ed84246
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Does anyone have specs or any other info on pickups in a classic vibe 70s strat HSS?
Pickup info for 70s classic vibe strat
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some info is here:
DougMen
Dr. Squier
They're alnico 5, and I can't tell you much about the HB, but, on my SSS one, the DCR reads 5.79k on the neck, and 6.23k on the middle. I'm sure the HSS has the same 2 pickups in the neck and middle. They really nail the vintage Strat tone, even more so than many more expensive pickups that I've tried.
Reverend Bow
Squier-Meister
Not the HSS, but here are the SSS ones from my CV70
And the soda looking spills on the back pickguard were factory installed
And the soda looking spills on the back pickguard were factory installed
I like the standard alnico pups on my new CV 60's SSS and this thread made me curious, so I busted out my multimeter. It's been a while. One fresh 9V battery later, it measures 5.68k neck, 6.11k middle, (6.35k bridge) using the output cable's plug.
Reverend Bow
Squier-Meister
I can check these tonight. The entire setup was removed as an assembly from the stock pickguard
DougMen
Dr. Squier
That's within 2% of mine, which is quite impressive that they match that closely on an inexpensive imported alnico pickup.
DougMen
Dr. Squier
Did you buy it from the Stratosphere? Wait, I think I may have misunderstood.
True. This thing amazes me. Digging the classic vibe I'm feeling when I play this Classic Vibe. Made of real wood that works, whatever the type they used. Feels good. Looks good. Nice finish. Holds tune. Sounds good, like a Strat, as you mentioned. No noise. Some fret sprout that needed to be addressed and dressed, but nothing crazy. $223.90 total out of pocket. I saved $600 from what I've been considering for my 2022 gift all year, and there's no high priced buyers remorse or manhood shrinkage worry that would come from owning a signature PRS SE. Plus it's a Fender product. I'm really pleased. Great pickups. Likely the same as the 70's CV single coils, so I'd be cool with that but I'm not a fan of 70's headstock. Subjective opinion. But the pups sound really good to me.
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DougMen
Dr. Squier
On the 1st gen. CV Strats, the 50s one has A3 Tonerider style ones, and the CV 60s had A5 Tonerider style ones (there was no 70s one, there was a VM 70s, but not a CV 70s one), but the new CV 50s, 60s, and 70s Strats all have the same A5 pickups.
I really wanted the LPB 60s one, but my local Fender dealer, that used to order a guitar for me if they didn't have it in stock, told me they had no plans to bring in the LPB one, and didn't offer to order it for me. So, I got the black SSS 70s one that they did have, since it played and sounded great, and they gave me a good deal on it. If they had gotten the LPB one I would have bought it too, so it's their loss.
65refinyellow
Squier-holic
So I have a MIM Classic Series 50s strat and it has been said these are not 50’s-spec pickups like everything else on the guitar. I heard they’re like early 1960s strat pickups because of the non beveled edge which was a 60s pre CBS thing!
Not that this is “bad” but Fender Mexico according to Anderton’s cut corners and made all the Classic Series, 50s-70s, simply have a ‘62 type strat pickup.
I love the ‘62 strat the most, but come on.
Reverend Bow
Squier-Meister
Nope, new from Sweetwater...on the Labor Day Sale, it is the one in my Avatar
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I was curious, but wasnt going to ask.
Thanks for clarifying.
It's like you read my mind.
DougMen
Dr. Squier
That's why I said that I thought I misunderstood, because i remembered that you had changed the neck and pickups on your CV 70s Strat.
DougMen
Dr. Squier
Looks like solder flux splashes to me.
Lab sample indicates it's a mixture of soy sauce and saliva.
Expert hypothesis:
To meet production numbers the assembly technician was working during his lunch break, soldering. When suddenly a piece of pepper tickled his nose. Unable to put down the hot soldering iron quickly enough to free his hands to cover his face, he sneezed spraying the back of the pickguard with snotty soy spit.
Or
Actually yeah. You're right, does look like flux.
lol
Reverend Bow
Squier-Meister
It didn't taste like soy sauce, cola, or Flux...Lab sample indicates it's a mixture of soy sauce and saliva.
Expert hypothesis:
To meet production numbers the assembly technician was working during his lunch break, soldering. When suddenly a piece of pepper tickled his nose. Unable to put down the hot soldering iron quickly enough to free his hands to cover his face, he sneezed spraying the back of the pickguard with snotty soy spit.
Or
Actually yeah. You're right, does look like flux.
couldn't pick it off with my finger nail, decided not worry about it
In that case it's probably just some "tone sauce". Judging by the amber tint its "Vintage" flavor, because Classic Vibe.It didn't taste like soy sauce, cola, or Flux...
couldn't pick it off with my finger nail, decided not worry about it
Reverend Bow
Squier-Meister
Haha!"Tone Sauce" definitely sounds better then...
"Cream of someyoungguy"...
"Sumyung gai"
