Fender Custom '69 Stratocaster Pickups

UPDATED 4/6/15: I've installed/uninstalled these into my G&L strat style guitar a couple of times. The first time I just wasn't used to not having a RWRP middle pickup. I didn't think I'd mind the HUM in every position... but I did and out they came within a couple of day's. Maybe 6 months later, I put them back in while I was doing some other upgrades. My main focus with my guitar is that although it sounded pretty dang good overall, it just never quite sounded like what I thought a strat should sound like. The stock pickups were just over 7 ohms and I found out the stock saddles and trem block were made out of zink (pot metal to me). I determined to make my guitar sound like a strat so I took the guitar apart, painted the inside of the cavity with shielding paint, installed vintage style saddles, steel trem block, vintage RAW trem springs, blocked the 2 point trem with a thin piece of mahogany, wired in the CS 69's and it was a huge difference. Shortly after I wired in a "Kinman" style treble bleed... and THAT brought everything together. My guitar NOW sounds as good as any strat I've ever heard. Before trying ANY new pickups, maybe try wiring in the Kinman treble bleed. It might get you where you want to go without changing pickups. That said, I'm very satisfied with the Fender CS 69's and all of the upgrades that I've done. Together, my guitar has a VERY vintage tone with GREAT note complexity. The only other upgrade I plan on doing is the Ilitch silent backplate system to remove most of the remaining 60 cycle hum. Do yourself a favor and try the Thomastik-Infeld "Blues Sliders" as well. BEST strings I've ever used!!!

If you want your classic Strat sound with lots of Clear bell chime sound this pickup is for you. If you want a warm hot sound look for something else. What good about this pickup is, if you put somekind of effects or distortion. You still don't lose those clear sounding of a strat. Down side is since all three pickups is the same in resistance point of view. You will find that the position 1 or bridge pickup will sound a little bit tiny and to bright. But if you can modify your strat to have seperate tone control on a bridge pickup that would be great. No reverse wound here so 60hz hum could bit an issue it depend on your setup. But I highly reccomend it to anybody who love classic rock and a little bit of rock and roll or blues player. Warning not for Metal heads and head banger alike.

Very vintage sounding. Perfect for Jimi, Gilmour. Cooler sound overall, lower output, woody bass that lets you hear sound of actual guitar more, brighter top end, more open. Prefer over stock Standard American pups, Texas, fat 50s, etc. Use a boost/conp and/or leave the grit to your amp/pedals, roll off some treble using tone knob on guitar or tone cut on amp to avoid prickly/ice pick treble, then play, enjoy. Note, not RWRP for middle pup, but who cares. Sounds like a strat in a record from 60s/70s if you dial it all in right.

According to the head of Fenders custom shop these are absolutely the finest Stratocaster pickups available

Bought these pickups because they are a better price on here than on the Fender website. I took my Strat to have them installed. I get a call from the installer saying that the middle pickup is defective. So I had to go through this whole situation of having the pickups taken out, then sending them back to Amazon for an exchange. Not a pleasant experience at all.

Bought these pickups expecting the vintage covers would fit my 96' American Strat. Much to my surprise the pickup magnets spacing is wider and covers don't fit. They also do not sell vintage covers so I soaked them in coffee worked great. I definitely noticed the difference from my 96 American Strat pickups, these are awesome. Also installed the Gilmour mod and can select a Tele sound, Brings back memories of the 70' s when I was in a band. SWEET!

I own an early 2000's Mexican strat. It's tone never impressed me and I always wanted to buy an American Strat. I decided to give these pickups a try instead of spending all the money for a new guitar. These pickups were just what I was looking for. I play mostly blues, classic rock and metal. These pickups improved the sound for all styles. Mostly helping the classic rock/blues sound. But even metal sounds much better than with the mexican pickups.I would recommend these pickups for anyone looking to upgrade their mexican strat or maybe even squier. My friend who also plays guitar was blown away when he heard the custom shop pickups and said it sounded like a completely different guitar.If you like Jimi Hendrix then buying these pickups and selecting the neck pickup should not disappoint you.

This will give you that classic beautiful fender chime we all know and love. You might want to warm it up with a slightly darker capacitor than the .022uf caps that come with Fender pots. Maybe a 33uf? Definitely patch your strat so the tone pot will work on the bridge as these can be too bright. Otherwise this is a very sweet sound and the middle is not reverse wound. They are all the same pickup's ala the 57/62's. This is the sound of Hendix at Woodstock. Not prime Hendrix from "Are you Experienced?". For that you will need '65 pickups which ring like a piano/bell. Good luck finding those.