Fender 57/62 vs Fender Fat 50 ( Clean )

[@MojoP]

Dear gawd man, what incredible playing 😳 57/62 sound like a Strat....a little anemic and brittle but not in a bad way, in a Stratty way. 50s sound like a smooth Strat...wider range, seemingly, thinking increasing the distance from the strings could mimic 57/62

[@friesmj]

Both are great! 57/62s for rock and strumming chords Fat 50s for blues and single note picking

[@TS-so2xi]

First, Nice playing! Second, I’ve actually had both of these pickup sets. The fat 50’s have perks as the middle pup is rwrp, and can take higher gain better, and have a “thicker” sound due to more mids. Although this was nice for some styles, it’s a sacrifice to the cleans though. I now have the 57/62 and honestly, they are my favorite strat pickups that I’ve ever tried, bar none. They honestly sound like true vintage pickups. They represent the classic strat sound. I have never looked back since acquiring these.

[@KarlSheridan]

Love the tone of the fat 50's Great video man👍

[@ariskoskinas]

Thanx man . Subscribe for more !!!

[@jakestadium]

57/62's every time. They just sound right.. the most authentically stratty. Probably helps that they were reverse engineered from an actual set of vintage '63 strat pickups.

[@milankotevski1663]

Nah, fat 50s every time. It's the archetypal strat sound.

[@ramencurry6672]

Videos are misleading. Best to try out in real life

[@jkf9167]

I've owned the Fat 50s and I think this demo shows their good side better than most. That kind of smoothness isn't what people are necessarily looking for in a Strat pickup, but I was able get a lot of nice, Stratty sounds.

[@uria702]

They both sound great to me

[@eggshellalien]

Personal taste. For me, the fat 50s sound too round. You can adjust eq but that never worked for me. I always felt like the sweet spot was not there. Turn up the volume and they’re louder but still too much thump and not enough attack. I switched to the 57/62s and love them. Very clear and bell like when clean and cut through the mix with a touch of gain. They just sound right and they are plenty hot.

[@fredgold5252]

I was very impressed by your playing. Amazing, I thought. I think I'm liking the fat 50's. Thanks very much for doing this comparison.

[@Geamic3]

i got the fat 50s in a Strat Roadworn Serie ints realy nice

[@jharmon1071]

The 57/ 62 sound awefully thin and bright almost no low end but very clean and punchy . Fat 50s sound fuller and very vintage and still very clear and glassy. Both are nice !

[@Nightryder7]

Do u have ears?

[@fraterfraxinus6293]

This is the clean tone I'm looking for. I like them both. I guess I'll just have to keep listening to this over and over while I decide.

[@benigumo2000]

I have fat 50s in 2 guitars I own. Next to the lollar specials these are my favorite pickups. If you like nice warm thick tones fender nailed it. Can’t speak to the 57/62 but I also have the pure vintage 59 and 65 as well. A lot brighter and vintage wound so output ain’t quite what the 50s are. But if I had to pick just 1 it would be the 50s

[@fraterfraxinus6293]

@@benigumo2000 I put the 57/62 in one strat and the Fat 50's in the other. The Fat 50's win, hands down. The 57/62 set nails the traditional low-output single coil Strat sound, but the Fat 50's are classic Strat steroids. It's just WOW. Fat 50's all the way.

[@benigumo2000]

@@fraterfraxinus6293 you are right. I have the pure vintage 59 that I’ve read kills the 57/62 and I just got done playing them at rehearsal. They’re truly great but for that thick goodness the fat 50 is the bomb. They are clear and not muddy, just warm and wonderful

[@Justarandomspacemonkey]

This vid inspired me to get the 57/62s awhile back. The neck pickup is amazing, position 2 and 4 are exactly what you come to expect from a good strat. 3 is good for getting that humbucker kinda thick tone and 1 is good but you’re going to want to tie it into your tone pot to tame some of that high end

[@michaelcraig9449]

How about a Kingtone switch for one of the tone knobs?

