Split Blade For Mustang

Pure Mustang Tone, No Hum

$125$250

  • Hum-Cancelling
  • Thick & Versatile
  • Unique Appearance
  • Vintage To High Output

Lindy Fralin Original Design

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( 29 genuine reviews)

Our Split Blades for Mustang offers noise-free tone, in many different outputs. Custom-built for the Mustang model, these pickups allow you to turn on high definition mode on your guitar.

 

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Due to the nature of Raw Nickel, Raw Nickel may contain slight cosemetic defects or abrasions.

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We recommend using 2-Conductor With Shield Lead when purchasing a single pickup. 2-Conductor lead allows you to reverse the phase should you have phase issues. Learn About Lead Choice

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Split Blade For Mustang FEATURES:

Split Blade Mustang Pickups: The revolutionary design in single-coil sound, without the hum. This pickup is built with a 2-coil design using steel blades for the pole piece. Unlike most humbucking pickups, Split Blades are designed with a left and right coil design, offering a truer and more balanced single-coil tone. You can expect a traditional single-coil tone from Split Blades, except with a bit more fatness and warmth. Split Blades are perfect for those who love the tone of their Mustang, but want to rid themselves of the noise.

The Split Blades for Mustang give you 3-Wire Pickups for phase reverse and a Left-Handed Bridge pickup.

Features:

  • Single-Coil tone, with no Hum
  • Fantastic string articulation, dynamics, and enhanced detail
  • Cloth leads for easy installation (installs like a regular Mustang pickup)
  • Overlapping pole pieces for even volume across all strings: even went bent
  • 10-Year Warranty against manufacturing defects
  • 30-day Risk-Free exchange policy for tonal reasons

 

Sound

Lindy Fralin Split Blade Pickups are unique: they offer a single-coil sound, with no hum, whatsoever. You can expect a fantastic warm, full-bodied tone with incredible string articulation and enhanced detail. Low strings sound clear and articulate, while the plain strings sound thicker than a single-coil, but still sparkle. Also, adjusting the pickup on the Bass and Treble ends really allows the player to fine-tune the pickup to his or her needs.

Split Blade Pickups will not pull the strings out of tune – even if they get close to the strings. When playing with distortion, Split Blade Pickups sound thick and dynamically rich. Chords have a nice compression on them while single note lines have a much larger sonic footprint. Split Blades sound thicker than our Vintage Hots out of the box in our Vintage output option.

Split Blade Outputs

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Split Blade For Mustang Dimensions:

Split Blade Strat Dimensions

Split Blade For Mustang FAQ's

General FAQs

Here are quick answers to common questions we get:

  • What Ohm Readings does your Split Blade For Mustang have?

    Navigate to our Tech Specs Tab for complete Ohm Readings and more useful information.

  • Will this pickup fit my instrument?

    Check our "Sizing" tab for the size of the pickup. No Sizing tab? Check under the product image gallery for dimensions.

  • Is your Lead Time of 3-4 Weeks accurate?

    It really depends on the shop capacity at the moment, and the size of your order. Feel free to give us a call for an accurate lead time. We always try to underpromise and overdeliver.

  • What pickup height do you recommend setting your Split Blade For Mustangs to?

    Our recommended Pickup Height is 1/8" (3.175mm) on the Bass Side and 1/16"( 1.5875mm) on the Treble Side. Measure by holding the corresponding side down at its highest fret and measure from the bottom of the string to the top of the pole piece.

Customer Reviews

29 Genuine Reviews for Split Blade For Mustang

  1. Tony Rolph

    Verified Purchase

    yeah baby yeah

    Put these in my 2019 Swinger and it is now a beast. The stock pups weren’t too bad but these are much better, high output spec, really nice clear voicing but take dirt very well. they look cool too.

