Fender Master Pickup Maker Talks About The New CuNiFe Range!

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  • Опубліковано 20 вер 2024

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  • @rowbags3017
    @rowbags3017 Рік тому +23

    These new pickups look and sound really interesting! Lee is a wonderful interviewer - he listens, puts his guests at ease, and gives them freedom to express themselves naturally. A lot of TV "celebs" could learn from him! Great playing as always from Pete! 😎

  • @robertmosack2532
    @robertmosack2532 Рік тому +39

    Absolutely love the references to Bill Lawrence. He was a fantastic musician, designer and gentleman. Rest in peace.

    • @pharmerdavid1432
      @pharmerdavid1432 Рік тому +3

      Dozens of pickup makers now, but few (any?) have the knowledge of Bill Lawrence - one of the unsung pioneers of pickups design.

    • @BasilHayden
      @BasilHayden Рік тому +1

      Met Bill Lawrence when working a NAMM show. I wish I recorded everything he said. He was constantly talking pickups, amps and guitar.

  • @Adventuresingearland
    @Adventuresingearland Рік тому +33

    Always great to hear someone so passionate talk about the subject which gets their juices flowing.
    Lovely conversation - thanks for sharing it team!

  • @whssy
    @whssy Рік тому +12

    As the owner of a guitar with the reissue Cunife wide ranges, this video discusses exactly all the questions I had about "how and why", both about the old pickups and the new ones. Thanks.

  • @MuscleCarLover
    @MuscleCarLover Рік тому +7

    I think I finally found a Strat bridge pickup that I actually like, and not having to make space like fitting a humbucker or Tele bridge pickup is a nice bonus

    • @jalithic
      @jalithic 9 місяців тому +2

      I thought the Exact same thing about the bridge pickup tone too, 👍🏻

    • @MuscleCarLover
      @MuscleCarLover 9 місяців тому +3

      @@jalithic Now if only they sold it individually. I'd totally rock alnico neck and middle and then a CuNiFe bridge

    • @officialWWM
      @officialWWM Місяць тому +1

      @@MuscleCarLoveryes! I just want the bridge pickup for my Tele!

  • @joshuariveraflora
    @joshuariveraflora Рік тому +10

    This is one of the best ways to showcase pickups I've seen. Super helpful!

  • @wesleymorris1
    @wesleymorris1 Рік тому +11

    Tim is a genius, every pickup he has designed have been my favorite style of pickups, I love that mid scooped bright fender sound, shawbuckers for humbuckers transfer that perfect fender tone in humbucker, which I actually prefer singlecoils, but really like his humbuckers. I build my own pickups because almost every thing I bought after market was to mid driven, for country twang. I take my inspiration from Tims pickups.

    • @SimAlex20000
      @SimAlex20000 Рік тому +1

      i just got a set of CuNiFe wide-rangers for my masics squire jazzmaster & i am dying to hear how they all sound, all the samples i've heard are incredibly cool

    • @deckard_2049
      @deckard_2049 5 місяців тому

      @@SimAlex20000 And? How do they sound?

  • @denmar355
    @denmar355 Рік тому +46

    Lee is such a good interviewer.

    • @pharmerdavid1432
      @pharmerdavid1432 Рік тому +2

      He seems genuinely interested, and asks intelligent questions, the reasons he is so good at interviewing people about their contributions to the gear industry.

    • @lichfern7915
      @lichfern7915 Рік тому +1

      I Agree !! 100 %!! EXCELENTE!!

    • @sirgaryo
      @sirgaryo Рік тому

      Couldn’t agree more ! 👌

    • @JosePineda-jn8jk
      @JosePineda-jn8jk Рік тому

      Should have asked the real hard hitting questions like who did you vote for and do you donate to charities, if so which ones? You know, the real nitty gritty.

  • @synepster
    @synepster Рік тому +14

    Anything that Pete plays will sound good

  • @JorbLovesGear
    @JorbLovesGear Рік тому +10

    In love with these technical details, pickup design is such a cool balance of science and preference. Cheers to Tim Shaw, what an impact.

  • @andreborges2881
    @andreborges2881 Рік тому +8

    I am a Les Paul/Telecaster/Jaguar guy, but that Stratocaster at 10:23 is something else.
    Best Strat tone I've heard in years, yet, sufficiently different for me to like it for what it is.