[@tonytielli3607]

50's slightly has natural distortion. as jimi said one guitar one cable and one amp. even though many people complained about the noise in 50's but hey it is strat. more noise more tone more vintage

[@buzzcrumhunger7114]

Pretty sure Jimi never said that, except maybe in the studio... you do know he was a pioneer in the use of pedals like the Fuzz Face, wah pedal, Univibe, Octavia, and so on?

[@dposeyg85ss]

Buzz he was talking bout jimmy not jimi lol.

[@tonniAbd8004]

Sound incredibly stratty❤❤ Thanks for the demo!

[@MrRastaVibrations]

Those 57/62's have the sweetest tone. I played them on a Diamond Anniversary strat yesterday morning. I was in there to check out the American Pro strat but found myself loving these pups. I'm going back to buy the Diamond this weekend!

[@roadapple66]

I put a set of 57/62's in a Diamond Anniversary Strat, that came equipped as an HSS. The stock HSS pup's didn't do it for me. The 57/62's have some sweet, multi-overtones that are just mesmerizing; through a good tube amp. They sound pretty decent through every amp I've tried with them.

[@GibsonSGJKL]

If it's the one with the three tone burst and silver case, you won't be disappointed. I got mine new in 2006 and I don't think I'll ever part with it. The only thing I've done with it is as an extra spring to deck the bridge. Not much of a trem guy.

[@sirbaronvoncount4147]

The 57/62s

[@stevewohlgemuth574]

Wow to my ears fat 50s did it again. What an awesome set of pickups

[@juana1483]

I have fat 50s in my usa standard strat. With this Marshall, I prefer 57s here. Is very different with a fender tube amp tho. If I owned a music shop, I'd really be satisfied, maybe. Excellent guitar playing bro---I tip my hat.

[@buzzcrumhunger7114]

One of each, please. Fat 50s has a more "Gilmour-ish" sound, imo. More mids than the 57/62, hence 'fat'.

[@jlane3333]

I just put a set of 57/62s in my Vintage Modified Squier strat.. also upgraded the electronics and bridge to Fender spec. Sounds awesome.. just what I was after

[@danielacuna1351]

incredible ! I want to do the same, I have a Vintage modified from 2007 with Duncan Designed pickups, I was thinking of putting a 57/62 set on it, changing the bridge and the pins, would you recommend it?

[@MrOzgooner]

Both pickups are nice ! I'll take both of them in different guitars for a slightly different flavour The 57/62's have a very SRV quality to them though that I like

[@ariskoskinas]

I agree man !!!

[@reviewforthetube6485]

The 69s are the most amazing he should do a video of the phat 50s vs the 69s

[@reviewforthetube6485]

Or the 57s 62s vs the 69s

[@michaelcraig9449]

@@ariskoskinas Which of ALL Fender pickups provides the hugest Jimi-SRV tones ever?

[@ariskoskinas]

@@michaelcraig9449 SRV uses Texas special So my opinion here is useless....

[@blakespurlock5322]

57/62 are nice because they deliver more of a classic strat tone. If that's what you're after you're in luck because they are very reasonably priced.

[@truthof7382]

Fat 50’s all the way. I prefer their smoother round sound.

[@my-t-mikedaly607]

The blue Strat with the FAt 50s has a Seymour Duncan Little 59 HUMBUCKER in the Tremolo position !

[@bpabustan]

If a Strat or Tele sounds great clean, you can be sure it will sound great overdriven. At least that is my rule of thumb.

[@guitarforudude]

Thanks for a great clean demo. First time I liked the tone of the Fat 50s. The 57/62 sounds more vintagey, but can be ice pickey imo. Great demo!

[@ptrisonic]

Fender Custom Shop seemed to have used Fat 50's a lot during the John Page era... I've got the SFG reissue 1958 (Custom Color Series) that has them. There are days I love them and days I hate them. That's typical for me with Strat pick ups. Dunno why. Pete.

