If you read the spec tab yes seems the same pickup except the "reverse wound", but in the description boxyou read: "....'57/'62 vintage-style single-coil pickups (reverse wound/reverse polarity middle pickup) ".
The same on international product guide in pdf and in US gatalogue 2009frontline_instore-domestic.
You can also read some user review on harmony-central and user say about '57/'62 pickup, so I think and hope pickup are '57/'62.
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Guido

Why not? Tons of people who buy Strats don't keep the stock pickups in there anyway. Fender doesn't really specialize in making pickups. Aftermarket companies like Dimarzio and Lindy Fralin and Seymour Duncan do and they have well deserved reputations for aftermarket replacement pickups for Strats.

I never play on stock pickups. For me they don't cut it.

Hello 357mag
With that words I means that I want to purchase an instrument with a good pickup to play it immediatly without change it because there are bad, The reason is bugdet ,otherwise my choice would be Vintage '57 reissue.
I don't tell that I never change pickup, but I would do it in tha future.
Yes there many producer for good pickup for Fender guitar , but also some original are good , infact on a recent David Gilmour signature there are two Fender and one DiMArzio on bridge,.
Gilmour on his '57 reissue fiesta red had a set of EMG .
All depends first by pesonal feel and music to play.
Bye
Guido

Guido,
Yes the Classic Player DOES have the American 57/62 pups in them. Looking at close-up pcitures of the Classic 50's, the pole pieces are not chamfered like they are on the Classic Player. So that should tell you that they are indeed not the same pickups. I will get some sound clips together for you so you can hear the POD.

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EGrier65 what do mean for "chamfered" ?
What are picture do you refer ?I see the original ,but I can't see the difference.
I have these doubt of pickup becasue there are a a little confision, becasuse in the desription you see 57/62, in spec tab no, in U.S. catalog 57/62 , in international european catalogue 57/62, in web catalog of italian importer no.
2 dealer tell me that thei don't know , they will ask to official importer then tell me answer.
they tell me not all model from U.S. are imported in Italy.
But there is only two models of Classic Player: Classic PLayer '50s and Classic Player '60s, so I think it's impossibile, fro me, that Fender make two version of the same model, one for U.S. and one for Europe.
Regard sample in mp3 I mean sample played with your LIne6 POD connected directly to PC sound card through XLR or jack to ear the sound .
I send you my mail by pm.
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Guido

It's not possible to send pm.
You send me an e-mail using function of forum.
Attention maybe you correct address with @ and .
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Guido

Guido,
What I mean by chamfered is the top edge of the pole pieces are angled and not squared off. See in the picture

http://www.premierguitar.com/Stream/Str ... _Type=full

And the classic player 50's do have American Vintage 57/62's in them.
The classic player 60's have custom shop 69's

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I see
But images I have see of guitar are not so clear to understand this difference, but in the product description of this site is wrote 57/62 pickups so I hope it's the same for Euopean products.
Cand you send me some photo of you guitar if you can at leisure mp3 sample of suond straight to pc through sound card or other ?
Bye
Guido

Here is a picture of my Classic Player stock 57/62 pickups. I would not think that Fender would change the design whether it is purchased in Europe or America. It is what it is.



Also I found a picture of the Classic Series pickups. Notice the pole pieces are squared off.



And here are the Gotoh locking tuners:



I will send you a sound sample in a day or so.

EGrier

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Peavey VT Classic 212
Vox AC30 Amplug

Very beautiful !!! Many many thanks !!!
If you ever come in Italy near Bologna send me a e-mail before , I should very pleasure too meet you.
Bye Guido