Vintage Tweed®
Item #: 10-204
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Product Details
1954 marks the origin of the now-iconic Stratocaster®, and our Tweed pickups faithfully recreate the sound that those early Strats® produced. These super clean pickups offer even volume and frequency response and won’t get muddy under heavy distortion.
Can’t decide which Lollar Strat pickups are right for you? Our Strat Pickup Comparison video will help you understand—and hear—the differences between our four Strat pickup sets. WATCH VIDEO
Avg. DC: Neck 4.9K, middle 5.3K, and bridge 5.7K (Read about DC resistance)
Recommended Potentiometers: 250k
Recommended Capacitor: 0.047μF
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Strat Pickup Comparison
Strat Pickup Installation & Height Adjustment
Pre-wired Kit for Strats
Upgrading the electronics in a Strat® yourself couldn’t be easier than it is with our new Lollar Pre-wired Kits. The kits are hand-wired in our shop and meet Jason Lollar’s preferred specifications.
Whether you’re installing new pickups and want high-quality electronics to go with them, or you want to upgrade the stock electronics in your Strat®, our pre-wired kits are a great option. We’ve done most of the work so all that’s left for you to do is install the kit in your guitar and solder in your pickups (sold separately).
Flat vs. Staggered Poles
As their names suggest, flat-pole pickups have all of the individual pole pieces set at the same height, whereas with staggered-pole pickups the pole pieces are set at different
heights. Staggered-pole pickups were originally created to compensate for heavier string gauges—particulary wound 3rd strings.
If you’re unsure which to choose, we typically recommend flat poles rather than staggered. In most cases, flat-pole pickups will give you better string balance, as well as a
little more presence, bass and output.
Read more about flat vs. staggered poles HERE.
Pickup Dimensions
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Lollar Strat Tweed Pickups
All Strat Tweed soundfiles with dirty tone were played by Greg Timmons using a Strat with an ash body and maple neck / fretboard played through a 1958 Fender Tweed Deluxe amp with a 1963 Fender standalone reverb.
All Strat Tweed soundfiles with clean tone were played by Greg Timmons using a Strat copy with an ash body and maple neck/ fretboard through a Fender Super Reverb.
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So good i could probably sell it back to Jason if I wanted to
T.K.
Location: Texas
Date: July 16, 2019
Just a stellar pickup. With a proper wiring setup, some quality pots, and a good cap, you could put one of these in the neck of an arch top and play jazz. Its an incredibly well voiced strat pickup.
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Vintage Tweed
James Getman
Location: CA
Date: Apr14l 18, 2017
One Of The Best Vintage Strat Pickups On The Market! If You Want That Old School Strat Sound then look no further! The Noting On These Lollar Pickups Are Better Than What Came In The Original Strat Guitars In My Opion! You Can't Go Wrong With Lollar!
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Frequently Asked Questions
What values of potentiometers and capacitors do you recommend for Strat pickups?
The most common/traditional choices are 250k pots (both volume and tone) and .047μF caps—and these are the values we typically recommend. That said, there are no hard and fast rules. You can read more about how different pot and cap values affect tone in this two-part blog post: Part I - Pots, Part II - Caps.
Do you offer coil tapping for Strat pickups?
We do not offer coil tapping.
Can I use either flat-pole or staggered-pole pickups in my Strat?
Yes, though we usually recommend flat-pole because they offer better string-to-string volume balance as well as a little more presence, bass and output.
Another important point is that staggered-pole pickups are not intended to match the radius of the fingerboard. Staggered-pole pickups can work well with very heavy gauge strings or sets with a wound 3rd string, but for the majority of players, flat pole pickups will be a better fit.
Read more about the difference between flat-pole and staggered-pole pickups HERE.
Will your pickups work in vintage Strats?
Yes! Our four different Strat pickup models can also help you get close to the era-appropriate sound of your vintage guitar. Though pickup cavity route depth can vary by year with Fender, our pickups are sufficiently sized to work across production eras.
Do you make noiseless pickups for Strats?
Our pickups are inspired by vintage builds and voicing. With that in mind, we do not build true noiseless pickups.
Will your pickups give me that “out of phase” Strat sound in positions 2 and 4?
This is a very common misconception; the classic “quack” that you hear in positions 2 and 4 on a Strat is not a result of the pickups being out of phase. All three pickups are in-phase in our builds. The thinner quack sound comes from a drop in output that is a result of two pickups running in parallel as well as from some frequency cancellation (particularly in the low end) that is caused by the pickups being very close together.
Do you offer “matched” or RWRP pickups for Strats?
Our three-pickup Strat sets feature a middle pickup wound RWRP (reverse wind, reverse polarity) relative to the bridge and neck so that they will be hum cancelling in positions 2 and 4 with proper phase.
Do your staggered Strat pickups come in different radii to match my fingerboard?
Our staggered pole Strat pickups are staggered for string balance, not for fingerboard radius. We do not offer custom staggers to match various fingerboard radii.
Do you offer metal baseplates for Strat pickups?
We do not. In extensive R&D, we did not find enough of an appreciable difference to justify the additional cost.
How far from my strings should I set my Tele pickups?
We advise customers to start with 1/8” between their pickups and guitar strings with the strings fretted at the last fret. This is just a good starting point, but you can raise your pickups to increase volume, or lower them to decrease volume. Check out Jason Lollar’s video on Adjusting Your Pickups.
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