Man Lyle that Strat sounds amazing great tone definition, I’m a fan of your work both guitars and amps you are a master at your craft, thanks for all your great videos I’m always learning something from you.
Awesome job sounds great. I would like to share one things with everybody in the Guitar community when it comes to stainless steel machine screws or any fine screw threads in general I highly recommend loctite anti seize ( gold or silver) And for wood screws get yourself a new wax ring from a toilet flange, put it in a jar little dab on your wood screws you’ll thank me later. I spent a lot of years as a mechanic and cabinet maker, and these tips lend itself very well to my hobby as a guitarist
I found Lyle last year when I started my analog/electric guitar journey with his "Amps Under $500" video. This quickly became my favorite channel since (out of all the topics I subscribe to)! Not that I don't enjoy the all guitar channels dedicated to the endless pursuit of chasing tone because; I do. But at the end of the day, they are all just subjective talk about gear. Lyle on the other hand just stands completely out as a consummate professional/artist/craftsman who just gets it done. All while teaching us something in way everybody can understand (or at least follow to an extent of usefulness). Even my wife that, is not a real guitar enthusiast or electronically technical by any means, will sit and listen to Lyle while I do. Thanks Lyle!!! 🤟
I put '52 Quiet Coils on my Tele and I found the 500k pots to be too bright. It also had what I take to be a resonance peak that made it sound like I was using a compressor set for country music (nice sometimes, but not all the time). I switched the volume pot back to 250k and now I'm very happy. Since the tone isn't acting as a voltage divider, I kept the 500k pot and dial it down to about 7 where it acts like a 250k, but leaves a little something on tap. This strat doesn't seem to have the same weird spike. It's bright, but it's hard to tell what's the pots vs the 10's in the vibrolux.
Very nice. I’ve got the 67 QQ in my oddball Strat copy in the neck/middle positions, and a 80s Duncan Custom (in rare double cream bobbins) in the bridge. Very flexible.
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I like my Catastrasters with the bottom pot wired to the bridge, middle PUP with no tone control, neck pickup wired to top pot. I have come to like the Fender vintage .1 paper and wax capacitor.
If anyone is interested, DiMarzio sells various colors of taller pickup covers. You have to look at the description under the Strat Pickup Covers section to verify they fit Area or other of their noiseless pickups. Unfortunately, no Antique White which is what I was seeking.
Great sounding setup! 'Any chance there is a wiring diagram somewhere for this Mojotone '58 Quiet Coils hookup? Would be easier to follow along. I have a set ordered and on the way right now and think this is definitely the way to do it. Thanks so much !
@@PsionicAudio You've got enough cool points saved up to play it intentionally if you so desire sir. Keep on rockin in the free world amigo! I sure appreciate the knowledge you share freely!
Lyle, I am a moron when it comes to electronics and the like, yet am fascinated by your content. I have had crap luck at catching your livestreams and would like to ask your expertise on 1x2 combos. If you catch this, what's your opinion on the cleanest 1x12. I've played my brother's Bella and had it blow my doors off, anything else out there you'd recommend I try? Thanks man, and keep it up.
I haven’t used Fender noiseless because I don’t like their sound. Go by their recommendation. Always audio taper for volumes unless you’re playing traditional Jazz into a really clean amp.
I wonder if those pickups can use a normal strat rail type pickup cover instead of those fake plasticy polepieces. That way they could be adjusted closer to the strings a bit for more output.
@@infectionsman Our Quiet Coil pickups are made to exacting measurements to fit only our proprietary covers. They are built into the pickup construction and attempting to remove them could cause internal damage to the pickup. We highly recommend not attempting to remove the covers. Thanks!
I've been considering putting a baseplate under my Strat bridge pickup. It's a Nash and it's wired up as the guitar in this vid. Lollar pickups with a hotter bridge pickup and while it sounds really good, I'm a Tele guy and if I could get that bite from the bridge pickup (and ideally get it wired for neck/bridge in the middle position) it would be insanely versatile.
I don’t find a baseplate turns a Strat pickup into a Tele pickup. Very different things aside from the plate. A Superswitch can give you bridge+neck but a Blend pot is easier.
