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Fender Accesories 099-2114-000 Electric Guitar Part

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The thing that sets these pickups apart is that they produce the purest clean highs. If you want the fat Texas blues sound, these are not going to do it for you without a distortion pedal. On the other hand, if you want the "Little Wing" sound, these are for you. I like them because you have a choice. You can get a clean, classic Strat sound and still get a bluesy sound by adding a distortion pedal. Remember that Jimi Hendrix played current (at the time) brand new strats, so this is essentially the sound he started with to create his final sound.

By the way, the set that I got did not have a reverse wound middle pickup. That may have been a mistake on Fender's part, I don't know. I mention it in case it's important to you.

For some reason, they don't get as much attention as other Fender pickups, but I am extremely happy with them.

You want an authentic vintage Strat sound? don't look further, these are the pickups you need. If you want to re-create Hendrix, early Pink Floyd's sound, these are the right pickups. I installed it on a standard Strat, and god.. I had like a new instrument!! you want keep you guitar all your life and enjoy it at its best, get pickups that will age naturally, then this is for you.
Beware, these pickups are not warm like would be EMG or others, but you will keep that bright sound and a hear every note even with an moderate overdrive, your sound will have less overdrive than with standard pickups, but a lot brighter and like a Strat should sound like.
I'm delighted I bought these pickups, even at twice their price looking back, I would do it again !!

Bought these on a recommendation from my son the guitar expert. Absolutely everything he built them up to be! Great range and fantasic sound. Had an 80's American Strat Plus that had been somewhat cannibalized (all electrics were junk - modified, butchered, and otherwise trashed or missing) and this was the ticket to get a good sound built back into it. Recommend to anyone needing or wanting an upgrade to Strat pickups.

Installed these on my Mexican Standard Strat, easy install, I reused the stock screws instead of the ones supplied, worked great, sounds great in this basic box Strat. It's got the bright Pink Floyd sound now. Also found the best price on Amazon. better than the guitar supply houses !

...and now I can hear it with my own two ears! This is what a strat should sound like - according to me. Even the package screams HENDRIX!!! they can't call it that though; they'll get sued by the Hendrix estate. The other good ones I bought recently was the '57/'62s. They sound great too but a bit thin and boxy compared to these... which is good because you don't want the two guitars to clash in your mix. ok I'm rambling - buy it and enjoy the great tone! :)

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.

Excellent product! Not yet installed, but the vendor sent within specification and arrived in Brazil on schedule.
These pickups were what was missing in my 1969 Stratocaster.