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Post subject: CS 69 strat pickup polarity
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:35 pm
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Just checked the magnetic polarity on some Custom Shop 69 pickups. The poles are oriented north up. In contrast, original strat pickups from 69 are south up. Perhaps the polarity spec was changed to allow easier mixing and matching between various CS pickup models. :roll:


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Post subject: Re: CS 69 strat pickup polarity
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:58 pm
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Original Fender pickups were both ways.

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Post subject: Re: CS 69 strat pickup polarity
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:41 pm
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50s strats were north up. polarity changed to south up in 1960. the 69 pickups should be south up.

strat pickups were always wound clockwise; therefore, simultaneous use of north up and south up pickups would have caused noticeable phase issues.


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Post subject: Re: CS 69 strat pickup polarity
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:53 pm
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We've seen them both ways. Both 50's and 60's. Basses and guitars.
If you're saying they have ALWAYS been one way, you are not correct.

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Post subject: Re: CS 69 strat pickup polarity
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:22 pm
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Just talking about stratocaster pickups here, not basses or anything else. Not saying they were always one way. I'm saying that strat pickups were commonly north in the 50s. Then from about 1960 on, strat pickups were predominantly south. Original 69 strats that I've encountered have all measured south, so it seems strange to me that CS 69 strat pickups are measuring north.


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