I think the Fat 50's are some of the very best Strat pickups. When I want cleans I go for these. When I want really high gain; the Hot Noiseless fit the bill.
Sergi Yo once you listen to and play enough pickups you’ll find there are a lot of different single coil pickups that can sound quite different. I think Craiger is saying that this is the sound in his head that he thinks of as being a classic Strat tone.
if you dont like the staggered poles just push them down. they are only set in wax. in fact, push from the back to raise and arc them to match the string radius so your volume is equal on all strings.
I like them better with non-staggered pole pieces, like the ones in the Edge Signature Strat. As Fender doesn't sell them separately, I ordered a custom set from leosounds. With a special bridge pickup with coil tapping: First half gives a vintage tone, like the other pickups, then the rest of the coil is filled with thinner wire, which gives nearly the resistance of a DiMarzio FS-1 (which is in the bridge position of the Edge Strat). So I can switch between a vintage tone and a modern tone on the bridge pickup. Add a series/parallel switch for positions 2 and 4, and a switchable mid boost with a gain pot, a master volume and master tone. Extremely versatile, but very easy to use. I used three pushbutton switches (inspired by the Elite Strat from 1983), next to the 5-way switch (a 4p5t super switch), a configuration that I'd really like to see in a production guitar.
I have these in my American Strat and at first I hated them. But, after listening to some videos and playing around with them, yeah very smooth and predictable! Plus, I like seeing the two post bridge on this Strat, helps it sing!
My Warmoth strat with custom made fat 50s with non-staggered pole pieces + my DIY vibro champ clone with 10" Eminence Legend 1028P blue frame speaker SUPER DUPER Heaven ;-)
Sure for 2012, Fender did install A Custom Shop Twisted pickup in the Tele American Standard. Not sure about the Strats. I was going to install A Humbucker in my 2012 Tele, seen A Custom shop there and didn’t hack. Left it Alone and it Sounds good. I just knew it had highs galore. Different.
The one I’m playing has the 9 and a quarter radius (I could be slightly off but it’s the flatter radius) and has the fat 50s. Sounds great and it came from fender that way. I’m sure it has some affect and would maybe be optimized if the radius were matching but it’s probably minimal.
I do Love these Old School Pickups. I put SCN’s. In A old Mexico Strat and Wow. Just Saying The SCN’s. are. Great pickup to fresh’in any Tele or Strat. Fender has done Good and Made the SCN’s. So warm. I do Love the old Tone Too. Fender Guitars is about Tone. I really Like the SCN’s. But they don’t hold the fat tone on the bottom end.
I have these in a FSR Strat and they aren't stellar but more average.The neck and middle are good enough but the bridge is a little anemic.I was expecting more beef in the bridge.It's still a fine guitar.
Can anyone play an electric guitar without using distortion. I just want to hear these pickups clean like they used back in the 50's maybe with a little delay or slapback.
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What 😂 you don’t like the pedal so you wouldn’t buy the pups haha. Breh thag makes zero sense. If you’re relying on a pedal to alter the tonal qualities of the pickup to decide if you like the pickup, then don’t change your pickups because your ears can’t tell the difference.
Ok good people, here's the story and the word for any set of pu's.... it's a marriage. A 50/50 marriage between the pu's and the amp!!! Now, if you throw in a few pedals, then guess what, that marriage has been compromised to a less than a 50/50 ratio. What to do, what to do?? For purists, no pedals, NONE! Any other, it's all subjective to one's ears. So there you have it, welcome to Hollywood cheesecakes...
what's hollywood cheesecakes? is that your puritan guitar cult where pickups and amps get married and vow to never commit the sin of plugging in to effects pedals? can i join?
