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Post subject: Fender Tele Noiseless PUPs Variations
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:44 pm
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Curious, what's the difference between earlier Noiseless Tele PUPs (like I have in my '98 American Deluxe), and later SCN and now N3 versions? Which current model is closest to mine?

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Post subject: Re: Fender Tele Noiseless PUPs Variations
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:37 pm
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Curious, what's the difference between earlier Noiseless Tele PUPs (like I have in my '98 American Deluxe), and later SCN and now N3 versions? Which current model is closest to mine?

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From an audible point of view, nothing really monumental. The N3s have a touch more mids and lows than the other two.

The VN and N3 pickups use Alnico magnets. The SCNs are principally a Bill Lawrence design using ceramic magnets. Consequently, the N3s are closest to yours.

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Post subject: Re: Fender Tele Noiseless PUPs Variations
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:59 am
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The SCNs employed samarium cobalt alloy for their magnets.

Of course there's an overwound version of the VNs sporting ceramic magnets. These pickups were designed exclusively for Jeff Beck though they made their first debuts with the first American Deluxes in 1998.

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