Which Pickup Is Best? / Stratocaster Pickup Comparison / Fender / Harley Benton /Rosswell
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
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In this video I compare a Noiseless Fender Pickup with a Rosswell and a Harley Benton. Same Guitar, same test different tones.
Can you guess which one is being used in the tests?
I do a reveall at the end and tell you which one I prefer but more importantly which one do you prefer? Let me know in the comments!
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As I have been enjoying my Harley Benton Kit I thought it would be interesting to compare different pickups of different prices and brands. Which one do you like the best and did you guess correctly during the blind test?
I personally like the roswell they sort of have a p90 sound to me. The fender are ok but naw not for the price. . The kit ones were ok.
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For me, the Roswell's sounded by far the best. I actually thought the Fender noiseless pickups were the cheap ones. Guess that says a lot. I love these blind tests as it just goes to show how much branding can influence people.
So true
Roswells are SUPERB. Theres alot of misplaced LOYALTY in this game to LABELS. And so-called reputation. This belief, if it isnt made in AMERICA BY FENDER OR GIBSON. It cant be any good.
That outdated purist attitude needs to CHANGE YESTERDAY. Harley Benton have changed the game. Theyre producing world class guitars for everyones pocket. Teaching the greedy overpriced manufacturing companies a LESSON. Thats been LONG OVERDUE. Only a label slave with more money than sense. Is gonna drop £1500 plus for a guitar. SIMPLY BECAUSE IT HAS FENDER OR GIBSON ON THE HEADSTOCK. No for those with any sense. Those days should be long gone.
Put most of these idiots in a dark room and they wouldnt know the difference between a Squier classic vibe costing £350. Or a Fender USA standard costing £1600.
Or even a Harley Benton ST DELUXE costing £200. And a Fender USA standard. Costing £1600 plus.
Thats where we are today.
@@fender1000100 Hear Hear ! x
Hi, thanks for all of your time going this, admire your playing.
I agreed fully with your choice, and, since I’ve just received a new Harley Benton ST 20 Standard Series, but not put it through the amp. yet, I’m looking forward to hearing it.
Cheers, Bill Pimblett
I liked the Roswell the most. My grandson has the the HB Strat Style kit. The ceramic pickups sound amazing for what they are. They're not much different than what you would get with a Mexican Strat IMHO. However, he mentioned that they were a bit muddy for his tastes. So I recently bought an inexpensive ($20) set of alnico 5 pickups for him online. I can't wait to change them out for him.
Alnico 5s will sound real nice
Well knock me down with a feather! My favorite was the Roswell, followed very closely by the cheap HB and in a distant third came Fender, very similar to what you said. I've been researching HB guitars just this morning and this video sealed the deal! I've been looking for a great strat knockoff because the real deal is outside of my budget and I'm not one to settle for anything less than quality. Thanks for all the hard work you put into running this test, especially with all the restringing that had to be done!
Great glad you are going for a Harley Benton they are fantastic.. thanks for watching x
The Rosswells sounded the best, to me! Got a couple Harley Bentons with Roswell humbuckers, but they're a bit dull so I'll be swapping them. Those singles sound useable! Will have to get myself an early Christmas present :) - great content, enjoying the videos.
Thanks so much yeah the rosswells were an excellent choice by Thomann imo
Why isn't anyone telling this guy how well he played those solos?
Impressive blind test and I personally think the pickup technology nowadays is already quite mature that it is not somewhat secret
That's why manufacturers like Roswell can make even better sound pickup and selling at a reasonable/cheap price
Not a must to use expensive branded gear somehow
Just personal opinion, happy rock!!
Thx for sharing this
I agree with your opinion. Wasn't expecting them to all be so close actually, but I actually thought the 1st ones were the cheap HB. Go figure. The Roswells really do have this particular grit and warmth to them that I enjoyed the most.
Yeah man I love them Rosswells. I have now sold the fenders
Definitely Roswell pickups were my favourite nice clean and crisp and had an extra tonal quality in the lead example maybe warmer sounding where the fender sounded muffled and a bit scratchy to my ear but that just my opinion
Thanks and I agree
3 best imo
Thx for the comparison
I too, liked the HB pups best. Seems I'm not alone.
Roswell were the best tonal sound and quality for me. Fender was a little thin in places while the HB brokeup with a touch too much distortion for my liking. Thanks for the video, I have been considering adding the paisley strat to my collection
I thought i was deaf. But i see i'm not alone. Roswell sounds fantastic. I thought Fender was the cheap ones..... Thanks for the video and for your playing!
