Editing Vintage Noiseless

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The '''Vintage Noiseless''' series is a line of [[Pickup (music technology)|electric guitar pickups]] made by [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]]. Introduced in 1998, they feature a stacked-coil design. The range includes models for electric guitars and basses. The Vintage Noiseless pickups were an original equipment material on the [[Fender American Deluxe Series|American Deluxe series]] instruments made between 1998 and 2003. They are now widely used on many Mexican-made and Custom Shop guitars such as the [[Eric Clapton Stratocaster|Eric Clapton]] and [[Fender Jeff Beck Stratocaster|Jeff Beck]] signature models since 2001.

==Samarium Cobalt Noiseless==

The '''Samarium Cobalt Noiseless''' series (SCN) is another line of replacement stacked electric guitar and bass pickups, designed by [[Bill Lawrence (guitar maker)|Bill Lawrence]]. Introduced in 2004, they are similar to the Vintage Noiseless pickups, but employ miniaturized [[Samarium–cobalt magnet|samarium cobalt alloy magnets]] instead of [[Alnico]] 5. The SCN pickups were a standard equipment feature on the [[Fender American Deluxe Series|American Deluxe]] series from 2004 to 2010.

==Hot Noiseless/SCN==

'''Hot Noiseless''' and '''Hot SCN''' models for [[Fender Stratocaster|Stratocaster]] guitars also exist and claim a hotter output than a standard Noiseless Strat pickup.

The Hot Noiseless pickups use a dual-coil design with [[Ferrite (magnet)|ceramic magnets]]; likewise, the Hot SCN employ samarium cobalt alloy magnets.

[[Category:Guitar pickups]]