[@horaciolopez2096]

Really enlightening, thanks!

[@pustoolio]

I had a 57/62 set and never liked it very much, now I have a fat 50s set and the same guitar sounds so much better to my ears.

[@Antoni2u]

I've owned both. But the 57/62's in my Classic Vibe 60's strat sound amazing. I also own a 50's strat Classic Vibe and the stock pickups in it sound just like the Fatso 50's. Trust me, Fender dropped the ball when they made the Classic Vibe guitar-series by Squier.

[@paulcarter5117]

Agree with you on that. I bought a classic vibe 50s strat and had it for about 3 months now then turned around and bought the limited edition surf pearl player series strat about a month ago. I took both guitars over to my cousin house, he plays professionally here in Dallas and Ft Worth, both he and the other guitar player in his band picked the classic vibe over the player series strat. I wound up having to help him order the 50s vibe from Sweetwater that very next day. Those classic vibes not only play great, they sound fantastic and then some. I play the 50s vibe way more than I do the player, well at least until Sweetwater sends me the 57/62s. They are on back order but I have my set already paid for, should be here sometime in Nov. They are going in the player strat to bring it up to par. I think someone was saying in the post that the don`t have the reverse wound middle pickup but they do. They are a exclusive to Sweetwater only. Have to get them from there.

[@barongilocano]

Which Classic Vibe 50s do you have? The China-made with toneriders? Or the Indonesian with Fender-designed alnicos?

[@Zoso7227]

I just bought these pickups for my 60’s CV as well and I love that guitar. I don’t think I’ll ever need a USA strat, because the CV is one hell of a guitar

[@chrisf247]

Both sound great, 50s maybe a bit rounder and higher mids, but they're not at all muddy either

[@briantinsley7864]

Nice, I was reading comments, and I looked up expecting to see a maple neck ! I have both, but my old 77 strat neck (it lives in a new body with a 4 bolt neck) is a little darker, but the Dimarzio Injectors are great all purpose, but I want stratty ! I like the Custom shop 69s, but I think those sound a bit better. Not sure what yiu get these days besides marketing with the CS 69s. Never should have sold my custome shop time machine 54. Bad move. I want a mulligan

[@martinafan64]

Awesome demo, and you play great. I like both sets, but would get the Fat 50s for a Strat I'm planning on buying. If I got another Strat there's a good chance I'd go with the Fender 57/62 set.

[@johnspina318]

Great video and playing...I love and use the Fat 50s and prefer them in your comparison.

[@jameskrys5286]

I have a set of 57/62's. All three pickups have the same Ohms reading just like in the old days. Fat 50's are RWRP with a stronger bridge pickup. To each his own.

[@reviewforthetube6485]

I like the 50s better but the 69s are where the pickups are at its literally the best pickups fender makes there are compare videos of both 50s amd 69s and they are the 2 best fender pickups in most opinions but most people choose the 69 and are you sure you were rebiewing 57 and 62 pickups because they sounded like a mexican standard lol never heard them sound like this before I swear its the quality of the sound in your video def needs some good editing skills behind it so we can really here the sound

[@ariskoskinas]

Michael Ward This comparison is raw . If you like edit in a comparison, then you like a fake comparison...

[@arpeemac]

More juice on the fat 50s. I like them both though

[@7Roeth]

They are so similar since they are both 50s pups. What a tough call, the fats are just a bit more mellow I think.

[@tonecontrol3271]

Fender 57/62 pickups

[@josephthompson6942]

57/62 or vmods? that is the question

[@pcollenyt3683]

Well, it sure would have been nice to know for sure which pickup selection was being made at any given time.

[@Yahootie]

PCollen YT yes true, but a strat player/owner can tell blindfolded which pickup is being used!

