FENDER PICKUPS LIBRARY

Fender has made pickups since the 50´s. but did not sell them individually until early 90s. If you are not fuzzy about boutique pickups, Fender's own does the job well

- Pure Vintage series are aiming for period correctness. similar bobbin, wire, magnets etc as the original pickups. Made in Ensenada Mexico
- Custom Shop series are machine wound in USA. Aiming to bring some of the hand-wound CS spec models for world wide retail at lower cost.
- The Standard series are machine wound in Ensenada. A mix of both full price and budget friendly pickups, and comes in various bobbin and wire materials.
- Noiseless: Fender used Lace Sensors back in the day. They eventually developed their own line and introduced the first model for sale in 1998
- Handwound Limited Retail: A small selection of Custom Shop handwound pickups that was released for sale in limited amount.

When looking for pickups, Inductance is equally important as ohm readings on a pickup. Higher inductance means heavier string pull. Also factor in magnets used in pickups. When you sum Ohm+Henry+Magnet together they give you a good indication to how vintage or how hot they will be. But not necessarily how they will sound. What type of wire wound has also a small affect for the sound of them. They are either Enamel or Formvar wire or the newer Polysol coated wires.

Magnets: Alnico 2: Second weakest - Alnico 3: weakest - Alnico 4: second strongest - Alnico 5: Strongest