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Sorted- Covered humbucker for bridge, nickel or chrome . Budget of £50

TheModieselTheModiesel Frets: 55
edited April 2021 in Parts £
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 13312
    edited March 2021
    First things first. 

    1) What pickup polepiece spacing will match your Fender MIM Standard Stratocaster bridge?

    2) How deep is your bridge position pickup cavity? Are there deeper areas to accommodate the long baseplate height adjustment screw lugs of a vintage-correct humbucker?

    3) Do you require a vintage output humbucker for a reasonable output balance with your single coils?

    4) Do you require a high output humbucker with 4-conductor + shield output cable so that it can be coil split in order to balance with the single coils?



    EDIT: According to the Fender website, the current Standard Stratocaster HSS features a humbucker loaded with an Alnico 2 bar magnet. (Shades of Slash and/or Billy Gibbons.) Thus, the pickup could be coaxed into sounding louder and brighter by changing to another bar magnet of a different Alnico formulation. e.g. A5 or UOA5. 

    Similarly, the stock humbucker could be made to sound more "vintage" by changing to A4.
    Be seeing you.
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