[@lukasbelinski1268]

57 62 sound sweeter to me for clean anyway

[@bluesmau69]

both real great....but i prefer the warm sound of the 50's :)

[@johnkostelidis8163]

hey guys !! I really love the sound of the fender 57/62 , and I'm thinking of changing the pick ups in my Mexican strat... Do you think these pick ups will fit nice ?

[@Fahmifcs]

I did on my mim start, they fit and sounds really good. Go for it

[@Fahmifcs]

I did on my mim start, they fit and sounds really good. Go for it

[@bpabustan]

Hi John, I have a 1995 Made In Mexico strat two tone sunburst with rosewood board. I replaced the stock pickups with 57/62 set. I never regretted my decision to change it! But the fat 50s sounds ok too. But hey the 57/62 is IT!

[@MintStiles]

The fat 50 seems to have a bit more zzzzzing in the mids, perhaps a bit more compressed. Likely does the blues a bit better as a result. I kind of like this set. I can see how people like the 57/62 as well. But this will sound a bit more direct for the cleans. I am quite surprised at how different they are when placed side by side.

[@eddyn4527]

ive watched your other videos and this is definately not you playing. do you even own a strat?

[@gearoftones8585]

Fat 50s. The other ones sound a bit bland to me. Less mojo.

[@tonberryfieldforever]

I like the 57/62 more, but I can do more with the Fat 50.

[@peterwestsongs]

Both sound great, like a strat should. Iv got the cs69s in a mex strat which are nice too. You have one great tone dialled in on your amp too and your playn helps. Do you have your pickups lowish or high. Still tryn to find the sweet spot with the 69s. Had them low but have recenrly jacked them up a bit

[@Patmclean232]

peter west I have one mexi strat with fat 50s and another with custom 69. the 69s really capture that 60s sound I love them! I like the fat 50s for Gilmore type stuff. overall I think the fat 50s are a little more versatile than the 69s but I think the 69s are my overall favorite

[@Patmclean232]

peter west I wouldn't mind trying a set of 57/62 though

[@bluesbagdelta399]

Very good demo, i think 50s is the ones i go with, both are a good deal!

[@Ingeborg323]

The insider tip for a silky, glassy and round, bell-like, fender sound with a shot of wiry and old: Get a pickup set from a Kramer Focus 3000 manufactured in Japan until 1984, because these are APS1 manufactured by Seymour Duncan with Alnico II magnets and these pickups have aged about 35 real years! You will be blown away when you hear these pickups and still put them in a good Stratocaster such as in an ESP 400-Series Stratocaster or a BLADE Texas Standard Pro or a Texas Classic! And you don`t need an Fender Custom Shop guitar for 3000,- Dollars, or more! No, You´ve paid about 500,- to 700,- Dollar and you´re playing a guitar with custom shop qualities and characteristics, Fender cannot build for 4000,- Dollars!!!!!!!!!

[@DenKulesteSomFins]

Do you have it?

[@Ingeborg323]

@@DenKulesteSomFins, no, and yes together. I´ve sold my Kramer Focus 3000 (build by ESP/Japan). But i´am still looking for these pickups. At the moment i´am using DimarZio Blue Velvet, very good to, but these old Kramer-pu´s are not comparable with these!

[@dragonclaw88]

any chance of comparing the 57/62s to the custom 69s...so hard to make a choice...the 69s are like 70 bucks more

[@dezmoneibensteiner7872]

Great tone!!!! What kind of wood is you stratocaster made out of?

[@ariskoskinas]

Thanks... it's alder

[@prannnn4938]

Love fat50 tone

[@berenicecourvoisier8581]

Love this! Do you have your pickups high or low with the 57/62 ones? I love the sound you get with them!

[@ariskoskinas]

Normal pickups height on both ...

[@jamesmcgrath6938]

The fat 50's sound like they're peaking in the recording, sounds like trebles. We're the tone controls removed from the circuit or are they naturally like that?

[@arrebatar]

I HAVE THE FENDER FAT 50!

