CLF-100 vs CS 69 Pickups?
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 7:23 pm
Hi everyone,
After many years as a Strat owner, I recently got a 2015 Legacy that I just can't put down. Now I have a good problem though... The guy I bought it from had changed out the stock CLF-100s to Fender CS 69s. He threw in the original stock G&L pickups with the guitar. So, now I have two pickup sets on hand (my original plan was to sell one of the sets to help defray some of the cost of the guitar). I like the way the CS 69s sound, but I also loved the way the CLF-100s sounded when I tested out some Tribute Legacies on the way to getting my US Legacy. Has anybody had experience with both pickup types, particularly in a Legacy? I am not very handy, and the thought of busting out a soldering iron on such a nice guitar to do a pickup swap makes me pretty nervous. And I've just dropped a good bit of money on some repairs to another instrument, so I don't want to have to pay to have the pickups swapped back to stock unless I have a reason to think I'd like them better. (Also, FWIW, the previous owner had it rewired to a more traditional Fender wiring scheme, so I don't have the PTB system in place right now. So that could obviously be a variable when comparing the pickups). Any thoughts on whether there is a significant difference between the CS 69s and CLF-100s?
After many years as a Strat owner, I recently got a 2015 Legacy that I just can't put down. Now I have a good problem though... The guy I bought it from had changed out the stock CLF-100s to Fender CS 69s. He threw in the original stock G&L pickups with the guitar. So, now I have two pickup sets on hand (my original plan was to sell one of the sets to help defray some of the cost of the guitar). I like the way the CS 69s sound, but I also loved the way the CLF-100s sounded when I tested out some Tribute Legacies on the way to getting my US Legacy. Has anybody had experience with both pickup types, particularly in a Legacy? I am not very handy, and the thought of busting out a soldering iron on such a nice guitar to do a pickup swap makes me pretty nervous. And I've just dropped a good bit of money on some repairs to another instrument, so I don't want to have to pay to have the pickups swapped back to stock unless I have a reason to think I'd like them better. (Also, FWIW, the previous owner had it rewired to a more traditional Fender wiring scheme, so I don't have the PTB system in place right now. So that could obviously be a variable when comparing the pickups). Any thoughts on whether there is a significant difference between the CS 69s and CLF-100s?