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Post subject: Please help me identify these Strat CS Pickups!
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:09 am
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I recently bought a set of Strat PUs that are supposedly taken from a 2009 CS 60s Relic Strat.
The resistance readings are:
Neck 6.3 kOhm
Middle 6.2
Bridge 6.4
Here are some photos:
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I compared them to photos from CS60s pickups I found on the net.
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These don't have a reversed middle PU, the resistance is lower, and the magnets look a bit different. (More beleveled)
Also, they don't have the color dots (red, blue) on the bridge and middle PU.
The wire looks the same.
There was a limited 2009 CS 60s model that had a reversed middle PU:
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From the photos they look more like the Texas Specials, but the output would be higher for these, right?
So, does anybody know more about 60s style CS Pickups?

Thanks for any help!


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Post subject: Re: Please help me identify these Strat CS Pickups!
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:47 am
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Those are custom made for that model of Custom Shop guitar build. Fender does not sell them separate. Typical 60's pickups, with the exception of the RW Middle. The yellow wire on the Middle indicates a RW pickup.


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Post subject: Re: Please help me identify these Strat CS Pickups!
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:45 pm
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Thanks, I just thought CS60s had lower output values, between 5.8 and 6k.
Also the magnets look different on most photos on the net....


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Post subject: Re: Please help me identify these Strat CS Pickups!
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 5:47 pm
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Yes, I hear you on those. It does seem a little hotter. But the tolerances are somewhere in the range of +-10%.

I have a 2008 set of regular AM pickups that measure. 5.8, 5.7, 7.3, all within range of the tolerances, go figure.


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Post subject: Re: Please help me identify these Strat CS Pickups!
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:08 pm
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Yes, I guess not all CS60s are exactly the same...I think the CS69 also differ quite a bit.

Here you can see a CS65 set where the bridge is way low:
http://areyouexperienced.net/fender_custom_65_pickups.html

Thanks everybody for your input!


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Post subject: Re: Please help me identify these Strat CS Pickups!
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:24 am
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Quote:
Fender does not sell them separate.


+1

There's a good place to find OEM SPAs: eBay.


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Post subject: Re: Please help me identify these Strat CS Pickups!
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:09 am
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Here are a few more photos, I took the m out so you can see the wire....

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Post subject: Re: Please help me identify these Strat CS Pickups!
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:55 pm
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These are definitely Fat 50s. The blue/red dot in the underside and the missing bevel on the Magnets indicate this. I had exactly the same set in a Strat i sold this week.


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Post subject: Re: Please help me identify these Strat CS Pickups!
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:52 am
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I don't know, somebody over on Strat talk said, the winding pattern is xdifferent from the Fat50s.....


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Post subject: Re: Please help me identify these Strat CS Pickups!
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 1:20 am
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thereverend wrote:
I don't know, somebody over on Strat talk said, the winding pattern is xdifferent from the Fat50s.....



not true IMO. Fat 50s. The DC resistances you measured were the same on mine.


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Post subject: Re: Please help me identify these Strat CS Pickups!
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 3:32 pm
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What, you can see the winding pattern on those pickups? Winding pattern tells you how loose/random the coil wind is.

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Post subject: Re: Please help me identify these Strat CS Pickups!
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 8:48 pm
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bg1967 wrote:
These are definitely Fat 50s. The blue/red dot in the underside and the missing bevel on the Magnets indicate this. I had exactly the same set in a Strat i sold this week.



Yes. Without question, those are Fat 50s.

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Post subject: Re: Please help me identify these Strat CS Pickups!
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 11:54 pm
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I've come to the conclusion, that these must be from the 2009 LTD 1964 relic Strat, not the 60 relic.
These featured 'Master design overwound Fat 50s', so that would explain specs of the PUs.
Thanks for your comments!


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