[@glooboo]

Didn't like either one really. 57/62's have that sizzle that I can't stand, (Fender's Texas Specials are even worse.) The Fat 50's are a bit dull - they ring but they don't sing. I'm deciding between Klein '59s and Bare Knuckle Sultans.

[@sirbaronvoncount4147]

I play a warmoth strat with these pickups thru a jvm1. Sounds so good clean

[@carlosadams678]

Which one for SRV tones?

[@BOUZOUKISIGNIS]

Texas special or fat 50's which are similar...

[@kjatexas3679]

What is the bridge pickup on both guitars shown? Not a Fender! Very nice playing.

[@ariskoskinas]

seymour duncan mini humbuckers

[@kenaiello4851]

fat 50's are great with the no load pot on my strat for more traditional strat tone!

[@jedoknight856]

In a band context the 57/62s would be way better than the fat50s in my opinion.

[@samuelcf97]

Can the 57/62 achieve the tone of Pearl Jam's Yellow Ledbetter? That song's strat tone seems to have a good bass body to it. Those pickups sound very beautiful and chimey, but, do they have good bass? The reason I'm asking is I tried to get that tone out of my strat and it sounded thin and bass-lacking no matter what I did. Thank you for the attention.

[@jonadegraaf7916]

Samuel Campos yeah they're great

[@lucasbuckwalter9841]

+Samuel Campos what amp are you using? that can make a huge difference.

[@samuelcf97]

@103754713050879053736 Its Alien Mars tube amp. The guitar sounds bass-lacking when i plug on other amps too.

[@lucasbuckwalter9841]

+Samuel Campos i think he uses a fender bassman. i have a deluxe strat with the n3 noisless pups through fender deluxe reverb with a little reverbe sounds very close. the amp is the most important thing in achieving your tone. use pups and pedals to fine tune

[@ariskoskinas]

If you want a fatter bass I think that fat 50 suits more ! Fat 50 are being made for fat bass

[@milankotevski1663]

Audio is clipping too much.

[@TerryMasri]

I noticed that the 1st Strat with the 57/62s has a maple fretboard while the 2nd guitar with the Fat 50s has a rosewood one, that is if the pictures posted are true to the actual guitars being compared! Do you think the different fretboards have an impact on the tone aside from the different pups in either guitar? Please, tonewood debaters need NOT reply! Another thing, I noticed that the high e and b strings are not stuck under the string tree on the 2nd guitar. Is that by coincidence or done on purpose, and if so, why is that?

[@ariskoskinas]

+Thierry Mattea Firstly ,do you hear such a big difference in the tones ?

[@TerryMasri]

aris koskinas Definitely! The Fat '50s sound... well... fatter! More low end, less high end. I have a Classic Player '50s Strat (maple fretboard) with the '57/'62s stock and I'm thinking of swapping them with the Fat '50s to get rid of the bright, brittle, glassy tone I'm getting with the '57/'62s. Any recommendations?!

[@oliviajonathan2220]

+Thierry Mattea fat 50's lol! I think I see you on the strat group on Facebook as well.

[@pcollenyt3683]

Adjust your amp EQ.

[@therideneverends1697]

Not starting an argument, but the fretboard of an electric guitar does not change tone. Haveing extencive ownership of both i vote no.

[@michaelmendillo1961]

That's what I'm talking about !!!! :)

[@nhannis]

Πιο κοντα στον ηχο του Hendrix ποιοι ειναι ;

[@BOUZOUKISIGNIS]

Οι 69

[@Blueguitar007]

fat 50s have a pronounced attack..more percussive. and fatter sounding. depends on what you like.

[@pcollenyt3683]

WTF...who wants to hear a humbucker in the bridge position of a Strat. ? Ruined the whole point of the comparison for me.