Oh, give it another chance. I find it really wonderful, a highly overlooked sound. My rosewood Strat can do all five normal positions, series/parallel for the bridge HB, and a blend to add the neck to any other pickup. Neck SC and bridge HB sounds really Tele-esque. But I love the middle by itself.
@@PsionicAudio Hehe well let me rephrase...I have considerably MORE use for a traditional neck/bridge tone than the middle by itself. It would be great to have the option.
@@maxpeck4154 Try a 3-way switch wired as a telecaster, with just an empty cover for the middle pickup, flush with pickguard. You can get a pickup cover without holes for this.
I recommend a change to 250k for the volume, I dont know why MojoTone insists of using 500k but it is a bad value for these pickups. It will give a harsh high end peak.
Hard to say as my Strat with 67s is alder with rosewood and his Strat is ash with maple (body wood is more important than fretboard material btw). I think the 67s are a little brighter but they’re in a darker guitar. The 58s seem a little smoother but they’re in a brighter guitar. Notice I didn’t do a “review” as I’ve only had about 20 minutes experience with the new pickups. Stay tuned for a later comparison.
Hard to say as my Strat with 67s is alder with rosewood and his Strat is ash with maple (body wood is more important than fretboard material btw). I think the 67s are a little brighter but they’re in a darker guitar. The 58s seem a little smoother but they’re in a brighter guitar. Notice I didn’t do a “review” as I’ve only had about 20 minutes experience with the new pickups. Stay tuned for a later comparison.
I’m baffled why this guy didn’t just get the pickups and wiring harness than the pre wired pickguard. As for the quick connect system- I have the strat harness from them and it’s held up well, but IMO if one MUST go solderless, I prefer the EMG buttsplice connector system.
@@PsionicAudio i heard the bars are side to side and dont overlap like the fralins therfor when you bend the g or d string the note loses output is that true ?
I didn’t pay that close attention when I was trying the cover swap. I don’t really care - real single coils in Strats do that anyway. SRV did ok despite that awful flaw.
I've found on my strats that adding a ground bus between the pots makes a ground loop, because the pots are already grounded on the foil shield. Your milage may vary tho
It doesn’t really in a Strat because with the foil and the pot shells you’re just kind of adding mass to a ground plane. It’s all ground at that point. In an unshielded Les Paul you can create a ground loop if the connecting wire forms a complete loop instead of a U.
Man Lyle that Strat sounds amazing great tone definition, I’m a fan of your work both guitars and amps you are a master at your craft, thanks for all your great videos I’m always learning something from you.
Awesome job sounds great.
I would like to share one things with everybody in the Guitar community when it comes to stainless steel machine screws or any fine screw threads in general I highly recommend loctite anti seize ( gold or silver)
And for wood screws get yourself a new wax ring from a toilet flange, put it in a jar little dab on your wood screws you’ll thank me later. I spent a lot of years as a mechanic and cabinet maker, and these tips lend itself very well to my hobby as a guitarist
I found Lyle last year when I started my analog/electric guitar journey with his "Amps Under $500" video. This quickly became my favorite channel since (out of all the topics I subscribe to)! Not that I don't enjoy the all guitar channels dedicated to the endless pursuit of chasing tone because; I do. But at the end of the day, they are all just subjective talk about gear. Lyle on the other hand just stands completely out as a consummate professional/artist/craftsman who just gets it done. All while teaching us something in way everybody can understand (or at least follow to an extent of usefulness). Even my wife that, is not a real guitar enthusiast or electronically technical by any means, will sit and listen to Lyle while I do. Thanks Lyle!!! 🤟
Nicely done! Great (warm, soothing) tone...
THAT is one of the Stratiest sounding Strats I've ever heard! Very nice sounding pickups!
Awesome. Lyle does beautiful, useful work!!!
Sounds fab. I imagine your customer will be very pleased.