  • @douglasaxtell
    @douglasaxtell Рік тому +9

    This is a great interview! It leaves me very impressed with Mr Shaw and so happy that I ordered the Tele set for a guitar I’m building from scratch from some of my ash stash.

  • @glenproctor1999
    @glenproctor1999 Рік тому +4

    Recently added one of Mr Shaw's 'Shawbuckers' to my strat in the bridge position and it sounds incredible. The man knows magnets.

  • @shanebrbich5698
    @shanebrbich5698 Рік тому +2

    This is like hearing secrets from the master alchemist! So many variations in a simple piece of gear!
    Genius
    👍🇦🇺

  • @mannyorozco842
    @mannyorozco842 Рік тому +4

    Finally some love for cunife. The Wide range pickups in my tele deluxe are awesome.

  • @FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur
    @FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur 3 місяці тому

    My favorite pickups.Thank you Pete for the amazing notes. Especially on the Jazzmasters.

  • @KabirGuitarist
    @KabirGuitarist Рік тому +7

    Another really good interview. It’s great to hear the insight on the design decisions and the pickups sounds fantastic

  • @MAP448
    @MAP448 Рік тому +1

    My 2019 American Professional Telecaster is the best sounding Telecaster that I've ever played. Thank you so much Mr. Shaw for all your time & patience & effort in all of your work. You have definitely nailed that classic Telecaster sound.

    • @officialWWM
      @officialWWM Місяць тому

      What pickups are you using?

  • @SimAlex20000
    @SimAlex20000 Рік тому +1

    this is a completely fascinating interview, by the way. terrific job, lee.

  • @scottbecker3485
    @scottbecker3485 9 місяців тому +1

    What an amazing pickup journey you two took us on! Love to learn about this, especially straight from a fellow Kalamazooan (yes, I was born in raised there, too). :-)) Makes me proud to be from there, even though I was only in my early teens back when the pickup revolution sprouted its tender roots, and I was only plucking away at my cheapo Harmony Sovereign acoustic back in the day. Fast forward to now, I happen to be getting ready to buy my first Jazzmaster, and am shopping for the right pickups for it. Bingo!

    • @officialWWM
      @officialWWM Місяць тому +1

      I’ve always thought Kalamazoo would be a great name for a band 😂

  • @SomeKindOfMadman
    @SomeKindOfMadman Рік тому +9

    They do sound really good. I’m interested in the Strat pickups, for a Partscaster project I’m going to be working on in the near future.

  • @davedavem
    @davedavem Рік тому +10

    Fender CEO: bring out a product that pleases guitarists.
    Guitarists: I hate that Fender have tried to please me.

    • @sagittated
      @sagittated Рік тому +8

      "Why don't they ever do anything new?"
      "Why are they trying something new when old stuff already works?"
      They're always going to make some people angry, even when they just offer the wrong colors of pickup covers or whatever. It's nuts.

    • @davedavem
      @davedavem Рік тому +2

      ​@@sagittated 💯

    • @talltale9760
      @talltale9760 Рік тому +1

      @@sagittated it’s really annoying lol. Probably the best thing about the cheaper ranges of guitars is their willingness to explore new things. I just wish the high end market would follow suit.

    • @sagittated
      @sagittated Рік тому +1

      @@talltale9760 I also happen to support them trying new things all the time, but regardless of what they do, 30% of the people will scream bloody murder.

    • @f3uibeghardt522
      @f3uibeghardt522 Рік тому

      @@sagittated Yeah, but by many accounts, Fender's new instruments have piss poor quality control issues. Like inexcusably bad and unacceptable problems.

  • @dubster82
    @dubster82 Рік тому +2

    Great interview. I've a couple of Gibson's with Tim Shaw PAF's.

  • @smmyers5956
    @smmyers5956 Рік тому +2

    Wow,, thanks Lee and Pete. I knew the fantastic tone range and clarity of the Wide Range pickups already but this is the first time I've heard a preview of the Strat pickups. WOW those are the best Strat pickups to my ears. And OMG the bridge pickup. I've never heard one so good.

