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Post subject: Re: Pickup Schmickups
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:26 am
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This is just guessing:
The Super Strats (whole instruments) sell for about the same as other MIM's, there doesn't seem to be much extra for that Super-attribute.
So, unless you're lucky and find someone who really needs a set of "Super Fat Super Strat" pickups, the price range is likely from Tex-Mex to Texas Specials of the same age. These pickups are rare, but not largely coveted.

One set sold on reverb.com in 2018 for 80$ plus shipping, other sales (elsewhere) a lot older.


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Post subject: Re: Pickup Schmickups
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:07 pm
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I missed this thread first time around.

What the hell? Where did the idea come from that the stagger meant a lefty couldn't use them? And why did people agree with that idea?

Jimi Hendrix.

Fender has done a bunch of Hendrix tribute models and they all have reverse stagger.

They sold them for a while. I've got a '68 Reverse Stagger in my Strat. Fabulous. I got it when Musician's Friend was blowing them out for $28 and figured it was worth a try. Wish I had bought a bunch. (By the time it arrived and I installed it, they were sold out.)

If you tried them and got tired of them, of course go ahead and sell them.

But if you've had them sitting in the Tex Mex box for the past four years, you really should try them.
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And since they've got the number molded in the bottom, those are plastic bobbins. Doesn't take a specialist or luck to adjust the stagger. The coil isn't wrapped directly on the poles like a vintage-style Fender pickup.

You can push them up or down to adjust the stagger. But since the magnets are different lengths, that's not the best way to do it. Push the magnets all the way out and stick them in different holes (swap E for E, A for B, and D for G).

Mark the bottoms with a Sharpie or something so you keep the magnetic polarity correct.

Most likely wax potted, so the poles won't want to budge at first. But when they break free they slide easily. So don't be intimidated when you first push. And be aware that when they they break free you have to relax the pressure or you can send them flying across the room.

(I flipped the magnets on the middle pickup of a set of MIM Classic pickups and then reversed the connections to make it RW/RP. I used a wood dowel to push them out. Didn't send any flying, but if someone wasn't expecting them to suddenly break loose I suspect it's possible.)


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Post subject: Re: Pickup Schmickups
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:06 am
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Afternoon all

I’m looking to sell these pickups as they are right handed and I don’t want to route my left handed guitar out.

Could someone give me an honest idea on valuation?

FENDER SUPER STRAT 0139400/9402 made in Mexico (1997-2004)

0053162000 Superstrat Neck Pickup
0053163000 Superstrat Middle Pickup
0053164000 Superstrat Bridge Pickup

Special hot wind made for this guitar only, should be 2 black screws on back
of neck and middle pickup but none on the bridge pickup.

Thanks in advance.


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