to play Hendrix to Mayer.. You can get there a little with these, but you won't get the nice glassy bell like tone with these. You would need lots of compression. Buying a new strat and then I am changing the pickups in my JV.

[StratocasterMaster3]

Nerd

[rodg20]

puto de closet

[TexasFury]

It's too raucous I can't take it!

[lucasguitarfeel]

very nice!!amazing sound fender, I did like!

[bobmango54]

just decide yourself

[zivmeiri]

whats the first song?

[TalkerWalker]

Mary had a little lamb

[dominicthebaycolt]

lol , very good , is he playing it 4 real or is he mimicking ?

either way , its good lol.

i wanna learn

[master244]

ofcourse it's real ..

[kingofnkjew]

can u plz tell me whats the name of the song in 01:15 ???

[TalkerWalker]

sweet home Alabama :)

[lespaul10114]

mary hads a little lamb??? srv? i know its strvie ray

[corpulentmantis]

You have a nice playing style man.

[703224796]

remember, music is coming out of the hands, not the instrument. Give b.b. king, clapton, or anybody of that caliber a 50 dollar strat knockoff and guess what? that thing will still sound like heaven! keep up the good playing!

[Generalterz]

hey man - you can play, so it doesn't matter which guitar you play !

[EuphoriaMusicSession]

ok just lettin you in on a little secret.

mexican fender standard = american fender standard.

they're virtually the same guitars, just different manufacturing location.

sure, an american strat could be slightly better, but it's not even close to worth the money, trust me. stay with whatcha got now. it's slick.

[JoelGGuitar]

@EuphoriaMusicSession True all parts made in us essembled in mexico its all basically labor

[zash005]

what's the amplifier?

[Arpei91]

oh man...

just read the text, when the video is begun.

[hoodela360]

nice playing

[jaws2421]

Cool. These pickups were meant to tear it up on the fender hot rod series amps :). Thanks for vid, thinking bout getting a pair of these pickups, specially after playing the 50's road worn series strat

[Muzikman127]

did you get the tex mex pixkups? If so how did you find them. If not why?

[jaws2421]

Hi there,

I decided to go with the Texas specials.They were a bit better especially on the clean end and had less hum + sweet sexy bell tone. I still want to get a strat with the tex-mex pickups though, the grit on them is simply irresistible :). But Samarium Cobalt Noiseless (SCN) pickups are the way to go especially if the "hum" gets on your nerves. Also, understand these pickups will define the style your guitar will play :), the SCN's are more versatile and bit more friendly with pedals.

[Muzikman127]

you know, it's tempting just to go for stock pickups. It's a helluva lot easier and they don't seem so bad...

[jaws2421]

I hear ya. The only drawback to the stock mexican strats is the tone controls do not work. The knobs themselves function correctly, but the stock pickups in the mexi-strat are incapable of tone adjustments.

[Muzikman127]

I'm getting a jap I think

[galacticox4]

i thought is was just that i sucked. lol.

[dnldwd]

Fender Mexican Standards are indeed Alder

[golfnut20]

You should have gotten one with an alder body.

Poplar is pretty good but the sustain is weak. Nice cover though.

You get pretty good tone out of that homemade cab by the way.

[budbud619]

nearly all standard strats japan ,mexican, american these days are made of alder

[golfnut20]

Yes but he bought it in 2004, which is when they were still producing some poplar models, although they tried to keep this quiet.

[z2dove1]

Hey everyone I am considering buying tex mex pups for my squier classic vibe 50's strat that already has alnico pickups in it and I was wondering if it would be a smart move or not.

[unsavourycharacter]

Depends what sound you are going for but yes it is...

[xx55AC55xx]

hey i am thinking about buying a fender mexican start used but it has a dent in the body should i still get it is in wood color inside and block outside. ist hat a good guitar i mean would u but it if it had a dent?

[unsavourycharacter]

Depends how much cheaper it is than a new one or one without a dent. Is it a big dent? Because if it is too big then you might have to change the body and that will just waste money that you could spend on buying new guitar...

[LittleM1021]

ahhh yeah, mary mary mary

[aguywithapanda]

you can just replace the humbucker it comes with for a single coil to get that diagnol bridge pickup?

[Gigantor6623]

yes....not the question that is normally thrown out there but....yeah you can do that you just need to get an SSS pickguard

[johngoodman2010]

Thanks Man! Thanks for the TEX-MEX demo! I am installing them in my MIM Strat at this moment and am excited!

[johngoodman2010]

Hey! Excellent Video! I just got my TEX-MEX pickups today! I am excited!

What is the name of the first song you play in your demo?

[TalkerWalker]

Buddy Guy - Mary had a little lamb (well known from SRV cover also)

Thnx! Bye :)

[Epiphonefan]

u got texas special pu's?

[chicoggyfx]

What amp are you running it through?

Thanks in advance!

[TalkerWalker]

It's Peavey Classic 30 (head version, but it's same amp as in combo) with homemade cab with cheapest Celestion speaker.

[reman94]

great guy tex mex better than usa!!!!

[glennish1972]

i bought mex strat about a month ago and it a real nice guitar,i was thinking of getting texmex pickups for it or custom shop 69 s but there a bit too much, 69 s are £170ish and texmex are £65

[grthjones]

If its special to you thats what matters.

I sold a mexican strat and bought a american standard and there is not much difference at all.some of the mex ones are real jems!

That one sounds great.

[Flyin2hawain]

i have that same color strat, but i'm refinishing it cuz i'm sick of it. great playing by the way, sounds real good

[aaronchungrulez]

5:58 what song is that?

[TalkerWalker]

Cream "White Room" of course ;)

[fbi09guy]

Cream is awesome. I have first heard from 'em from Ed Van Halen givin an interview. They are an awesome band.

[upst8]

Sounds good - did you mike that amp up or go direct?

[TalkerWalker]

it goes direct

[fenderman396]

nice my friend. I have the same strat but cream colored and white pick gaurd

[dillemabass]

awesome groove

[Stra2casterAtHotmail]

I have a 2002 MIM strat and a 2007 MIM telecaster, are these guitars garbage? I liked them when I first got them, but now they seem Blah!.

Are they quality instruments?

[heyman321]

They are great instruments, try improving your playing.

[TalkerWalker]

the more you have, the more you want :)

[superdemolisher]

I believe this vid that is going thru the 5bridge switch, may end up being a great example of what the Fender guitar can achieve with tones mixed with amp setting!

[FlamingTV]

The new pickups are helping on the sound hehe, i am planning to get the Tex Mex soon :3