Non- Staggered Fender single coil pickups.

[Dex Leroix]

Hey all,
A friend of mine, AND myself, have late 90's American Strats that have non-staggered pickups.
Did they come this way stock or have the poles been adjusted on these ?

[Mincer]

The 2 90s Strats I played a lot had flat poles. I prefer those.

[Dex Leroix]

The guy on this site says there is no such thing. If they're flat, they were altered. I gave him numerous examples to the contrary and he still says they dont exist. At least not that way stock. Gombrelli Guitars USA - Stratocaster Design Then again, he also says the pre-Fat 50's staggered pickups were the same as Tex-Mex . OK LOL

[strattyguy]

Hey all,
A friend of mine, AND myself, have late 90's American Strats that have non-staggered pickups.
Did they come this way stock or have the poles been adjusted on these ?

My '98, '04, and '05 MIM fender strats all came with staggered poles.

[AlexR]

Look under the pickups. If they were staggered then they will show this on the underside now if if they've been pushed flat on the top.

[TennBlues]

Your strat came that way. Fender Delta Tone pickups were the standard pickups in the made in America standard strats in the 1990’s.