    • @ThatMattGoodMusic
      @ThatMattGoodMusic Рік тому

      Actually quite amazing - it's the first time I've ever been bowled over by a middle pickup on a Strat! Pete running it with the Dane sounded so good

    • @smmyers5956
      @smmyers5956 Рік тому

      @@ThatMattGoodMusic So true. I've gone back and listened a couple times now. In the past the middle pickup is only good in position 2 and 4. Now tho,,, with those pickups it is capable of standing alone and producing a great sound.

  • @riverstone5994
    @riverstone5994 Рік тому +1

    Most exciting thing to happen classic style pickups in a long time

  • @officialWWM
    @officialWWM Місяць тому

    I’m not a Strat guy, I much prefer a Tele but that blue Strat with those pickups in it looks and sounds beautiful! Unlike most people, I love the Pao Ferro fretboard.

  • @jameslewis2635
    @jameslewis2635 Рік тому +3

    I can see people buying these pickups to retrofit their strats just for aesthetic reasons. That metal surround gives it looks in the style of a 1950's Chrysler. I can see it doing very well if Fender offer it with a variety of 'top' colour options.

    • @officialWWM
      @officialWWM Місяць тому

      That’s a good idea! I’d like some black ones :)

  • @IamtheFerryMan
    @IamtheFerryMan Рік тому

    I have a 2019 American Elite Strat Shawbucker HSS and that pickup is wonderful. It just has this fuzzy quality that makes me happy.

  • @mortonwilson795
    @mortonwilson795 Рік тому +2

    Fascinating . . . sort of a Masterclass, really. Hope to get a chance to try these - esp the Jazzmaster combo. Currently circling the American Pro II and the newer Ultra Rosewood board Strats - both nice, the S1(?) switch which gives you the Bridge & Neck together is a really nice touch!

  • @4ofwands
    @4ofwands Рік тому +3

    Pick ups are the bomb! Tim is responsible for the so many improvements in pickup technology. Installing SD Seth Lovers in my next partscaster. Considering TV Jones or Fralins for next build but now interested in these especially strat ones. Good video 😊

    • @joshuabenton3785
      @joshuabenton3785 Рік тому +1

      If you don't have TV Jones, get them asap. Just wonderful pickups in every way.

    • @4ofwands
      @4ofwands Рік тому +1

      I’m leaning towards them! Thanks 😄

  • @j.r.g3548
    @j.r.g3548 Рік тому +4

    Tim Shaw is LEGENDARY!! From the Gibson Shaw PAFs to Shawbuckers at Fender. I don't think anyone has made as much of an impact on electric guitar pickups for big name companies in the last 50 years as Tim.

  • @f3uibeghardt522
    @f3uibeghardt522 Рік тому +62

    Yep, sounds like a guitar alright.

  • @timstaffell
    @timstaffell Рік тому

    Added CuniFe wide-range humbuckers to a '72 reissue thinline Tele a couple of years ago. Wasn't disappointed. Costly, but worth it...

  • @JosePineda-jn8jk
    @JosePineda-jn8jk Рік тому

    I wasn’t looking at the screen the whole time so when Lee drops off talking and the playing started I was asking myself how the hell he learned so many new things so quickly. Then I realized it was Pete again 😂

  • @manonbassguitar
    @manonbassguitar Рік тому +1

    Best part of the video is Pete’s playing. The average person in an audience can’t tell any damn difference in pickups in a guitar. Honestly, I don’t hear any huge difference either. A good eq pedal can make any pickups sound different & better too

  • @Mark_Ocain
    @Mark_Ocain Рік тому +2

    These sound quite crisp and lively...nice pickups

    • @Musicsports
      @Musicsports 9 місяців тому

      Yes they definitely are a crisp sound 500k Pots too.

  • @gcvrsa
    @gcvrsa Рік тому +1

    The great thing about the Wide Range Humbucker is that unlike the common Gibson humbuckers-which quickly deviated greatly from Seth Lover's original PAF design-they sound just as open and clear as the original PAFs, maybe even a little more so. There's no stuffiness with them. Most of the Gibson-style humbuckers that people think are representative of the Gibson sound are overwound compared to the original PAFs and sound much different to the original PAFs.

  • @khail58
    @khail58 Рік тому +7

    I can’t wait for a larger sample size of guitarists (other than retailers) to start buying these and trying them so we can get a more clear picture about real world impact. Like will the strats and teles lose their signature tones. I’m super optimistic and would buy some right now just to try but they’re so blasted expensive.