Thanks for watching
I have some Roswell's in my Harley Benton strat. I try to dislike them, to convince myself buying expensive ones. But they sound fantastic! 😅
2:00 PU 1 clean
2:43 PU 1 crunch
3:00 PU 1 mix
3:56 PU 2 clean
4:41 PU 2 crunch
5:09 PU 2 mix
6:04 PU 3 clean
6:45 PU 3 crunch
7:07 PU 3 mix
9:00 All three again (mix)
11:32 Reveal
Thanks for this Leo :)
Wow, I actually liked it.
The Roswells and Harley Benton's sounded like those SRV used.
Maybe it's your playing too hehe.
Perhaps people underestimate the pickups.
Rosswells are really pups IMO
I was hoping I wouldn't like the expensive ones, but turns out I liked the fenders best in the blind test. Oh well.
Everyone's tastes are different. That's why we are all so amazing.. thanks forx watching :)
Rosswell was great... cool test ...Fender should go back to the 50s pickups !
Hi Brent 😀
Great review.. I liked the Roswell best 🫣😃👍
Roswell for me, sound sweet, I have Harley Benton ST-62DLX with Roswell STA Alnico-5 . I would like to check if fender sounds better but after this video. I will keep this pickups forever
Yeah I love mine
Thanks, that’s super instructive, these Roswell sound actually really nice 👍
Yeah I like them a lot
The third test was having the fuller sound, best chiming, it is/was my preference. I think the middle sound test was a little bit muffed. Thanks.
Drat, I liked the expensive ones most. But I liked the cheapest ones next, and wasn't that fond of the Roswells. So maybe I would do well to buy the very cheapest HB guitars. :)
The roswells are really balanced and warm.
In the 1950s, Leo Fender invented pizza. It was great and for a time he was the only one who knew how to make the real thing but 60 years later everyone does and it's always been a cheap recipe, which is what made it a legend.
I love this reply
WASN'T it the Aussies?
I have an American standard '88 Fender stratocaster and a Harley Benton st 20 standard. Their sound is similar, but cheap pick ups have much lower volume than expensive ones. Additionally If somebody has been playing guitar for almost 40 years is satisfied with higher guality pick ups.
Been doing Tons of Research on "Proper Noiseless Pickups" (however) I preferred the Rosswell = more chime, sounded more Stratty! Next were the Fender's and the cheap ones did not even sound like a Strat. I'm curious about the New Fender Ultra Noiseless. They sound much better then the Gen 5's. I recently put Lollar Dirty Blonde's in my Suhr. Haven't found a proper noiseless - yet. Still searching. Nice Demo. Enjoyed your playing.
Thanks for watching I feel the Rosswells are the value and has a sound I like. I would be interested to hear what the eventually buy. Have a great new year and happy searching
My opinion was
1 roswell
2 cheap
3 fender (cause sounded like a beast)
After the reveal i was completely blown away!
Great guitars at low price.. i have already 2 of them ( hb) and ill keep buying them!😉 nice review!
Thank you... yep golden age of guitars !
Must have been a pain changing the pickups over and over again haha. I liked the first one best!
Great video :)
Yeah it was.. interesting getting peoples opinions ... I like the Roswells best and the Fenders the least... but that's the point I suppose. :)
To my ears, when flipping through the clean chords for each pickup the Fender sounded slightly better than the other 2 with a little more crispness and definition and a little more punch. The Harley Benton sounded darker and muddier than the other 2 and was my least favorite. The Roswell sounded very much like the Fender with a good midrange and punch, but had just a tad less clarity and sparkle as if the higher frequencies were turned down a tad. However, that added brightness of the Fender may have been a bit much when it was put into the mix. It seemed a little screechy at times, but then again, that's what your amp eq is for. I would say the Roswell wins overall for sound/value.
Thanks for taking the time to watch it and your input :)
The noiseless Fender is more or less a humbucker so that would sound more muddy, I thought the cheapo one sounded best
Thanks for the cool review.
I got the cheap one right but i thought the first was the roswell.
Definitely preferred the fender sound although the roswell was nice too.
Great playing!
How did you vet that classic valve sound?
I like the first pickups (fender noiseless)
Thankyou so much for the informative video!
Thanks for filming and sharing M8ty. .... as you know I like the pick ups in the "blow torch" - my HB Strat kit build ..... Made and played by the Best in the business!!!! ..... M&MX / Mark T X
Results...... I chose pick up 2 yeahhhhh and Maria chose pick up 3 ........ M&MX / Mark T X
Well my ears must be more finely tuned than i thought- i disliked 2 (the cheapy hb ceramic bar magnet) the other 2 were close! for my money i'd go with the rosswell! that being said- if you were to pop the magnet & pole pieces out of El Cheapo & put in Alnico pole pieces, the improvement is quite impressive!!! i have done it & its a cheap way to get a vintage sound!
