Fender CuNiFe Wide Range Neck Humbucker American Original '70s Telecaster Pickup USA Tele

This is a genuine 2020 Fender CuNiFe Wide Range humbucker neck pickup in mint condition (I have a few so consider this a stock image and may or may not come with the plastic but will be mint). These have a reading around 10.5k and 4.7h.

For those of you who are unfamiliar, this is the first time Fender has remade the original vintage spec Wide Range Humbucker with CuNiFe rod magnets since the last original Seth Lover designed models were made in the late 70s. While these magnets have been long discontinued, Fender sourced a manufacturer to make these magnets again and used them in these modern Tim Shaw recreations.



As you probably know, the reissue models were not the same and basically PAFs under the hood. While plenty of boutique pickup makers have made awesome vintage style versions with AlNiCo, and FeCrCo magnets, they still don't sound like the original CuNiFe versions. Here's a chance to grab one for much cheaper than the $500-600 vintage ones.  

Even though this is the neck version it could also be used in the bridge no problem (and were the same for bridge and neck models in the 70s). Mounting screws and springs included!



Here's more details from Fender:


The first authentic CuNiFe-magnet-powered Wide Range pickup in more than 40 years delivers rich bell-like humbucking tone with full bass and clear treble. CuNiFe pickups have “hi-fi” clarity yet never lose their attack and definition no matter how hard they are pushed. A chrome cover with a “3 3” exposed pole piece design and Fender logo completes the vintage-’70s vibe.

As popular music roared with the fatter tones of humbuckers at the dawn of the 1970s, Fender hired acclaimed pickup designer Seth Lover to create a distinctly Fender-flavored take on a higher-output dual-coil pickup. The resulting Wide Range pickup used large bobbins and threaded CuNiFe-rod magnets to achieve its distinctively brilliant sound, as heard on that era’s Telecaster® Custom, Thinline and Deluxe guitars. Sought after by musicians of all genres for decades, the original-era real CuNiFe-magnet pickups disappeared when the Telecaster Custom was discontinued in 1979.

FEATURES

Fender exclusive CuNiFe magnets

Polysol wire

DC Resistance: Bridge 11.2k - 11.8k, Neck 10.1K - 10.7K

Installation hardware included