    • @officialWWM
      @officialWWM Місяць тому

      Yep, they are expensive but a pickup just died on my Tele, so it sounds like the perfect excuse to go buy some 😂 I’ll report back :)

  • @sometimesdimneverthin
    @sometimesdimneverthin Рік тому +3

    I get the impression that these are in the same ballpark as G&L MFD pickups. MFDs have big magnets and less wire CuNiFe have low magnetism and extra wire. The end result could be similar although the MFDs are likely to handle RFI and EMI slightly better due to less aerial wire. A comparison video would be interesting.

    • @STF_YVR
      @STF_YVR Рік тому

      They are very different

  • @WTF-Cubing
    @WTF-Cubing Рік тому

    For once, FOMO actypaid off for me. Less than 2 months after release, the Strat set are sold out at Fender.
    Can’t wait to have them installed on my Squier. Most fascinating and beautiful Strat pickups I’ve ever heard/seen.

  • @DouglasRosser
    @DouglasRosser Рік тому +2

    Okay, I think we all understand this is as much marketing as informative. "We made this new thing, please consider buying it." But it's great marketing when you allow the people who build these things to be the rock stars.

  • @alecalfaras5936
    @alecalfaras5936 Рік тому +2

    Amazing! More videos just like this one please. More pickups/speaker/strings info 🙏

  • @chessrootslove9916
    @chessrootslove9916 Рік тому +1

    Excellent interview & demonstration of these pups & with their creator. This should be the standard - great edits for the variety of sounds available and of course the explanations from Mr. Shaw himself is the whipped cream on top!
    Rock On! 🎸😎🎸

  • @georgerobartes2008
    @georgerobartes2008 Рік тому

    In the UK we call the same material KuNiFer , a copper nickle iron compound used in everything but very familiar with automotive engineers as the material used to make rust free solid brake lines but has a multitude of uses in the marine industry too. 45% Nickle 2% Iron its use in manufacturing coins of the Realm has impressed us for decades as to their magnetic properties , the magnetic properties in this case , being acquired during use as legal tender .
    For the past 50 years Ive known it as Kunifer , now I suspect the users of snake oil will mispronounce it Cunifé , ala Francais .

  • @robertprice5039
    @robertprice5039 Рік тому

    I love my Tim Shaw designed Fulltron Pickups in my Gretsch Broadkasters.

    • @robertprice5039
      @robertprice5039 Рік тому

      Petty sure Tim also designed the pickups in my Fender Pro II Telecaster Deluxe.

  • @beaumas
    @beaumas Рік тому

    I'm just going to say it but those humbucker pickups are super reminiscent of a really good PAF!! And boy I'm into it!

  • @stevenohata8494
    @stevenohata8494 Рік тому +2

    I’m curious if the option of an uncovered Strat pickup was explored vs using a thinner metal cover to accommodate the additional winds. Maybe the CuNiFe metal surround cover just has to grow on me?

  • @scottsamiya2639
    @scottsamiya2639 Рік тому

    To me, vintage style PAFs are the best… Schaller Golden 50s, SD Vintage Blues… even the stock PRS 58/15s sound really good!

  • @BobLHedd
    @BobLHedd Рік тому +1

    That jazzmaster is a beast! Very interesting.

  • @kirkwhitmire7034
    @kirkwhitmire7034 Рік тому

    Oh yes! I’ve been waiting for some reviews outside of the Fender channel.

  • @JettoDz
    @JettoDz Рік тому

    When I first started learning guitar, I always thought that the Jazzmasters and Jags were simply the best-looking guitars out there, even when I could recognize the beauty of a LesPaul. Then I listened to them and fell in love with Jazz/Jags, but to this day, I've never got myself to own either. Funny enough, I got myself a couple of LPs, one letting me down but currently LOVING the other one. "That's it. Just an LP and a Superstrat are what I need. I don't need the P90 sounds, nor the complex control of Jazz/Jags, and I can get a good sound for anything with these two" I started thinking.
    Then the ones in this video came out and now I need another guitar.

  • @avonethcellovogue
    @avonethcellovogue Рік тому

    I love this new video angle format. Keep it up

  • @diarrhea_splatter
    @diarrhea_splatter Рік тому

    Such a great interview and sounds. Thank you!

