Cool Pickup Fact Sheet from Seymour:

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Kent S. was kind enough to send me this and I thought I should share it with you all. It's based on research Seymour did on Fender single coils:

1954 to 1967 Fender Stratocaster Pickup Specs...
Year Ohms Wire OD Insulation Turns WD MP Wound
1954 5.76k .0030" Formvar 7956 TL/TG North Hand
1955 5.89k .0029" Formvar 7844 TL/TG North Hand
1956 5.98k .0029" Formvar 8012 TL/TG North Hand
1957 6.02k .0029" Formvar 8105 TL/TG North Hand
1958 6.20k .0028" Formvar 8350 TL/TG North Hand
1959 5.95k .0030" Formvar 7925 TL/TG North Hand
1960 6.33k .0028" Formvar 8293 TL/TG South Hand
1961 6.19k .0029" Formvar 8119 TL/TG South Hand
1962 6.22k .0028" Formvar 8220 TL/TG South Hand
1963 6.37k .0028" Formvar 8319 TL/TG South Hand
1964 6.25k .002 Formvar/Enamel 7980 TL/TG South Hand
January 4, 1965, CBS bought Fender Musical Instruments.
1965 5.80k .0026" Plain Enamel 7626 TL/TG South Machine
1966 5.76k .0026" Plain Enamel 7630 TL/TG South Machine
1967 5.88k .0027" Plain Enamel 7656 TL/TG South Machine


Fender Pickup Specs by Model
Model Wire Gauge Insulation Avg. Turns
1000 Pedal Steel 42 Formvar 8000
400 Pedal Steel 42 Formvar 8000
5 String Bass 42 Plain Enamel 12,000
Bass VI 42 Formvar 8550
Deluxe 6 LapSteel 42 Formvar 8350
Deluxe 8 LapSteel 42 Formvar 8550
Dual 6 Steel 42 Formvar 8350
DuoSonic 42 Formvar 8350
Electric 12 42 Plain Enamel 12,500
Electric Mandolin 42 Formvar 8000
Jaguar 42 Formvar 8550
Jazz Bass 42 Formvar 9000
JazzMaster 42 Formvar 8500
Mustang 42 Formvar 7600
Precision Bass 42 Formvar 10,000
Stratocaster 42 Formvar 8350
Telecaster (lead pup) 42 Formvar 8000
Telecaster (neck pup) 43 Formvar 8000
 
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Hmmm....that didn't print very well. Let's try it this way:
 
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the resistance is less than I would have thought for the early ones, but I wonder what those early coils look like
 
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Curly said:
the resistance is less than I would have thought for the early ones, but I wonder what those early coils look like
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Bulging in the middle. Hand wound. The pickups from my '54 Tele and '63 Strat do not look like fishing line or thread neatly wound around a spool. Lew
 
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that is probably more than i need to know but still useful. thanks for posting this lew
 
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Lewguitar said:
Bulging in the middle. Hand wound. The pickups from my '54 Tele and '63 Strat do not look like fishing line or thread neatly wound around a spool. Lew
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I'm a '53 model. I'm bulging in the middle too. :laugh2:

Thanks for the info Lew. ;)
 
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Lewguitar said:
Bulging in the middle. Hand wound.
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yes, I thought the coils were pretty fat, and we know that everything affects the tone in some way
 
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GREAT info Lew! So now we just need to find out which configurations he based which pups off of. An example being the SSL1 is tonally closest to a 55 or the APS coil winding is most similiar to a 60. That would be oh so cool!
Of course it might be that each pup is a compromise of the best characteristics of a particular SET of years.

Luke
 
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Thanks lew...Very interesting read and more info for me to archive....

Artie...You cracked me up buddy! LOL
 
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Lewguitar said:
Kent S. was kind enough to send me this and I thought I should share it with you all. It's based on research Seymour did on Fender single coils:

1954 to 1967 Fender Stratocaster Pickup Specs...
Year Ohms Wire OD Insulation Turns WD MP Wound
1954 5.76k .0030" Formvar 7956 TL/TG North Hand
1955 5.89k .0029" Formvar 7844 TL/TG North Hand
1956 5.98k .0029" Formvar 8012 TL/TG North Hand
1957 6.02k .0029" Formvar 8105 TL/TG North Hand
1958 6.20k .0028" Formvar 8350 TL/TG North Hand
1959 5.95k .0030" Formvar 7925 TL/TG North Hand
1960 6.33k .0028" Formvar 8293 TL/TG South Hand
1961 6.19k .0029" Formvar 8119 TL/TG South Hand
1962 6.22k .0028" Formvar 8220 TL/TG South Hand
1963 6.37k .0028" Formvar 8319 TL/TG South Hand
1964 6.25k .002 Formvar/Enamel 7980 TL/TG South Hand
January 4, 1965, CBS bought Fender Musical Instruments.
1965 5.80k .0026" Plain Enamel 7626 TL/TG South Machine
1966 5.76k .0026" Plain Enamel 7630 TL/TG South Machine
1967 5.88k .0027" Plain Enamel 7656 TL/TG South Machine
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If Jimi Hendrix was playing '67 Strats he was using some pretty weak pickups!

This also might explain why Eric Johnson changed the pickups in his '54 and why I was always a little disappointed in the output and tone of my '54 Strat and liked my '57 Strat alot more but the one I've kept all these years is my '63!

Also, SRV's Strat was a '63 and '63 seems to have the best chance of having fairly strong but vintage style pickups with Formvar coating.

To me this list verifies what some of us heard all along: 50's Strats have weaker pickups than early 60's Strats and Fender/CBS Strats from '65 on have weaker pickups than those from '64 or before.

Lew
 
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But waitaminnit... Aren't these just ONE example from each year? How can you extrapolate that YOUR '54 is the same as the one SD tested? After all, there WERE hand wound!
 
Re: Cool Pickup Fact Sheet from Seymour:

Lew, really cool information. I'm not all that much of a classic Fender guy, but it was an interesting read anyway. :)

The other attachment you attached still wasn't lined up correctly, so I did that.
 
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