I put '52 Quiet Coils on my Tele and I found the 500k pots to be too bright. It also had what I take to be a resonance peak that made it sound like I was using a compressor set for country music (nice sometimes, but not all the time). I switched the volume pot back to 250k and now I'm very happy. Since the tone isn't acting as a voltage divider, I kept the 500k pot and dial it down to about 7 where it acts like a 250k, but leaves a little something on tap. This strat doesn't seem to have the same weird spike. It's bright, but it's hard to tell what's the pots vs the 10's in the vibrolux.
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day
Very nice. I’ve got the 67 QQ in my oddball Strat copy in the neck/middle positions, and a 80s Duncan Custom (in rare double cream bobbins) in the bridge. Very flexible.
Great sounds... and that oh so sweet lick. Cheers.
The Dude abides 😉👍
Kinman strat pups are outstanding.
You do really good work 🤙🏽
I appreciate that!
Sounds great.
Good on you friend. Quick connects are a short waiting to happen. Keep killing it!!!
Wow What an Excellent Job !!! Yess I'd Say The Owner Was Very Very Pleased... She Sounds Gorgeous ☺☺😎👊💯💯 And Thanx for Upgrade Instructional Video Upload ☺☺😎💯
I like my Catastrasters with the bottom pot wired to the bridge, middle PUP with no tone control, neck pickup wired to top pot. I have come to like the Fender vintage .1 paper and wax capacitor.
Nice vid. Got a prs sonzera 20w that hums like crazy no matter what. Want to fix it myself, but I'm not tech savvy.
If anyone is interested, DiMarzio sells various colors of taller pickup covers. You have to look at the description under the Strat Pickup Covers section to verify they fit Area or other of their noiseless pickups. Unfortunately, no Antique White which is what I was seeking.
Great sounding setup! 'Any chance there is a wiring diagram somewhere for this Mojotone '58 Quiet Coils hookup? Would be easier to follow along. I have a set ordered and on the way right now and think this is definitely the way to do it. Thanks so much !
Thanks!
Nice axe. Hey have you worked on/have an opinion about the roland jc 40? If you get one in to fix I'd love to see a video on it.
I have the QQ-P90s. The sound good but seem to have a fairly low output. Lower than regular P90s for sure.
what effect is there to move the tone to the wiper of the volume pot?
What is the finest noiseless strat set/preloaded pickguard in your opinion, passive or active?
I wish I could apprentice with you. I want to learn the right way.
Wow, nice upgrades! Did I hear Extremes More Than Words at the end there?!? Noice!
I kind of fell into it at the end, though in D. Didn’t set out to play that, but the cliché force is strong with that one.
@@PsionicAudio You've got enough cool points saved up to play it intentionally if you so desire sir. Keep on rockin in the free world amigo! I sure appreciate the knowledge you share freely!
nice Lebowski quote
Ok. Let’s fix the noise. Sweet tones at last.
Lyle, I am a moron when it comes to electronics and the like, yet am fascinated by your content. I have had crap luck at catching your livestreams and would like to ask your expertise on 1x2 combos. If you catch this, what's your opinion on the cleanest 1x12. I've played my brother's Bella and had it blow my doors off, anything else out there you'd recommend I try? Thanks man, and keep it up.
A friend of mine used to take his Strat apart almost daily and ask me to change parts because he didn't know how to solder.
As God and Leo intended….❤
Have you done a video on the way wiring guitars impacts them? Like what's the purpose of connecting to the wiper vs a lug?
In other videos. See my Guitar Wiring playlist.
Hang on, I see it. 50's LP style wiring with output loading rather than input loading, thought it had to do with the tone pots not the volume pots!
I'm not a very good dire straits player. However, I am an excellent dire straits listener :-)
Would you recommend 500k pots for fender noiseless pickups? And what type taper for the volume knob?
I haven’t used Fender noiseless because I don’t like their sound. Go by their recommendation.
Always audio taper for volumes unless you’re playing traditional Jazz into a really clean amp.
I wonder if those pickups can use a normal strat rail type pickup cover instead of those fake plasticy polepieces. That way they could be adjusted closer to the strings a bit for more output.
If you remove the covers it can damage the pickup. We do not recommend removing the covers. Thanks!
@@mojotoneofficial But can it take a rail pickup cover like the dimarzio hot rails?
