Fender

Fender Vintage Noiseless Strat

Hot, warm and smooth.

Hotter than 67% of the 158 bridge Strat single-coils we have · estimated from resistance

  • Alnico 2 magnet: the softest pull: warm, round and forgiving

“They're actually designed by Bill Lawrence, and I really like his noiseless Strat pickups (they don't really sound vintage-y, but very clear and articulate)..”

No price published on Fender's own site

Specs

DC resistance
9.8k
Inductance
not measured
Magnet
Alnico 2
Coil
Hum-cancelling

high outputsoft & warmnoiseless

From Guitar Pickup Database ↗ (opens in a new tab), a compiled database — we haven't read these from the maker's own site. Traits come from these specs by stated rules.

Fits the bridge of a Stratocaster.

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What others say

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“They're actually designed by Bill Lawrence, and I really like his noiseless Strat pickups (they don't really sound vintage-y, but very clear and articulate)..”
ratherdashing · 2007-01-19Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)

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