Fender CuNiFe pickups

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Fender CuNiFe pickups

Post by ejendres » Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:21 am

Anyone have experience with the new Fender CuNiFe pickups? I ordered one a little while back for one of my guitars but apparently the bridge pickup is back ordered until mid May.

Anyone try a neck model in the bridge position? I'll be pairing the pickup with a SD Antiquity Jaguar in the neck so the lower output might be a good match.

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Re: Fender CuNiFe pickups

Post by CaptainCrunch » Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:49 am

There was a discussion of these recently. There's no difference in construction or dimensions, no reason you couldn't get a pair of neck units and put whichever one has higher output (yes, I know resistance isn't actually actual output, but you know what I mean) in the bridge and adjust heights to desired balance. Since you're going with a different style pickup, you're going to be fiddling to balance anyway. I don't why it would be an issue to use a "neck" pickup.

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Re: Fender CuNiFe pickups

Post by wproffitt » Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:54 pm

OP,
I’m intrigued by this guitar! What’s going on here?

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Re: Fender CuNiFe pickups

Post by ejendres » Mon Apr 12, 2021 7:59 am

wproffitt wrote:
Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:54 pm
OP,
I’m intrigued by this guitar! What’s going on here?
It's one of my builds! What do you want to know?

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Re: Fender CuNiFe pickups

Post by wproffitt » Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:56 am

Thanks for showing us more! I love the color choice and shape of it. I’m also a fan of mismatched pickups on guitars. What do you call it?

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Re: Fender CuNiFe pickups

Post by Jaguar018 » Wed Apr 14, 2021 6:20 am

Like maybe ten years ago two pickup makers, I think it was Curtis Novak and this other guy got into this massive feud about their respective repro version of Fender CuNiFe pickups on here. High guitar forum drama.

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