[@nhannis]

εχω μια American std με cs fat50s αλλα λεω να τους αλλαξω με cs69 γιατι μου ακουγονται πολυ γλυκαναλατοι και θα ηθελα πιο vintage ηχο .θα ηθελα τη γνωμη σου.οι 57/62 ειναι ποιο κοντα στον ηχο των 60s που ουσιαστικα με ενδιαφερει: Ευχαριστω

[@Hot80s]

57/62 ftw

[@kkmspm]

λατρεβω τους 57/62 ωστοσο και οι fat50 ακουγονται ωραιοι! Θεωρωτους 57/62 πιο πληρεις! Αρη εσυ παιζεις κιθαρα?

[@ariskoskinas]

Οχι παίζει ενα φίλος μου για αυτο ειναι τοσο χάλια ... Εγω ξέρεις πως παίζω ... Αυτός άσχετος :)

[@kkmspm]

xaxaxaxaxaxa

[@LeeHoMusic]

Fat 50's ❤️

[@klassen978]

50

[@Namplifiermusic]

I have fat 50's in my 2012 strat and whist the cleans are pretty nice & warm putting through a high gain distortion or fuzz pedal they sound pretty awful, very muddy and very little clarity so I'm going to replace them shortly

[@kenaiello4851]

mine arent muddy at all with gain!

[@ariskoskinas]

wifey i use a 500k

[@kenaiello4851]

Not too muddy, can get bassy though , got to keep them pretty low like at 4mm and 3 treb

[@jeffreydooley3745]

They're both spankalicious

[@ariskoskinas]

Both are perfect

[@godhand1500]

I hate the sound of strat in a marshall clean xd

[@ariskoskinas]

Nice . Entering in a video with a strat and a Marshall in thumbnail :)

[@Fahmifcs]

Hi, What kind of strings on the 57/62? I love how it sound

[@BOUZOUKISIGNIS]

Watercolor galli strings 10's

[@Fahmifcs]

BOUZOUKISIGNIS what kind of Galli please?

[@BOUZOUKISIGNIS]

+Watercolor i'll let u know when i buy a new set in a couple of days.

[@ariskoskinas]

BOUZOUKISIGNIS πηρα dual rectifier . Ερχεσαι ενα πρωι να τον γραψεις καθαρα ετσι που τα παιζεις ωραια ?

[@BOUZOUKISIGNIS]

+aris koskinas μιλαμε απο εβδομαδα και το κανονιζουμε...και βρωμικα αν ειναι

[@bcjaliu]

Man I hate to say it but this comparison once again proves to me how much I hate the way Strats tend to sound, holy mother of anemic tones! And I especially hate the 2 and 4 position sounds. I love the playability and ergonomic of strats however! I guess a compression (an others) pedal and the right EQ could go a long way. But that brittle, thin ass "glassy" sound, I am not a fan off...sigh..well I'm resurrecting the strat as an instrument for it's superior playability, but I'm going to go with two TV Jones Classics in one, and put a twang banger in the bridge of the other. The TV jones starwood strat pickups also look very promising to give a poor strat some much needed muscles. Signed, love n hate with the strat

[@MrRastaVibrations]

carpathian whips just run some humbuckers or hot rails if you want fatter sounds.

[@sirbaronvoncount4147]

carpathian whips while I do like the sound that you hate taste is subjective. I do agree however that I love the shape of the strat and keep selling and rebuying them. In and out of love. I do find the strat layout a bit crowded but so comfy to hold and only a strat will get some tones.

[@subsub74]

can you please share your settings on the Marshall?

[@ariskoskinas]

Hello , the settings are those you can see in the video !!! It is a photo that you can see them cause I don't remember them !!!

[@subsub74]

thanks a lot! one last question for you: the middle pickup of the 57/62 set is normally not RW/RP. Did you notice more buzz in positions 2/4 comparing to the Fat 50's ?

[@ariskoskinas]

No buzz at all

[@subsub74]

aris koskinas thanks! very useful. And great video by the way

[@ariskoskinas]

Thanks man . If you haven't subscribe yet , you may do it cause a lot more are coming !!!