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5 of 5 Excellent upgrade July 2, 2026
Reviewer: Ecardo Baader from Dublin  
I put a Yorkshire Jack in the bridge position of my Stratocaster to complement two Custom Shop 54's. There is no drop in volume drop and no harshness when using positions 1 and 2 anymore. At last I enjoy the sound of the bridge pick-up on its own! Sounds very Telecaster like which is a bonus also. The pick-up is solid and very well made. A long overdue upgrade to my guitar retaining the classic look, and at a very reasonable price.

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5 of 5 Perfect upgrade to the standard pickup July 4, 2024
Reviewer: Michael from Winterthur, Switzerland  
After many years of playing Telecasters, I finally bought a Strat (Player Series). And what can I say, I'm impressed by the overall package! Fender now supplies very high-quality and well-made instruments in this price range. The pickups are also impressive: they are balanced and very well matched. However, for me (and I'm sure for many others too) the pickup on the bridge is a little too shrill and too thin. The Yorkshire Jack is the perfect upgrade: it still sounds like a Strat, but has more power, less sharp highs and harmonises wonderfully with the two other pickups. This makes my Strat even more versatile, because it really rocks at the bridge now! If you want to upgrade your player Strat: This is the perfect PU, and at a super fair price!

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5 of 5 Beefy but Articulate December 31, 2019
Reviewer: guitartwonk from Swindon, United Kingdom  
This is a beast of a pickup at 11 k ohms, but it's a well-behaved and articulate beast. I put mine in neck position on a Tele. It sounds like a Strat bridge pickup but without that horrid shrillness you sometimes get. It's powerful, and with a lot of bite. Back off the volume slightly though and it cleans up nicely. I would say it's very similar to having a P90 in the neck position but with more character and versatility. The build quality too is second to none. All solid and we'll constructed.

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5 of 5 Far more versatile than you might think! September 10, 2019
Reviewer: Steve Harris from Heathfield, United Kingdom  
I have a customer who wanted an 'airy' acoustic sound from his Strat. I thought that was kind of a tall order at first, but studying the description of the Yorkshire Jacks I thought they might fit the bill, so I ordered a set and matched them with my Neck/Bridge Blend setup. He sent me a couple of sound clips later on, and I have to say I was amazed at the delicate sounds he coaxed out of them! So yes, ideal for un Strat-like balls out aggression, but equally at home with something that almost sounded like an orchestral arrangement! Amazing pickups...☆☆☆☆☆

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5 of 5 Just what I was after June 2, 2019
Reviewer: Chris from Bristol , United Kingdom  
I was intending to put a humbucker with coil split in the bridge of my strat but was worried about phase issues as I have the 7 sound mod. A few emails with Craig confirmed my fears and I asked if he could recommend an affordable single coil with the balls of a telecaster bridge but in strat format. This is when I heard of the Yorkshire jack!
I’ve had it in for a couple of days and I’m in love!
Clean wise it’s close enough to a Tele to do the chicken picking thing. It’s not as twangy as a Tele but it would be hard to tell the difference  on record. When blended in with the neck pickup it really gives off that chimey Tele mid position.
With some overdrive this pickup just sings! It has excellent presence, is really thick sounding and not thin and shrill like many strat bridge pickups.
For the band that I’m it’s perfect. I have some solo’s where my strat was falling a bit flat but now I’m excited to get back in the rehearsal room and blow the band away

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5 of 5 Awesomesingle coil goes great with humbuckers January 12, 2018
Reviewer: Vinny Irvine from Nottingham, .United Kingdom  
I have an HSH strat with modern output humbuckers voiced like original fender wide range humbuckers, wound to 12k bridge and 11k neck so needed a higher output single coil.

The Yorkshire Jack is a great middle pickup in this combo. Switching between pickups theres no sudden drop in volume. It blends in beautifully for a fatter quack in positions 2 and 4.

For a single coil hum is surprisingly low which I guess is down to the brass baseplate which also seems to be doing what you'd expect on a telecaster pickup - fattening up the tone while retaining the twang. Theres also a singing flute like quality not unlike a mini humbucker.

This is a great pickup for more dirty blues and rock,

I find itâ„¢s perfect in a circuit with 500k pots all round. This is a nice full tone, no need to worry about thin ice pick with these. In an HDS set up 500k pots it all balances perfectly.

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