  2. Stefan Doke

    Verified Purchase

    Love these pickups

    Replaced the stock pickups in my early 2007s MIJ Fender 65 reissue – I always thought the original pickups sounded really weak and flat, I generally had always on pedals to balance that out. These pickups sound amazing in comparison, much thicker, higher, clean output. The 3 wire configuration is super interesting as well, allowed me to do some cool phase switching options in my new wiring setup. Would recommend.

  3. David Borengasser

    Verified Purchase

    Unique! Terrific pickups!

    I got the mustang set of round radius blues split blades for a short-scale Musicmaster ii. The guitar just had a weak strat neck pickup that someone put in years ago, but it also had the routing of a Mustang body. I wanted something that could produce a lot of different sounds and have a similar output as my Jazzmaster. I sent an email asking for a recommendation and they suggested these. Clear bright highs and thick lows, very full and powerful, but still a single coil sound without hum. I also use an out-of-phase switch and a jaguar bright switch on the neck. So many tonal possibilities. Not sure how they compare to traditional mustangs but they sound great.

  4. Lisa Van

    Verified Purchase

    I settled on the Split Blade pup after seeing the footage of Lindy playing them live in a strat. I figured if the man himself digs his noiseless design then I would invest in one. It sounds dreamy and the aged white pup in my shell-pink Mustang is as beautiful as candy. I must admit as a Virginian I appreciate that the pup was made right here.

  5. Zachary Peterka

    Verified Purchase

    Best Upgrade I’ve ever bought
    I recently started overhauling an old fender mustang & looked into noiseless pickups for recording purposes. I settled on a Dimarzio Cruzer and one of Lindys split blades. While the Dimarzio is great I consistently end up switching it off and use this split blade. The tone is crystal clear and chimes, but can also pick up as much dirt as you want when you dig in. I have bought a p90 from Lindy before and am hooked at this point. Amazing investment, great quality, and customer service is an added bonus. Cheers!

  6. Samuel Dawes

    Verified Purchase

    Turns any guitar into a $5000+ pro instrument

  7. Jason Archimandritis

    Verified Purchase

    put them in a late 50’s duo-sonic

    Got the vintage output pickups and put them in a late 50’s duo-sonic, and they are incredible!! Warm and jangly in the neck, bright but not shrill in the bridge …very reminiscent of what a good early 50’s blackguard Tele would be (a bit darker sounding than later Tele’s )

  8. Michael Tesch

    Verified Purchase

    Fender ’67 Mustang

    Purchased a set of split blades (vintage output) for a Mustang restoration. One of the original pickups was missing, so after doing some research and reading reviews I contacted Lindy. He helped me guide me on the output I was looking for and answered any of my questions. Even though I had already found the wiring diagram on the Fralin site, he still emailed the link to me after I placed the order – which to me was very important because this guitar did not have the original switches installed, so I had not seen how it was originally wired. The pickups came with plenty of lead wire and fit perfectly. Once it was all put back together, I watched Lindy’s video on pickup height adjustment. Once the height was dialed in, the pickups sound great! The pickups have really given life back to an old guitar! Great products, service, and support!

  9. Riley Edgeton

    Verified Purchase

    Glorious and Twangtastic!

    I got these pickups to replace the stock pickups that came with my MIJ fender mustang. I bought the guitar online and was disappointed with just how sad the stock pickups were. I decided to get these after a few weeks of debating and finally made the $ plunge. These pickups were way better than I could have imagined!! You really have to hear them in person to hear all the detail, they’re exactly as described. A lot of warmth with thick richness and the kind of twang you want, without the tinny thinness you don’t. They are indeed so very quiet, so much so that I almost forgot to mention it. This company makes great pickups and these split blades are definitely worth the money!

  10. Steven Pinkston

    Verified Purchase

    Fantastic!

    Installed on my mustang and it came alive! Best upgrade ever. Very quiet. I would buy again in a heartbeat! Jam on world, jam on.

  11. Jason Donahue

    Verified Purchase

    Simply the best

    If you have a Mustang and you need it to ROCK these are simply the best pickups in class.

