Fender CuNiFe Stratocaster Pickup Set

Was a used set that didn't work. So didn't get to try it. But from reviews they are very fragile.

Bought these as an upgrade to the v-mid ii pickups in my strat and loving them. To my ear they are warmer, with more bass and midrange, not as bright/pokey but still have that single coil sparkle. Especially love them through a tube screamer into JCM 800 (studio series). Not necessarily an upgrade because v-mods were fine, just different in a good way. These are staying in my strat for the long haul. Minor issue with the bridge pickup in initial order a dud that wasted a ton of time with me questioning my soldering job, but replacement came within 24 hours so keeping the 5 star review.

Great pickups… If you get a working set. First set I ordered expecting white ( based on the photos in the listing) received black. No option to choose color though. I ordered a second set and called customer service requesting white. Second set came in an open product box with wrong sized pickup pad, no hardware, no instructions and 2 non functioning pickups: Neck and middle. They do sound really great if you get a good pair though

Ordered a set only to find one pickup had no threads in the height adjustment holes (luckily I had the right size tap) but then after install found one the other pickups was DOA. After seeing another review here with similar issues, I returned for a refund instead of replacement. I then ordered a set from Sweetwater (different batch?) and in this set all were pickups threaded, but neck pickup DOA like the Amazon set. Hoping I can get a fully working set at some point but this is ridiculous, Fender needs to get their QA in order.

fun to try nice to work with needs longer cables as everyone says

It worked for little bit and middle pickup stopped working. Very disappointing quality.

Love these pickups. I had an ash American Standard Strat with Fender '57/'62 pickups that were simply too weak sounding. After taking a chance on CuNiFe, I'm blown away. These are loud, lots of clarity, and sound great clean or distorted. They sound very Stratty in all positions.

First, they sound great clean or overdriven. Overdriving with any combo of the middle pickup was a particular surprise, it has a tasty bite which also translates to the 2 and 4 positions. The bridge pickup responds to EQ rather well - it can still sounds like an icepick, but it's easy to shape. The neck pickup seems more "generic" but it still sounds great and does have a bit of its own character - round, full. Don't know if it's my own imagination, but notes seem to bloom a bit stronger with these pups. If you're looking for strat tones with a little different character, give them a try. Like other reviews, the signal was dropping out from arrival and died shortly after when I was adjusting the pickup height. Took a look at the pickups, there was a bad solder job at the lead coming from the middle pickup. Not to mention tons of wax from when they potted the pickups is still falling out months later. I stopped buying Fender guitars 20 years ago because of QC and this shows that nothing has changed. Small detail, but the neck pickup was missing the plastic film in the original packaging that was on the other two. It was definitely not opened before it was in my hands. For the price I would've expected more of a premium, consistent delivery. That middle pickup really sings, though, if you get a good set or are willing to take a look at a bad set yourself or exchange them until you get a good set.

I bought a set and two of the three were DOA. Really disappointing.