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Post subject: Differences between bridge and neck pickup of Fender strat?
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:50 am
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Are there any difference bridge against neck pickups of Fender mim? or Fender mia? As i know mid pickup is reverse but bridge and neck seem same to me. I measure both of them, they are same resistance.


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Post subject: Re: Differences between bridge and neck pickup of Fender str
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:05 am
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Most sets have identical output, it's the placement that makes them sound different.

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Post subject: Re: Differences between bridge and neck pickup of Fender str
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:13 am
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Fender Standard MIA from 1997 to 2012 had a hotter wound Bridge pickup compared to the neck pickup. Middle pickup was also a small bit hotter than the neck pickup. This was commonly referred to as a calibrated set.

Example: Neck 6.0k OHms Middle 6.4k Ohms Neck 7.4k Ohms. Doing this all the pickups could be set almost the same distance from the strings for a balanced volume output.


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Post subject: Re: Differences between bridge and neck pickup of Fender str
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 4:25 pm
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It makes sense that modern pickups are usually wired such that the bridge is hotter than the neck. The bridge pup is exposed to a much narrower path of string vibration simply by virtue of it being so much closer to the saddles, at which point the width of vibrational path is reduced to nil. The bridge pup is usually wound hotter in order to help maintain an overall balance in volume across all the pups without resorting to wild differences in pup height. That assumes all else being equal, of course.

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Post subject: Re: Differences between bridge and neck pickup of Fender str
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 4:40 pm
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It makes sense that modern pickups are usually wired such that the bridge is hotter than the neck. The bridge pup is exposed to a much narrower path of string vibration simply by virtue of it being so much closer to the saddles, at which point the width of vibrational path is reduced to nil. The bridge pup is usually wound hotter in order to help maintain an overall balance in volume across all the pups without resorting to wild differences in pup height. That assumes all else being equal, of course.

Makes sense to me.

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Post subject: Re: Differences between bridge and neck pickup of Fender str
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:16 am
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Yes I have noticed that, I like to put Fender Hot Rod Humbuckers in my Strats
When I do I like to use the Bridge single in the neck.

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