@@infectionsman Our Quiet Coil pickups are made to exacting measurements to fit only our proprietary covers. They are built into the pickup construction and attempting to remove them could cause internal damage to the pickup. We highly recommend not attempting to remove the covers. Thanks!
I've been considering putting a baseplate under my Strat bridge pickup. It's a Nash and it's wired up as the guitar in this vid. Lollar pickups with a hotter bridge pickup and while it sounds really good, I'm a Tele guy and if I could get that bite from the bridge pickup (and ideally get it wired for neck/bridge in the middle position) it would be insanely versatile.
I don’t find a baseplate turns a Strat pickup into a Tele pickup. Very different things aside from the plate.
A Superswitch can give you bridge+neck but a Blend pot is easier.
@@PsionicAudio I'll look into that. I have zero use for the middle pickup by itself
Oh, give it another chance. I find it really wonderful, a highly overlooked sound. My rosewood Strat can do all five normal positions, series/parallel for the bridge HB, and a blend to add the neck to any other pickup. Neck SC and bridge HB sounds really Tele-esque. But I love the middle by itself.
@@PsionicAudio Hehe well let me rephrase...I have considerably MORE use for a traditional neck/bridge tone than the middle by itself. It would be great to have the option.
@@maxpeck4154 Try a 3-way switch wired as a telecaster, with just an empty cover for the middle pickup, flush with pickguard. You can get a pickup cover without holes for this.
That Lebowski quote
I recommend a change to 250k for the volume, I dont know why MojoTone insists of using 500k but it is a bad value for these pickups. It will give a harsh high end peak.
Are the Quiet Coil p/u's stacked humbuckers? I ask because they need 500K pots.
Yes.
I just watched another video with microphonic bridge baseplate addition- he forgot to take wax off the baseplate
67 quite coils vs the 58's? what to get?
Hard to say as my Strat with 67s is alder with rosewood and his Strat is ash with maple (body wood is more important than fretboard material btw). I think the 67s are a little brighter but they’re in a darker guitar. The 58s seem a little smoother but they’re in a brighter guitar.
Notice I didn’t do a “review” as I’ve only had about 20 minutes experience with the new pickups.
Stay tuned for a later comparison.
Are you using autofocus?
So, the 58's vs your 67's... what do you think?
Hard to say as my Strat with 67s is alder with rosewood and his Strat is ash with maple (body wood is more important than fretboard material btw). I think the 67s are a little brighter but they’re in a darker guitar. The 58s seem a little smoother but they’re in a brighter guitar.
Notice I didn’t do a “review” as I’ve only had about 20 minutes experience with the new pickups.
Stay tuned for a later comparison.
I’m baffled why this guy didn’t just get the pickups and wiring harness than the pre wired pickguard.
As for the quick connect system- I have the strat harness from them and it’s held up well, but IMO if one MUST go solderless, I prefer the EMG buttsplice connector system.
I think he found a deal on Reverb.
But it’s good to know Mojotone does a great job on their wiring.
Arent those pole pieces fake and tha pickup is a bar magnet underneath ?
Yes. But they sound great.
@@PsionicAudio i heard the bars are side to side and dont overlap like the fralins therfor when you bend the g or d string the note loses output is that true ?
I didn’t pay that close attention when I was trying the cover swap.
I don’t really care - real single coils in Strats do that anyway. SRV did ok despite that awful flaw.
I've found on my strats that adding a ground bus between the pots makes a ground loop, because the pots are already grounded on the foil shield. Your milage may vary tho
It doesn’t really in a Strat because with the foil and the pot shells you’re just kind of adding mass to a ground plane. It’s all ground at that point.
In an unshielded Les Paul you can create a ground loop if the connecting wire forms a complete loop instead of a U.
"What's the other one?" I reckon the name CRL came to you eventually. Dontch just hate when memory escapes you when you need it?
I am the walrus
As God and Leo intended.....
2:16 - lol
A Tele bridge pickup in a Strat can be fun. Gotta make the hole bigger, tho, and mind the angle....
Seems like there's too much shielding ...
Too much talk, less demo