Fender Custom Shop '69 Strat Pickup Set  

Had these pickups professional installed into a 1995  Mexican Stratocaster . MY start now sounds better than most American made Fenders.

Had the pickups professional installed. They sound awesome. They place where I had them installed was blown away by how good these pickups are.

Great tone. They made my Mexican Strat sound better than most American made Strats.

These pickups are not loud . Great mellow tone and bright tones. Great for all styles of music.

sounded worse then texas special

If you like thin sounds

mine weren't signed and dated and I don't think A Y did them.

After having tried many strat pups, these sound the most Stratish to  me. Note that I only used the neck and mid pup of this set (I used a  slightly hotter PU in the bridge), but they both sound great. I shielded  all of the electronics with copper tape, so there is very little noise  and I can actually sit near my computer when recording.

If you truly love Strats, you owe it to yourself to get a set of these.

Ad states these are Signed and Dated by Abby.Not so.I returned 1st set because of this and I was advised 2nd set would be signed.2nd set was same as 1st.Not signed or dated.I called and was told Fender no longer dates or signs these PUs.Ad online still advertises Signed and dated.I wanted these for and investment as I have a Masterbuilt Strat with Abbys in it..Now I'm stuck with These.

  These pickups feature Alnico (who knows what it means? ALuminum NIkel CObalt) magnets and grey bobbin material. I don't know how it makes these basic looking pickups sound awesome, but it does. The cloth wrapped single strand wire is very cool and "vintage" correct, too.

   As all Fender products are concerned, and this is from a dyed-in-the-wool Les Paul freak, quality is very high. I replaced another brand of "upgrade" pickups with the '69 strat set and  was wonderfully impressed with the new, real Fender sound these pickups provide.

  I would rate these a 10 at just a little smaller pricetag, but the sound they provide is excellent for the money. As stated above, other even higher cost pickup sets do not offer this level of tonal purity or true Fender twang and sass.

I'm very pleased overall with this purchase. Installation was fairly painless, with exception of getting the screws started in the waxy bobbin material, and easy instructions were included. Can't say enough how great these sound in my standard (Mexico) Strat without any other upgrades. It truly sounds like a guitar worth twice the price. Must stop typing to go play it now.