My 2014 strat came with Fat 50s. They’re really uneven and don’t work well with each other as a set. You’d have to pair them with brighter pickups like Tex-Mex or 69 Pickups for middle and bridge. And possibly Seymour Duncan for the bridge cuz Fender bridge pickups suck ass
So, to even out the Fat 50s, you're gonna put Tex-Mex in the middle & neck, and a Seymour Duncan, like maybe a Pearly Gates humbucker at the bridge? I like your thinking, but when you're all done, just send the Fat 50s (and that Tex-Mex bridge pickup) over to me for proper disposal.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver it's def not what a traditional strat sounds like, despite the name, these are very untraditional pickups. it's just these pickups are VERY consistent and unusual. incredible balance, unlike most strat pickups that have normal strat quirks, but they sound a little weird when alone- a little bit much of the low midrange compared to other single coils, making them sound like a weird hybrid b/w single coils and hum buckers, if that makes any sense. putting them in a band context helps, as they cut through mixes very well, and sound killer on the middle position. you'd have to play them to realize just how unique they are, but they sound fantastic, despite the video failing to prove that, making them seem muddy. sorry for the world salad, just wanted to let people know a little about the pickup if they choose to look at the replies of this :)
They do that so we can see how it sounds with a range of different tones bruh. I'm looking at different pickups and seeing how they handle clean as well as distortion
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I think the Fat 50's are some of the very best Strat pickups. When I want cleans I go for these. When I want really high gain; the Hot Noiseless fit the bill.
Thanks
Wow, these have the sound I imagine when I think of a Strat.
That's mostly because it is a strat.
Sergi Yo once you listen to and play enough pickups you’ll find there are a lot of different single coil pickups that can sound quite different. I think Craiger is saying that this is the sound in his head that he thinks of as being a classic Strat tone.
@@VintageRadius Sergi knows. He's just being a smartass for the sake of it.
Custom 54 is better dummies
Instablaster...
if you dont like the staggered poles just push them down. they are only set in wax. in fact, push from the back to raise and arc them to match the string radius so your volume is equal on all strings.
Dont mess with this vintage PU with viber bobbin.. push the pole my fat50 neck and cs69 midle ..now i have dead pickupa
Stock pickups in american standard 2012-2016
Superior to the American professional and elite lines that replaced them as well IMO.
My favorite are the ones that came in my American pro Strat last year. Since’99. But of the videos you put out today, I like these the most.
Thank you for creating these comparison videos. I absolutely love fat 50's.
I'm adding these to a Warmoth strat body (alder with flame maple top) and a made-in-Mexico maple/maple Fender neck. Can't wait to hear how it sounds.
Strats have a unique joy to their sound
Just ordered mine today, can’t wait to get them and put them on! 🎸
I have this pickups on my ‘16 American Strat! Love em!
Same
Ditto, my 2014 60th anniversary Strat came with them. Never heard of them before.....absolutely LOVE ‘em!
I like them better with non-staggered pole pieces, like the ones in the Edge Signature Strat. As Fender doesn't sell them separately, I ordered a custom set from leosounds. With a special bridge pickup with coil tapping: First half gives a vintage tone, like the other pickups, then the rest of the coil is filled with thinner wire, which gives nearly the resistance of a DiMarzio FS-1 (which is in the bridge position of the Edge Strat). So I can switch between a vintage tone and a modern tone on the bridge pickup. Add a series/parallel switch for positions 2 and 4, and a switchable mid boost with a gain pot, a master volume and master tone. Extremely versatile, but very easy to use. I used three pushbutton switches (inspired by the Elite Strat from 1983), next to the 5-way switch (a 4p5t super switch), a configuration that I'd really like to see in a production guitar.
I have these in my American Strat and at first I hated them. But, after listening to some videos and playing around with them, yeah very smooth and predictable! Plus, I like seeing the two post bridge on this Strat, helps it sing!
why did you hate them? I find them very smooth and not ice picky
Yeah, at first these were hard to work with. But I really love them. They’re very unique and touch sensitive in my opinion
They are predicable generic and bland. However with the right player, they can be amazing and in some ways the best
I just ordered a Custom Shop. I will have these in the neck and middle, and a Texas special in the bridge.
I added these to my Strat, great sounding pickups!
I think my standard strat 2012 has quite similar sound and look the same. It's nice enough.
