Fender gets sexy right

[larryguitar]

Are those single coil or humbuckers? I know nothing about gold foil pickups...are they a brand or a style? General sound?

For the record, that Jazzmaster is the first one I've ever seen that I actually want, hence the questions.


Larry

[GuitarStv]

the look or something else? i like the look in some cases

I've never warmed up to the look.

[Securb]

Are those single coil or humbuckers? I know nothing about gold foil pickups...are they a brand or a style? General sound?

They are Fender-branded humbuckers, but I imagine someone else is making them for Fender, seeing this is a limited run. Gold foils were mainly in student guitars or imports in the 60's and had a garage rock, surf, tone to them. They were also used a lot in blues also. They do not have a traditional tone. They are very lo-fi but very desirable for a lot of different styles and tones.

While the two electrics come fitted with Gold Foil mini-humbuckers – along with their own range of model-specific controls – the Jazz Bass offers a Gold Foil single-coil, which is at the mercy of master volume and tone knobs.

[jeremy]

gold foil pups are a catch phrase these days that has everything to do with look, and little to do with whats under the cover. the original 50s models were bright and very low output, typically a bar magnet adjacent to the coil, with either pole pieces or a steel bar bringing the magnetism to the coil. weird and cheap to produce design but it does have a certain tone to it. modern ones can be almost anything as long as they have the gold foil look

[Mincer]

gold foil pups are a catch phrase these days that has everything to do with look, and little to do with whats under the cover. the original 50s models were bright and very low output, typically a bar magnet adjacent to the coil, with either pole pieces or a steel bar bringing the magnetism to the coil. weird and cheap to produce design but it does have a certain tone to it. modern ones can be almost anything as long as they have the gold foil look

I am going by what they were traditionally. Like lipstick pickups, it was more about the look than the tone. You are right though, these days, it can be anything, but it does limit what you can replace them with if you don't like them.

[GuitarStv]

gold foil pups are a catch phrase these days that has everything to do with look, and little to do with whats under the cover. the original 50s models were bright and very low output, typically a bar magnet adjacent to the coil, with either pole pieces or a steel bar bringing the magnetism to the coil. weird and cheap to produce design but it does have a certain tone to it. modern ones can be almost anything as long as they have the gold foil look

The ones that I've seen used that weird rubber magnet stuff (like what lace sensors use) instead of a typical bar magnet.

[jeremy]

rubberized ceramic