  • @bickleyjonas6145
    @bickleyjonas6145 Рік тому +4

    It almost sounds like a pickup. Makes it sound like a guitar!

  • @joachimlindback
    @joachimlindback 9 місяців тому

    Good stuff. Loved hearing the man himself and of his experiences. Did he also design the Gibson Dirty Finger humbucker?

  • @damianstrochnetter9735
    @damianstrochnetter9735 Рік тому

    Jaysus Lee! You even talked over Tim Shaw!!!

  • @edhornby4885
    @edhornby4885 Рік тому +1

    Missed the opportunity to ask for Tim's 'potted history ' :D

  • @davedavem
    @davedavem Рік тому +3

    I love low output pickups

  • @smmyers5956
    @smmyers5956 Рік тому

    I'd like to hear Lee's and Pete's commentary on these playing these pickups especially the Strat set they are so new there are almost no videos or comments on the humbuckers and this is the first I've seen of the Strat pickups. Lee was focused on the interview and as a player I'd like his take on them.

  • @KoaCharvel
    @KoaCharvel Рік тому

    LOVE the look of those strat pickups!!!

  • @LordFuzzman
    @LordFuzzman Рік тому +1

    I interviewed Tim Shaw when they first re-issued the wide range humbucker a couple of years ago and did a comparison video. First on the web 👌

  • @toms5951
    @toms5951 Рік тому

    Nice interview and exciting to see something new. It'll be nice to see the pickups come standard in their line to try out before possibly buying, hard to hear anything really special in a UA-cam video. One thing I'm kind of surprised not talked about is the possibility of needing a different standard installation height if their build and design had to be changed so much.

  • @guitarandotherthings6090
    @guitarandotherthings6090 Рік тому

    I like his pickups besides the Noiseless ones. There is no twang in the Tele ultra, because the noiseless is basically a vertically stacked humbucker. I do enjoy his APii and Performer pickups however.

  • @handle433
    @handle433 Рік тому +1

    13:54 Pete had to sneak it in😂😂😂

  • @hkguitar1984
    @hkguitar1984 Рік тому

    To everyone involved, Thank You

  • @ledhendrix5054
    @ledhendrix5054 Рік тому +2

    There was a Biology Teacher at my school called Mr T Shaw , he was from Ireland his full name was Toby Shaw , It's Just A Joke

  • @LiterallyJesusChrist
    @LiterallyJesusChrist Рік тому +2

    They sound ok, but nothing groundbreaking, kinda flimsy, maybe low output folks with find something about them to dig deep into.

  • @joshuabenton3785
    @joshuabenton3785 Рік тому

    I am going to get the Telecaster set! Can't wait!

  • @olivierjezequel
    @olivierjezequel Рік тому +1

    Nice ! I really want to a shootout between those and the Rabea Triptych new ones !! and maybe agaist the ultra noisless while we are there ;)
    Please :)

  • @jjwiggo3594
    @jjwiggo3594 Рік тому

    Great demo and interview. I am in the middle of a Telecaster build and would be very interested in Pete’s view of the Tele set has I have Monty’s DP51’s in my previous build. Thanks

  • @samiam5557
    @samiam5557 Рік тому

    I like the strat pups, but the tele ones were abysmal way too thin sounding. Jazzmaster sounded great.
    Great interview though.

  • @Berzerker213
    @Berzerker213 Рік тому

    Lee’s been tossing back a few cold ones 🍻

  • @74amills
    @74amills Рік тому +1

    It makes really good brake pipes for cars.

  • @jean-philippemorin1176
    @jean-philippemorin1176 Рік тому

    I must say the Wide range jm set sounds really nice. Nice job on the tele set too. :) I need to try a deluxe tele someday. Johan segeborn just did a comparison between les paul and tele deluxe and it was quite interesting.

  • @RByrne
    @RByrne Рік тому +1

    Id like a set of pickups that make my LP sound like bagpipes

  • @MilanTehVillain
    @MilanTehVillain Рік тому

    These all look & sound stellar!

  • @m1ghtycs
    @m1ghtycs Рік тому +6

    In my honest opinion, although these pickups sound good, what brands like EMG and Fishman are doing is more impressive and will shape the instrument's future.