2012-2016 have this mics😉
Same pickups. I have a 2012 Am Std Strat too.
john oliver's theme song toward the end there
Why don’t people play some ‘50s music when demoing these pickups?
they dont know how...and 50s music is very difficult you need touch and soul
What is the height of this pickups? Bcz it's not the standard pickup setup, and for this pickups, this setup is better then the standard... Thank you!
I need to know the height I have a rose wood neck and I try to use as many different styles as I can
I'm sure .they are 8/64 bass side 6/64 treble side
My strat whit fat 50 pickup + my fender vibro champ 1972
Heaven
My Warmoth strat with custom made fat 50s with non-staggered pole pieces + my DIY vibro champ clone with 10" Eminence Legend 1028P blue frame speaker
SUPER DUPER Heaven ;-)
@@mrbaiser4133 👍
I would love to hear that please make a video
I really like my 57 / 62s so ive got to check these
I have the 2014 50s custom shop..along with the the fender Pro junior . Together ❤ there a thing of beauty.
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they are
Sure for 2012, Fender did install A Custom Shop Twisted pickup in the Tele American Standard. Not sure about the Strats. I was going to install A Humbucker in my 2012 Tele, seen A Custom shop there and didn’t hack. Left it Alone and it Sounds good. I just knew it had highs galore. Different.
@Fender What radius does this guitar have?
I ask because the Fat 50s have staggered poll pieces originally designed for a 7.25 inch radius.
The one I’m playing has the 9 and a quarter radius (I could be slightly off but it’s the flatter radius) and has the fat 50s. Sounds great and it came from fender that way. I’m sure it has some affect and would maybe be optimized if the radius were matching but it’s probably minimal.
Please do a video of the fat 60s too.
Are these the same pickups in the 50s Vintera Strat?
Nope, but there is a limited run player series right now with these pickups and a roasted maple neck. Comes in sonic blue too👌
Same as the vintera 50s strat Modified.
SOUND GOOD ! I`m going to buy this pickups !
Well That Sounds Great for Sure 🎸🎻🎸
What about the rest of the custom shop pickups and the pure vintage pickups ?
I don’t know I can’t afford them😎🤷🏻♂️
So are you get very similar from 50s vintera modified plus extra pick up como choise with s1 switch 🤔 😅😅😅
I do Love these Old School Pickups. I put SCN’s. In A old Mexico Strat and Wow. Just Saying The SCN’s. are. Great pickup to fresh’in any Tele or Strat. Fender has done Good and Made the SCN’s. So warm. I do Love the old Tone Too. Fender Guitars is about Tone. I really Like the SCN’s. But they don’t hold the fat tone on the bottom end.
I have these in a FSR Strat and they aren't stellar but more average.The neck and middle are good enough but the bridge is a little anemic.I was expecting more beef in the bridge.It's still a fine guitar.
For rythym guitarist i like to use the 4rth position
I’m not sure if I’d want these or the pure vintage 59 set for my 60s classic vibe from either 2010-11 that I had refinished in nitro any suggestions?
The 59’s are rounder and more of a vintage tone compared to the fat 50’s.
@@Hillelfan02 oh ok I’m trying to decide on since there’s tons of diff choices out there
@@flatmatt123 do you want a vintage strat sound or a more modern sound?
@@Hillelfan02 somewhere in the middle hah I’m looking at bare knuckle 63 veneer board set but considering other options
@@flatmatt123 SSL-1s I recommend
Are fat 50s pickups and American standard pickups the same thing?
nope, but fender did use these pickups in some of their american standard models in the 2000s and 2010s
Love my Fat 50s
l prefer the 50 alnico 3
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Can anyone play an electric guitar without using distortion. I just want to hear these pickups clean like they used back in the 50's maybe with a little delay or slapback.
He did play clean
Just give me Texas Specials.
Sound like classic rock N roll on bridge pickup with drive
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EXCELENTE, NO NECESITAS NI DE TATUAJES, NI DE USAR LAS UÑAS DE PERRA, NI DE VESTIR DE FORMA INMORAL, NI DE FUMAR COCAINA COMO JIMMY HENDRIX, PARA SER EL MEJOR DEALER FENDER Y EL MEJOR GUITARRISTA
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why does he kinds of look like leonard from the big bang theory with a shaved head
Very fizzy! Almost toneless.