The one by far !
I have to say I'm also happy with the Roswell pups in my guitars. I think the double stack in the fender noiseles takes the edge off and kills the attack of a regular single coil. The thing about the ceramic magnet pups is they have a warmer, mellower tone, which makes the MIM strats sound good. Whichever pups you used, though, it still sounded like a strat!
Fantastic...I love the Roswells. Yep the fender ones are just pah!
The ceramics have a harsher tone, imo. These HB ones sound pretty bad, to be honest.
the Roswell was my favorite as well.
Nice blind test, I just realized the Roswell was my choice!
Mine too :)
Yup. I put ve this type of stuff. It just confirms my bias of NOT wanting to buy name brand stuff just for the sake of gear snobbery. I think it is hilarious when I'm standing next to a guy with a Fender custom shop with my Harley Benton St62 and the audience slearly likes my sound more. Of course he'll never admit that but.... Haha
Overall, I actually liked the Fender PU the most although the Roswell was almost equal or close behind, for me at least. I found the Fender PU's tone to be a bit warmer. However, if looking at the 'bang for buck' factor, the Roswells take the cake big time.
Wow. And thanks for this. I really preferred the Roswell pickup. I thought the Fender Noiseless sounded pretty mediocre in comparison to other two. I am surprised. I had assumed that the pickup number two was the Fender. When you factor in the price difference...crazy.There is a lesson in this and one wonders how much does it really cost Fender and other large manufacturers to produce a pickup?
Glad you enjoyed the video and yes it surprised me
The Rosewells!
I got it right and it correlated with my preference from cheapest to most expensive...
...."I got all 3 correct!"....Enjoyed you'r playing,as always,Bro....I prefer the Rosswells also...
Same here, although it was close between the cheapest HB and Roswell in terms of which was which. The Roswell sound slightly fuller in sound.
# 3 sounded best to my ears
Pick up 3 sounded the best to me. Then 1 and 2. Not a massive difference in any of them really but the noiseless was a bit muddy and the second one a bit cheap sounding. Roswell sounded clear and rounded to my ears.
In all honesty, I mistaken the cheap HB kit pickup for the Fender pickup (and vice-versa) but I recognised the Roswell Alnico V as the third one straight away (I'm very much used to Alnico V pickups). The problem with the kit and Fender pickups is that the signal tends to break up the moment the high notes are hit and both are muddy at the bottom end, so given the price of the Fender I'm in agreement - definitely last place or, preferably, the bin. :)
I love the Roswells and I have since put the fender pups up for sale
The Roswell is my favorite. But which model is it?
The Roswell's definitely sounded the most dynamic of all three, actually I thought the Fenders were the cheaper sounding. The Harley Benton guitars are amazing, I recently bought a Harley Benton TE 70RW (which was flawless) and I love it. I used to have a 63 sunburst Telecaster and I think I love them both for different reasons. I don't know how Harley Benton can make such a beautiful guitar for the price.
yeah man Its my go to brand these days excellent stuff for the money.
I actually didn't like the tone of that HB single coil, very trebly and lacking in expression imho.
Third one had a sizzle that I liked
Yes I like the Roswell and the world concerns that they have and some of the other guitars
Not world concerned Wilkinson pick ups are pretty good
No 2 sounded best to me.
The cheapest .. I like these pups too
Great job, highly formative. I think you're playing has more dynamics and nuance than the pickups. I didn't really hear that chime on clean from any of them. My five eggs. 🤔
Nice vid, I thought the St 70 rosw.. has higher output than regular strat pickups
Hi, no disrespect but I found that your overall tone wasn't great so I found it difficult to distinguish between pickups. Although your guitar playing was pretty cool. I like Harley Benton guitars but I do tend to swap out the pickups.
Thanks for your input
There was so much white noise or distortion from the G string down to the low E. You may have been over loading the input of the DAW. Those fender noiseless are generally muddy except for the new generation 4 which apparently are bright without much bass or mids. Have you tried the area stacked singles from Dimarzio? Their are some stacked singles on eBay for 60 bucks a set that are great for the price. Do you think that shielding the cavity actually changes the tone? I usually used Emg or hot rail pickups to make the guitar useable but their is something about the tone of the singles I want to use for recording. After 40 years I'm tempted to try a faraday cage
Yeah shielding would make a small difference imo.. recording for youtube is tough work but I feel I got the point across depends what you are listening to it on too. Thanks for your comments it really does help me move forward...
