1.0Seymour Duncanhttps://www.seymourduncan.comSarvesh Tiwarihttps://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/author/seymourduncanWhat were the pickup differences between early fender and cbs pickups? - Seymour Duncanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Kag78L4w5k"><a href="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd/what-were-the-pickup-differences-between-early-fender-and-cbs-pickups">What were the pickup differences between early fender and cbs pickups?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd/what-were-the-pickup-differences-between-early-fender-and-cbs-pickups/embed#?secret=Kag78L4w5k" width="600" height="338" title="“What were the pickup differences between early fender and cbs pickups?” — Seymour Duncan" data-secret="Kag78L4w5k" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I find several things that make the early Fenders different from the CBS pickups made after 1965. The early Fender pickups had much more hand work and unique sounds. The bobbin was mostly black Vulcanized fibre flatwork. The magnets were a larger diameter (.197″) and the CBS pickups used a (.187″) diameter magnet. The magnets...