Swap in the Sweet Strat Snap of the Early 1960s
Ripe with shimmering highs, full-bodied lows, and an extreme dedication to vintage-correct details, Fender’s Pure Vintage ’61 Stratocaster pickup set captures the Strat in all its early 1960s glory. Staggered Alnico V pole pieces provide these pickups with all the depth, dynamics, and rich harmonic detail inherent to Fender’s golden-age guitars while supplying a beautifully balanced output across all six strings. Under the hood, Pure Vintage ’61 Stratocaster pickups sport a design that might as well have rolled right off of the Fullerton assembly line: Formvar-coated magnet wire, cloth wiring, a fiber bobbin, and wax-potted construction all pay tribute to true-blue vintage ’61 pickups. While there are Sweetwater guitarists who prefer the slightly brighter and rawer tones of the Strat’s 1950s run, Fender’s Pure Vintage ’61 pickup set is tough to top for the guitarist seeking the utmost tonal warmth and depth from their favorite Stratocaster.
Fender Pure Vintage ’61 Stratocaster Pickup Set Features:
- Voiced to replicate the tone, feel, and response of a vintage Stratocaster straight out of 1961
- Delivers warm, full lows, with a particularly present high-end chime that captures the Stratocaster in its early rosewood-fingerboard era
- Period-correct construction includes formvar-coated magnet wire, cloth wiring, a fiber bobbin, and staggered Alnico V pole pieces
- Wax potting helps eliminate microphonic feedback
