The Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickup Set gives you calibrated pickups constructed with hand-beveled, staggered Alnico V magnets and Formvar magnet wire. '50s Strat Pickups deliver enhanced bass response without the harsh midrange. The middle pickup is reverse wound/reverse polarity for hum canceling in positions 2 and 4. OEM on Custom Shop Fender Showmaster series Stratocaster guitars.
Hand-beveled, staggered Alnico V magnets Formvar magnet wire Reverse-wound middle pickupThe blues never sounded so sweet. Put these babies in the cart right now and revitalize your relationship with your guitar.
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The fat 50's are THE Holy grail. Once you put a set on one of your strats you'll be eagerly waiting for the next sale so you can buy more. I have 8 Strats, ranging from 60's through 2012 and these pickups smoke them all. All! The guitar with these on them has become the one I compare all of my other Strats to and I always go back to the Fat 50's.The bottom end is nice and fat but articulates well with no mud; the high end is stratty but is not brittle or thin like so many so-called "vintage" pups. They are responsive and nice and poppy like a good Strat should be. I am extremely fussy about my tone and have gone through a lot of pickups. These quench my thirst.
Blues, rock, country, the tone is laways spot on for what you need. David Gilmour has got nothing on these pups. Buy them. You will look back on it as one of the best decisions you ever made. You won't want to put the guitar down.
Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickup Set
.I own a 1959 Stratocaster with original pups and figured these would give me a similar sound in my Relic. They don't. They have an annoying upper midrange squawk, and my originals are fatter than these. I put an SSL-1 in the neck, an SSL-1 rev in the middle, and an SSL-3 in the bridge of my Relic, and guess what? It sounds better than my "59's.
Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickup Set
.I have a strat with Custom Shop 69 pickups and I love the sound. With my other strat I decided to try these to get a different, yet classic sound. These pickups gave me that and so much more. They can give me a clean blues tone and with overdrive they are simply amazing. Perfect for everything from Buddy Holly to Hendrix. I highly recommend these to anyone looking for that classic stratocaster sound.
Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickup Set
.These pickups sound so good!!! True blues they are just amazing with clean and with gain!! I also have the clapton tbx mid boost on my guitar which makes its even better!!! They are AMAZING.!!!!!!!! Good john mayer sound!!
Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickup Set
.I put these in a project surf guitar because I wanted that vintage 60's surf sound, and they really did the trick. All five pickup positions are clear, usable, and totally vintage.The Fender 54's and 69's are great too, but they didn't have that rich vintage sound I was looking for. These are great for rockabilly, twanging, blues, classic rock, and surf music, but I wouldn't spin them for hard rock and heavy metal is plain out.Plug these into a Fender Twin Reverb and prepare for a 40 year time warp.
Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickup Set
.You have to hear these pickups to believe them. The tones you can get in all five selector switch configurations is unreal. I put mine in a Made in Mexico Strat that had been set up by a technician (strings, action, etc.) to my specifications and the pickup height adjusted to vintage strat pickup specs and my budget axe sounds amazing. You can go from classic rock, gritty blues, and that wonderful clean strat tone with almost any amp and pedal. I don't think they can handle today's metalhead, but everything up until that point can be covered with these pickups and the proper rig. Don't believe the review below that reads these are a "fool's purchase" (that guy sounds too anal to play guitar, maybe he should try the cello). You are foolish if you pass these up. They can only make you (along with your personal touch) sound better. For God's sake, stop reading and buy them!!!
Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickup Set
.The discription that fender uses is exactly on when describing these pickups. I have three strats with Texas Specials in one, Delta Tones in the other, and the third has the Fat 50's. I love them all and each has a very specific sound. To compare the three, the Fat 50's are rounder sounding with clear classic bell tones...but not thin sounding like other vintage pickups. I use the word rounder as opposed to Texas Specials which have a higher midrange and are noticeably different. Delta Tones are similar in that they are rounder sounding, but they are also darker and not as clear and bell like as the Fat 50's. All have their qulities in whatever music you play. Texas Specials are the best for blues, Fat 50's are best for rock'n'roll, and the Delta Tones are more Modern/contemporary Rock. I think the Fat 50's could be my favorite of the three...but I recommend the others as well.
Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickup Set
.Fender Custom Shop Fat 50s pickups are tied for first place in my book. If you're looking for vintage Strat tone beefed up a bit, the two best sets are the CS Fat 50s and the CS 69s. I have tried all the Fender Custom Shop pickups and have to say these 2 kill. Texas Specials are great too but a bit too honky in the midrange. Custom 54s are a very accurate recreation of the early Strat tone (bell-like and chime but a bit on the thin side if you ask me).These Fat 50s just seem to hit the sweet spot tone wise. With hum cancelling in the 2 and 4 position I don't think there's anything not to like about this set. For the tone and vibe, the price is well worth it. I have owned many Strats over the years and my advice is to try these Fat 50s in whatever model of Strat you have. It'll sound better. Couldn't be happier!
Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickup Set
.These came with my 2014 American Standard Stratocaster.
Pure classic tone goodness.
From Norman Petty studio Buddy Holly tone through Hendrix and Dire Straits and everything in between.
If you want the tone that attracted you to the Stratocaster to begin with I recomend these pick ups without hesitation.
Fender hit it out of the park with these.
If your a Strat player do yourself a favor.
Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickup Set
.I swapped out my stock pickups in my 50s strat with these and from the first moment I played them I noticed my guitar is now a monster! It instantly gave my strat a new life, and it really does sound straight out of the 50s now. These things don't just bark... they bite! The only down side to these is the hum on single selections. I have a boss NS2 that I let a friend borrow a couple years back because I didn't need it, I'm gonna have to track him down now. If you want your strat to sound like a canon, get these... but be mindful, its more of a challenge to control your guitar with these; don't buy if your looking to hide your mistakes.
Fender Fat '50s Strat Pickup Set
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