KRAZEEIZATION like your soul?
clown...
KRAZEEIZATION like your mom?
Moms in heaven
@@KRAZEEIZATION sorry to hear that
i love your playing but that is the lamest distortion pedal i have ever heard!...does not make me want those pups!
What 😂 you don’t like the pedal so you wouldn’t buy the pups haha. Breh thag makes zero sense. If you’re relying on a pedal to alter the tonal qualities of the pickup to decide if you like the pickup, then don’t change your pickups because your ears can’t tell the difference.
Kada se magneti probaju, Onda se efekti ne koriste.
Dapače, treba probati clean i overdrive. Radi se o Rock instrumentu, a Rock bez distorzije nije Rock.
Tako je govorio Josip Bocek, a i mnogi drugi gitaristi i meni se cini da su u pravu...
hi
This is given me midwestern emo vibes
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My “Fat 50s” are anything but”fat” sounding.
Ceramic or alnico. If alnico are they 2 or 5's? Flat or staggered pole pieces?
They look staggered in the video
I think I like the sound of the 60's Fender pups more
I agree. I have ‘65 vintage pick ups in my Hendrix Strat and they sound fantastic 🎸
Adorei 🙋🙋🙋
Dull, no chime.
Ok good people, here's the story and the word for any set of pu's.... it's a marriage. A 50/50 marriage between the pu's and the amp!!! Now, if you throw in a few pedals, then guess what, that marriage has been compromised to a less than a 50/50 ratio. What to do, what to do?? For purists, no pedals, NONE! Any other, it's all subjective to one's ears. So there you have it, welcome to Hollywood cheesecakes...
Any marriage can use a little reverb once in a while...
what's hollywood cheesecakes? is that your puritan guitar cult where pickups and amps get married and vow to never commit the sin of plugging in to effects pedals? can i join?
They sound soooo thiccccc
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Creamy! (Not like the band, like the milk product)
Overbass sound ! I don t like it.
My 2014 strat came with Fat 50s. They’re really uneven and don’t work well with each other as a set.
You’d have to pair them with brighter pickups like Tex-Mex or 69 Pickups for middle and bridge. And possibly Seymour Duncan for the bridge cuz Fender bridge pickups suck ass
Maybe you just don't know how to set up a guitar?
So, to even out the Fat 50s, you're gonna put Tex-Mex in the middle & neck, and a Seymour Duncan, like maybe a Pearly Gates humbucker at the bridge? I like your thinking, but when you're all done, just send the Fat 50s (and that Tex-Mex bridge pickup) over to me for proper disposal.
Agree.
Sounds like somebody threw a blanket over the amp.
You have two accounts?
Meh... I like my Fender '57/'62's a lot better.
Me too man!
Really late demo guys.
Doesn’t sound that good.
Classic "blanket over the amp" tone. Hard pass.
That's what a Strat sounds like. If you want Yngwie Ultra Toxic Hot Distortion, have a poo.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver it's def not what a traditional strat sounds like, despite the name, these are very untraditional pickups. it's just these pickups are VERY consistent and unusual. incredible balance, unlike most strat pickups that have normal strat quirks, but they sound a little weird when alone- a little bit much of the low midrange compared to other single coils, making them sound like a weird hybrid b/w single coils and hum buckers, if that makes any sense. putting them in a band context helps, as they cut through mixes very well, and sound killer on the middle position. you'd have to play them to realize just how unique they are, but they sound fantastic, despite the video failing to prove that, making them seem muddy. sorry for the world salad, just wanted to let people know a little about the pickup if they choose to look at the replies of this :)
@@hissingbeatles499 Actually, I discovered the Dimarzio 'True Velvet' series. Sounds great in a bridge placement.
It was great until you added all the distortion....Yukk why do that, it ruins a demo
They do that so we can see how it sounds with a range of different tones bruh. I'm looking at different pickups and seeing how they handle clean as well as distortion
@@andjustjizzforall exactly