@@BrentHutchinson I use headphones. I just wanted to let you know about the noise I was hearing so you could get it sorted. The faraday cage what level of noise reduction will it give me?
I should have said I was using a gain setting which is my sound. It's a tweed valve amp model. Maybe I should just use a pure clean.. it's a very good point for these demos.. and I thank you. The shielding will definately clean up the tone but only as far as hum etc
Hi Brent
What model Roswell were they???
Yeah, I definitely liked the Roswell's best too, it has the most character to its sound, plenty of grit but also the roundness of a typical telecaster. The Fender Noiseless came across as lacking personality. Too clean somehow. And honestly, I'm not even surprised the Fender Noiseless ones felt short in a comparison like this, _even_ compared to the cheap HB pickups (which is kind of _crazy_ when you think about it). A lot of money spend goes to nothing but the brand name. And nope, not hating Fender. Their mid-range guitars are amongst the best in the world (needless to say, I can't afford their high end guitars, which I'm sure are great too. But the value proposition might be off, I wouldn't know.). But Fender does have a lot of stuff that's quite overrated as well. Between the Squier Bullet, Squier Affinity and something like a Harley Benton TE-52 or TE-70, I would _probably_ go with the Harley Bentons for their sound and how playable they are for less money.
Roswell all day long 👍👍👍
roswell for me ;)
The unknown jobs sound good , just got my first strat modded with dimarzio pick ups fitted
Great pups
Fender>Roswell>Cheap Gotta say the Roswells were close to Fenders
Crikey! Preferred the clean solo sound of pickup one. In the mix, pickup two stood out for me. I could live with any of them in a band/recording situation.. Pickup three rivals two in the mix. Strange as I liked pickup one clean, solo, but not distorted, and not especially in the mix..
Thanks for your input, It's fancinating to hear peoples opinions on it.
i have harley benton ms 60wv with roswel pickups ..and roswel in my guitar its not good at all to thin and cheap...and my plan is to chage them..
The first pick-up has the most high end. The second has the least of it and sounds muffled. The third is close to the first but just a little less clear. This makes the first one objectively the best since it allows for a wider range in EQ.
Leo of Red Keep but to your ears? Ok nicely done by fender technically speaking, but what to your ears? Which sound better?
This question is only asked by those who cannot turn knobs.
Ok.. well i didnt want to be offensive or rude and if i say something wrong to offense you im sorry.
But, just because you gave me that answer:
I have a recording studio, i sing, i play guitars, piano, bass and drums from when i was 11 years old. I compose, create and master a lot of different sounds.. I tried multiple stuff, a lots of amps and a lot more instruments. Faced many different players from jazz to heavy metal so i made my kind of idea....
And you are the kind of person that play with your eyes, not with your ears.
Roswell was my favourite.. I'm actually shocked with the fender noiseless.. Fender needs to go to the brawing board..
My fave too
Ooooop[s......sorry I fell over at the results there. Well number 2 was soooo bad, easy to pick out the cheapo. Then I was confident 1 was the roswell and 3 was the fender.......how wrong was I. That roswell sounded great.
Yeah surprising isnt it?...
Hate to say it, but.. I liked the cheap ones.
get the higher end harley benton with stainless frets and you will be happy
3 Roswell
I liked Roswell best, then Fender and the last one is noname - it sounds too muddy for me.
Yep they rock
n°3 !!!
1+3 was a draw for me none of them sounded superior to me. Just the nr. 2 sounded a bit thin to me.
Thanks :)
No# 3 pup for me ...
Lol I thought 1st ones are cheap harley benton, they sound so indistinctly on this track , I cant believe its fender noiseless
rosswell
I actually liked the Roswells the best. The Fender noiseless sounded somewhat muffled to me especially with the gain up. The Roswells sounded the clearest and most defined to me in the test.
I agree
1 best, 3second, 2 worst picked before end.
i'm no guitar player but those two cheaper pickups have way more balls than fender
My thoughts exactly
I hated the Fender Noiseless...
Rosswell, the cheap ones sounded cheap just because the guitar wasn't tuned lol...you did it on purpose.
Noiseless pickups don't sound as raw as a true single coil. Unbelievable I preferred the cheap harley benton pickups 😣
Yeah I agree fender noisless pups just dont have that grit
All 3 of pick up sounded terrible Might be amp might be guitar might be amp Perhaps UA-cam or recording
Once you hit the gain they all sounded like shit ..might as well go for the cheap ones 🤣
For what it's worth, adding distortion to any clean tone will absolutely obscure the original tone sound by a lot. I disagree they sounded shit though, but suppose you were joking.
Fender are overrated like their guitars
Just a dumb thing to say