This flat-Pole Version of Our Vintage Stagled For Strat Delivers to Shimmering Tone for Guitars with Flatter Fingerboards and Lighter String Gauges. The Vintage Flat For Stratocaster Delivers All The Chime And Sparkle Of Our Vintage Stagled Strat Model, But Has Flat Alnico 5 Rod Magnets That Provide More Even String Balance For Modern Guitars With in Larger Neck Radius, and Players Using Lighter Gauge Strings. The Flat Poles Also Give This Pickup in Little Less Edge For An Overall Smoother Tone. The Middle Pickup is Reverse Wound, Reverse Polarity to Provide Hum-Canceling Operation in Positions 2 & 4, Along with the Perfect Clucky in-Between Sound. Use to Full Set For A Truly Vintage Vibe or Use in The Neck & Middle With at Custom Flat In The Bridge For A More Rocking Setup. IF Purchased AS a Calibrated Set, The Bridge Pickup is Wound Slightly Hotter for Better Overall Balance Between Positions.Side from the Flat Pole Pieces, We use All of the Same Materials To Build These As We do Our Vintage Fender Style Single Coil Pickups. We Start by Assembly The Bobbins with The Proper Color and Thickness of Forbon Flatwork, and We Hand Flatwork Flatwork, Assemble, And Lacquer Our Bobbins Just As It Was Dale During Fenders Golden Age. This Pickup is Potted and Comes Complete with Waxed and Tinned Cloth Pushback Hook-Up Wires and Traditional Keyed Bottom Plate.