skydog6653
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But got nothing. How are these viewed here? Anybody had them?
Tried searching for Fat 50’s
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Toppalini
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I’m confused, weren’t these the same pickups in American standards for a while? Custom shop fat 50s? I see they’re $270 whereas the PV stuff is like 140? Are these fat 50s different from what was in production models?
I heard that the fat 50s are sort of just the classic (more modern) fender sound
I heard that the fat 50s are sort of just the classic (more modern) fender sound
skydog6653
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My thoughts, too. Close to $300 pups in a guitar that retailed for around $1100?
Fat 50’s are a staple in Strat Talk lore. Great pickups!
For what it's worth - yes the CS Fat 50s are currently $270, but the PV stuff is currently $200.
It was a value add for Fender to include CS pickups in the American Standards - both the Strat and the Tele (which had a CS Twisted Tele neck pickup and a custom variation on the CS Broadcaster bridge pickup). But they were made in the Custom Shop. Also it seems like the MSRP of American Standards went up about $200-$250 when they changed pickups.
I really liked the Fat 50s in the 2013 American Stanard that I had - my favorite Fender pickups prior to having that American Standard were the 57/62 pickups found in the AVRIs. The Fat 50s were pretty close, but as someone said just a bit more modern. But not as modern as the old American Standard alnico 5 pickups (as used from 2008-2011 - and I never could hear any difference between those and the American Series pickups) or the V-Mod pickups in the American Professionals or the V-Mod II pickups in the American Pro IIs.
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skydog6653
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For a second there, I thought I’d logged onto facebook…
At first I thought "That's because he put a useless apostrophe in 50s," but nope... somehow the site search can't find fat 50s posts, here. A Web search on...
fat 50s strat-talk.com
...found these:
Fender Fat 50's, Analysis and Review
http://shop.fender.com/en-US/accessories/pickups/custom-shop-fat-50s-stratocaster-pickups/product-0992113.html I found these pickups to produce a sound that is bold and piano-like. I had ultimately removed them in favor of CS 69's, I was looking for something lower output, more "Stratty". In...
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Talk to me about Fender Custom Shop Fat 50s
So as some of you know, I have a 2021 Fender Custom Shop Strat that came with hand-wound Texas Special pickups. They seem a bit on the shrill side, and I don't think I'm too happy with them. I've been thinking of swapping them out with some Custom Shop Fat 50s, and would love to hear your take...
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You did a Google search of "Fat 50s" and nothing came up ??
Glad you didn't get pictures of bunch from this group... or worse
Couldn't help myself.
Glad you didn't get pictures of bunch from this group... or worse
Couldn't help myself.
Nope. Those were “Custom Shop 50s” pickups . Different than Fat 50s. The Custom Shop 50s were also in the 1st generation of A RI 59 thin skin strat also. Both great sounding pickups.
Kevin Wolfe
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I just picked up a Dave’s ‘62 Ltd. Ed. And it’s advertised as being loaded with Custom Shop Fat 50’s.
Whatever they are, they sound great. They do have quite a bit of girth and are hotter than I was expecting. Love ‘em.
Whatever they are, they sound great. They do have quite a bit of girth and are hotter than I was expecting. Love ‘em.
Have you tried the Pickup Forum?
BamaStrat
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If I ever replace the Vintera 50s in my HWY1 it will be Fat 50s. The Vintera 50's are the working man's Fat 50s imo.
