BLUEPRINT: Fender Pickups
When it comes to pickups, it sometimes seems like Fender’s Custom Shop gets all the adoration – and with some justification, because the pickups coming out of there (such as the Ancho Poblano Strat set), have been seriously impressive. But Fender’s main production guitars are far from being slouches in the tone department and the R&D effort behind them is just as serious, if not more so, as these pickups are being designed for guitars that will sell in their tens of thousands and represent the Fender name and sound around the world.
Keen to learn more about how Fender’s main-production pickups are devised, designed and made, we caught up with Allen Abbassi, Director of Product Management for guitars and bass, to find out how the magnetic appeal of mainline production pickups is kept strong at Fender...
Tell us about the development of the Fireball pickups for the Player Plus Meteora HH. What was the aim in terms of tone and performance?
“Great question! First, an overview…
