This is a Lace Sensor Dually humbucker that pairs a Purple Sensor coil with an Emerald Sensor coil. Lace has built its patented Sensor pickups since 1985. Fender used them exclusively until 1996, and they appear on the Strat Ultra and other Fender models. The pickups are low noise and now come with Deceptor covers.
Use it in full humbucker mode or switch to split mode to play either coil on its own. The Purple coil is a hot overwound single coil with a tone between the Burgundy and Blue Sensors. It is designed for the bridge position and gives a P-90-type tone in the neck. The Emerald coil gives a Texas-inspired tone without the noise.
In full series humbucker mode, the tone has a rich, complex body with a sweet, defined midrange.
- Type
- Dually humbucker with two single-coil Sensor coils
- Coils
- Purple Sensor and Emerald Sensor
- Modes
- Full humbucker (series) or single-coil split
- Purple output
- Approx. 10.5k
- Emerald output
- Approx. 5.7k
- Purple styles
- Rock, blues, R&B, funk, pop
- Emerald styles
- Boogie, blues, rock, country, jazz
- Cover colors
- Black, white, cream (Deceptor covers)
- Recommended height
- .170" from string to pickup, about the height of 2 dimes and a nickel
- Height measuring tip
- Measure from the bottom of the string closest to the pickup
- High E height (fretted at 21st fret)
- Neck 1.5 mm, middle 2.0 mm, bridge 1.0 mm
- Low E height (fretted at 21st fret)
- Neck 2.5 mm, middle 3.5 mm, bridge 2.0 mm