Fender Accessories Vintage "Noiseless" Stratocaster Pickups
Single-coil Replacement Pickup Set for Fender Stratocaster with Noiseless circuitry
Fender Sound - Without the Hum!
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Fender delivers single coil tone without the hum! Get cutting edge pickup technology without sacrificing that Fender sound. Special beveled edge Alnico 5 magnets and enamel-coated magnet wire produce the brilliant clarity, definition and harmonic attributes of a vintage Strat in a "noiseless" package. Each Vintage "Noiseless" Strat pickup comes with 3 pots, a capacitor and resistor to enhance your "noiseless" experience. OEM on American Deluxe and many Custom Shop Stratocasters. Available in aged white only.
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Brian Cravens
It doesn't get any better than this. I have an American Deluxe Strat - about six years old with these, and I have retrofitted them into my 1989 Strat Plus. They blow away the old lace sensors, and are TRULY noiseless. They drip with vintage tone. Put these into your Strat, and enjoy all 5 positions...
Quiet single coils?
by Mike Bjorgo from Austin. MN
March 1, 2004
Music Background:
You bet! For ages Stratocaster fanatics, like myself, have had a love/hate relationship with our guitars. Love the Fender tone, hate the hum/squeak/howl of single coil pickups. Sometimes humbuckers wo ... read more [+]rk well on Strats (Fat and Double Fat Strats), but you always lose a little of that distinct tone we love so much. Various stomp boxes and rack mounts help, again sacrificing some tone. Suffer no more, Stratophiles! These Custom Shop Noiseless pickups are the answer to our prayers. I installed a set on a Standard Stratocaster that already had great tone and was blown away by the results. These pickups have all the great Fender tone with none of the annoying noises usually found in a single coil setup. That clear, bell like tone rings true. I've even found that the tone seems enhanced by the lack of hum, coming through more clearly than before. This may just be a result of the noise reduction, but I'd swear that the bridge pickup is a tad hotter than the stock pickup, edging into Texas Special territory. Whatever it is, these pickups are the ultimate in single coil sound. I guess that explains why they come standard on American Deluxe and most Custom Shop guitars.
I put them on the Standard as a test, now there are 2 more Strats waiting their turn. Try 'em, you'll love 'em.
In case you're wondering, I've also tried Lace Sensors and found them wanting. I did not care for them, and neither did my Marshall. Hey, Clapton and Beck switched to Noiseless, that's more than good enough for me! close [-]
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