Lace Sensor Gold V-Series pickups have false pole pieces that give them a vintage look while their sound duplicates the sound of early Fender single-coil pickups. Sensor Gold pickups generate crisp top end and bell-like tone while reducing hum. Lace has built these world-famous patented pickups since 1985 Lace pickups were used exclusively by Fender guitars for over a decade.The Lace Sensor guitar pickup family has a unique radiant field-barrier system that surrounds both the coil and the magnets reducing annoying 60-cycle hum. The patented Lace micro combs replace traditional bobbins yielding a wider tonal range and better string balance than traditional pickups.Unlike ordinary guitar pickups Lace Sensor Gold pickups generate 36 separate magnetic "sensing" fields which in the areas where they contact the string "read" the strings' vibration.