Description
If you love Strat quack but hate the buzz that comes with it, the Fender N3 Noiseless set is the fix that doesn’t feel like a compromise. Pulled straight from the American Deluxe Stratocaster spec sheet, these pickups use a clever stacked-core design to cancel 60-cycle hum while keeping the airy, dynamic response that makes single coils worth the hassle in the first place.
Fender didn’t just slap one design across all three positions. Each pickup — neck, middle, and bridge — is voiced individually, pairing different Alnico magnet grades (2, 3, and 5) to shape output and character position by position. The result is a set that still feels like a Strat under your fingers, just without the noise floor working against you.
Formvar-coated magnet wire keeps the top end bright and glassy rather than dark or muffled, a common complaint with noiseless designs that overcompensate. Staggered, hand-beveled pole pieces even out string-to-string balance, so no note jumps out or disappears when you dig in.
Wiring is refreshingly painless: a solder-less printed circuit board and vinyl-coated output wire mean less fiddling on your workbench, and installation hardware is included so you can go straight from box to guitar.
- Formvar magnet wire for bright, glassy tone
- Staggered, hand-beveled pole pieces for even balance
- Alnico 2, 3, and 5 magnets across neck, middle, and bridge
- Solder-less printed circuit board
- Vinyl-coated output wire
- Installation hardware included
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