  12. Burton Miller

    Verified Purchase

    Amazing Sounds – No Hum
    Exactly what I was looking for! The Vintage Hot Splitblades I got to sound like hot mustang/strat pickups — with no hum.

    I’m going to try out some of the other variations (Blues, Vintage, Super Hot) in other guitars.

    Go, Lindy!

  13. Jay Domingo

    Verified Purchase

    These pickups are awesome! I got a new American performer mustang with the Yosemite pickups which sounded great, but it buzzed a lot. I just wanted the same sound without the hum. What I got was more depth and tone too. Best sounding pickups around. I love my mustang even more now. Thanks Lindy!

  14. Ryan Detlefs

    Verified Purchase

    Amazing
    I put the split blades in a mint Japanese Mustang and changed the nut to bone and it is now a fantastic player grade guitar. If you are having any doubts as to whether you should switch out your old Mustang pickups with these split blades, don’t. Amazing pickups! They look great too.

  15. Kevin Munns

    Verified Purchase

    Just installed the vintage split blades into a squire vintage modified mustang. They are exactly what I was hoping for – very versatile. Playing through a fender supersonic and I can dial in the tone for most genres of music. Also very quiet.

  16. Lee Nudelman

    Verified Purchase

    “What a difference a blade makes”
    I purchased these to replace the pups in my duo sonic which I perform with, as it’s light and has a short scale. The white duo sonic pups really have no tone, so I purchased the black split rail blues model. I’m very pleased with the pickups, they sound great, have excellent control with the 500k pots. The black pickups look great on the orange guitar! Thanks, Lindy and company!

  17. Carlos Campa

    Verified Purchase

    Loving!!!
    These are great. I have them now on two guitars, and they sound tremendous! With these I can use one oickup, and not get noise of all sorts. Nice!

  18. Gene Kirschbaum

    I need short-scale guitars and liked the architecture and “feel” of the Fender Duo-Sonic but wasn’t happy at all with how it sounded. I just had these pickups installed and I’m very impressed! Wow! Incredibly quiet and such sweet tone! Makes this relatively “cheap” Duo-Sonic a viable and versatile instrument! Thanks much for a great product and for your help in selecting the right ones for me, Lindy!

  19. Laurent Bézert

    Verified Purchase

    I can’t believe it ! How a guitar just bought for the short scale become this outstanding instrument because of your pickups ….( excuse my bad english…). Laurent Bézert.

  20. Scott Simpson

    Verified Purchase

    I purchased a set of the vintage output split blade Mustang pickups for my newly acquired 1994 Japanese reissue mustang. Been playing for 35 years, currently in a classic rock hard rock cover band. I own a 70’Les Paul custom and a ’79 strat. I previously owned a’ 66 Mustang before it was stolen from a gig in 1993. I loved the stock sound of my reissue mustang after some set up and bridge adjustment (just as good as I remember the old ’66) and wanted that exact tone but it made my rig buzz like a bee. So first I got the cavity professionally sheilded which only slightly helped the 60cycle hum. So I took the plunge with these split blades and man these are great.
    They sound better than the stock pups, just a hair more output (which is an improvement-basically up to the vintage stratocaster output level where the middle positions [in and out of phase] just start to break up with medium gain {2 O’clock on a real tube}) and a just trace more mids (also actually better) but still definitely jangly, chimey with great single coil twang and spank. The neck and bridge positions sound sooo great! And ZERO hum, even with gain after a compression booster in a room with a bunch of lights on dimmers. Highly recommend these. They look cool too, unique and cooler than stock. This axe can still do indy, alt, garage and/or grunge things but now it only makes the noise you want it to make, and now it’s also now great for classic rock and blues, better for soloing. These pickups have taken my Mustang to the next level from a niche guitar to a professional well rounded guitar while still retaining the Mustang niche and vibe.

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