  • @stevelaferney3579
    @stevelaferney3579 Рік тому

    Thanks for the hard work, Tim.

  • @martinclayton7260
    @martinclayton7260 Рік тому

    I really like the look of that green Jazzmaster with the wide range pickups. Are there going to be any Jaguar pickups?

  • @jeffbeck6501
    @jeffbeck6501 Рік тому

    I like that light blue Strat

  • @derekhell666
    @derekhell666 Рік тому

    Remind me of G&L pickups the way they have a sort of 'hi-fi' quality to them.

  • @zoomzoom3950
    @zoomzoom3950 Рік тому

    CuNiFe was a Pharoah of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. He built the first squashed pyramid before the first step pyramid.
    IIRC
    /S
    😁

  • @siggiarabi
    @siggiarabi Рік тому

    so how about an A/B test against the usual alnico and ceramic pickups?

  • @taz4965
    @taz4965 Рік тому

    Tim Shaw - What a legend!

  • @DMSProduktions
    @DMSProduktions Рік тому

    GR8 interview Lee!

  • @liamjenkins244
    @liamjenkins244 Рік тому

    Those Wide Range Humbuckers would look right at home in a Starcaster (please Fender?)

  • @marcusharrigan6879
    @marcusharrigan6879 Рік тому

    Good interview. Always wondered why Fender so quickly went from V-Mod 1's to V-Mod 2's in their American Pro line. What was the change in the pickups?

  • @jmacc9876
    @jmacc9876 Рік тому

    Wow, just checked the price on these. I know that Au is the periodic shorthand for gold but are we sure there isn't gold in the mix?

  • @metalhead_1996
    @metalhead_1996 Рік тому

    would be good if there would also be some sort of comparison between the normal pickups

  • @anthonycashero7605
    @anthonycashero7605 Рік тому

    Tim Shaw is doing it again. Nice.

  • @stoneysdead689
    @stoneysdead689 Рік тому

    I haven't watched the video, but I assume it means Copper- Nickel- and Iron. Which would have to refer to the magnet in it, so it's a new magnetic alloy- I think.

    • @davidkieltyka9
      @davidkieltyka9 Рік тому

      Fender first used CuNiFe magnets in the 1970s. Seth Lover’s original Wide Range HBs had ‘em. The main reason was CuNiFe could be machined to be used as adjustable polepiece magnets.

  • @matthouston8411
    @matthouston8411 3 місяці тому

    Are they selling guitars or UA-cam ad space???

  • @paulthebeardedonedowning6820

    Tim is a seems a really nice knowledgeable fella but that Pete character! he can go fly a kite that tosser he's made me want a Jazz master and some CuNiFe's lol

  • @Travis-guy-247
    @Travis-guy-247 Рік тому

    I'm really behind on Andertons, having not watched in a few years when I used to watch their stuff all the time. I know Rob has gone, but are Rabea and Matt still there? I can't see them in any recent thumbnails

  • @conorfurlong
    @conorfurlong Рік тому +2

    Holy moly those are some expensive pick ups. £189 for one neck pickup.

  • @ThePonDePon
    @ThePonDePon Рік тому

    FINALLY SOMEONE POSTED A VIDEO

  • @gwawd
    @gwawd Рік тому

    Great interview, thanks!

  • @anthonygonzalez8684
    @anthonygonzalez8684 Рік тому

    These pickups sound awesome.

  • @marksanders2784
    @marksanders2784 Рік тому

    Tim Shaw is a pick up wizard! Can't imagine how much work (and patience) goes into working on a set of pickups for 3 years.

    • @conordyer2307
      @conordyer2307 Рік тому +3

      Theres no real work to it...its just trial and error using different winds....he didn't come with anything new.

    • @conordyer2307
      @conordyer2307 Рік тому

      @@rexrathtar3893 its 'work' technically...but its nothing special
      People buy into the snake oil that tim shaw's doing something special when he isnt... plus 3 years is obviously bending the truth, he probably worked on it for a few months one year, then left it for a year then came back to it for a few weeks then this year he spent abit more time on it....but 3 years solid work is so unlikely as what was he doing that whole time, when they will have machines doing the winding for him?

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    I have been trying to learn more about pickups lately and this was very helpful!