FENDER Cunife Wide Range Bridge Pickup

These pickups with special CuNiFe magnets harken back to the 1970s when Fender used them in its top-of-the-line Telecaster Custom and Deluxe guitars. When these guitars went out of production at the turn of the 1980s, these pickups disappeared with them. Now, more than forty years later, you have the opportunity to experience the sound of the greatest guitar greats of the era firsthand.

When the music scene began to move towards harder genres and a fuller, denser humbucker sound in the early 1970s, Fender came to market with this line, designed by acclaimed pickup designer Seth Lover. This satisfies the desire for the higher output signal of dual-coil pickups, while retaining the renowned, easily recognizable characteristics of the Fender sound.

Special CuNiFe magnets made from an alloy of copper, nickel and iron provide a rich, ringing sound with the full bass and clean highs that are typical of humbuckers. At the same time, the pickup is able to maintain its clarity and readability even at high distortion levels. Together with the larger coil, this achieves the unique sound of Custom, Thinline and Deluxe Telecasters of the era.

All of this is accentuated by the classic '70s design with chrome cover, Fender logo and "3+3" style exposed magnets.

This pickup is designed to be placed to the fingerboard and has an output resistance of 11.2 - 11.8k Ohms.