Fender

Fender Vintage Noiseless Strat

Hot, warm and smooth.

Hotter than 78% of the 148 middle 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)..”
ratherdashing on Seymour Duncan forum ↗

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 middle of a Stratocaster or HSS Strat.

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Each score is how close a pickup is on measured specs, out of 100. The meter shows how many of those specs we could compare; a grey score means few could be. Filters cover the top 40. How scoring works

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83 match
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low confidence
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DiMarzio Virtual Vintage Heavy Blues 2
Strat single-coil
79 match
lower output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
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DiMarzio Virtual Vintage 54 Pro
Strat single-coil
77 match
lower output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
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Fender Gen 4 Noiseless Strat
middle Strat single-coil
73 match
Alnico V magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
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DiMarzio Area 61
Strat single-coil
72 match
lower output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
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DiMarzio Area 58
Strat single-coil
71 match
lower output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
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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 ↗

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