For those who miss that Vintage Fender Tone. There is no doubt that the PRS Core Silver Sky is one of the best built American guitars. I have owners of my pickups for the last year begging me to build them pickups for their Core Silver Sky. They loved the guitar but truly missed that buttery Fender Vintage Tone. Most was mad because you could change the pickups on the SE model but the Core Model took a different Flatware. So after Months of BETA testing I came up with 2 differnt pickups . My 63's for the Rosewood model and my 54's for the Maple fret broads. Ron Ellis is Charging $775.00 for 3 pickups. I will sell you a loaded pickguard that you can also change the color of your pickguard for $395.00, and I also added a option for 3 mods , a Treble bleed, a Mid scoop and a Blend knob for $501.00. I am not making a dime off the mods to keep this pricey upgrade as affordable as I could get it. This is a special order so please allow 10-14 business days putting your order together. If there is a market for this setup I will bring in enough inventory to cut the time down. These will only sell in a loaded 5-way pickguard from $395.00 to $501.00 loaded and you won't have to get a white Pickguard only unless you want one. Silver Sky mod shop a USA company has been taking about 10 days to get me a pickguard delivered. All the old Pre-CBS colors: Mint green, Black, Red Tortoise, Vintage Brown Tortoise and White. They have custom colors also if you might want something special and they are on eBay if you would want to look around. Now is your chance to have not only a great made USA guitar but have other players going "my Silver Sky doesn't sound like that". Demos at the end of the add. Who knows why PRS built these pickups this way ,and the covers are glued also,  I always looked at a strat like a small block chevy, let me mod it. I gave you the price right up front so not to waste your time.

Feel Free to email me with any questions at jobejude@miemusic.com or use the contact us form. Any reviews I will post on my Mie Music Tab. I will list the 63's then the 54's.

• Listing Title
• PRS Core Silver Sky Hand wound 63's for Rosewood neck in a loaded 5-way pickguard
• Listing State: LIVE
• OHIO
• Brand
• M.I.E. Music Boutique
• Model
• Set of core 63 Stratocaster Vintage Pickups
• Year
• 2026
• Finish
• Pre CBS Black Top / Black bottom Bobbins
• Manufacturer's Country
• United States
• Category
• Parts
• Subcategory
• Guitar Pickups
• Handmade?
• Yes

Or for the Maple neck owners

• Listing Title
• PRS core Silver Sky MAPLE FRET BOARD in a Loaded Pre-CBS 1954 Boutique Hand Wound 5-Way pickguard
• Listing State: LIVE
• OHIO
• Brand
• Mie Stratocaster
• Model
• Set of core 54's Stratocaster Vintage Pickups
• Year
• 2026
• Finish
• Pre CBS Black Top / Black bottom Bobbins
• Manufacturer's Country
• United States
• Category
• Parts
• Subcategory
• Guitar Pickups
• Handmade?
• Yes

M.I.E. Music "Music is Everything

Custom Hand/Scatter Wound Boutique Pickups in a loaded 1963 5-way pickguard. With a RWRP Middle Pickup and Beveled and Staggered magnets. These pickups come with a complete Fender PN# 0991368000 Aged White accessory kit which includes Pickup Covers, All 3 knobs, 5-Way Tip, Tremolo arm Tip  All electronics Full sized CTS. CRL 5-way, 047 cap Orange drop cap Vintage push back cloth wire and includes a new guitar jack. My stock pickguard colors are White, Black, Mint Green, Red Tortoise or Vintage Tortoise Brown. I like demoing my pickups on low cost guitars, Demo of 4 tracks are included , Dry and wet versions of a AC-30 and a 1959 Plexi included at the end of the photos

The 1963 Stratocaster with Formvar wire pickups was Jimi's favorite studio guitars. Any quick Google Search you will find that the 1963 remained one of his favorites for studio work , a perfect workhorse on which he would experiment to reach the greatest level of comfort , and that he didn't dare to play on stage for the fear of losing one of his most precious tools. Only one of them is known to exist and is owned by the Family. 2 had large headstock maple fretboards . Jimi loved the plain enamel pickups for live shows on his Olympic White guitars.

Not many pickup builders , wind the 1963 Stratocaster pickups. They were a 1 year model only as Fender was doing the sell to CBS in 64/65 years. This was the highest output in the Pre CBS era. Specs went from just under 6k to 6.3k and up . The Henries was 3.00 and under.

I specialize only in Vintage Stratocaster Pickups and for years now my Hand Wound Vintage tone pickups, magnifies the harmonics, the incidentals, the upper octaves, the fifths and the relationship of the pick to index finger strikes while maintaining strong sustained fundamental tone and real clarity. Most of my favorite Vintage Fender pickups have a little bulge in the middle and not the flat sides you see in CNC machined pickups. I added the bulge to replicate my Vintage pickups. It takes about 2 weeks to reverse engineer a guitar pickup by taking videos and notes and playing back in super slow motion. I have spent my most time studying the work of my favorite famous winders, Abigal Ybarra, Virgil Arlo, David White and Alan Hamel just to name a few. SSo i knew I had a very high bar to climb. 

  Detailed pickup information below: The main reason Fender vintage guitars are so sought after is the Tone . That Tone came from Hand Wound Pickups. I have a youtube channel miemusicjobe4423 and I have nothing but 5 star reviews on my pickups on all 3 of my selling sites.

1963 Black Bobbin: If you like the Pre CBS pickups from the 50's but wish they had a little more output these are the pickups you want.

Specs:  Averages
Tested at 77 degrees and 42% humidity, +/- 5% on a DER EE LCR DE-5000 , this LCR tester has a usb output that you can save on your PC in Microsoft . This gives me a record of every pickup I have made and sold. My Pre CBS pickups average at 6.0k to 6.3k and 3.0 and under on Henries.

1963 Pre CBS Black Bobbin Averages: Alnico 5 magnets Vintage 42 awg Heavy Gauge Formvar wire. Neck: 6.10k 2.46h RWRP Middle 6.20k 2.52h Bridge: 6.23k 2.52h .
Modifications: RWRP middle Pickup and 5-Way switch .

My Assembly Steps: Watch on youtube Mie Music Jobe

1-  I install the Alnico 5 Rod Magnets into the flatwork, using a Pickup Jig on an Arbor Press.

2-  I dip the finished bobbin in Lacquer.  This does four things, #1 It keeps the coil wire from shorting out directly onto the magnet. This is where 90% of Vintage Fender Pickups fail. The coil wire rubbing against the magnets. This glues the flatwork to the magnets, eliminating the use of super glue. Dry time varies.  24 hours average. I also Flux/Solder the start and finish wires on the bobbin.

3-  Pickup Winding-I use a MojoTone Pickup Winder.  Varying my patterns and wire tension and proprietary way that I've developed,  coming from months of hand on research and beta testing.

4-  I install lead Vintage Push Back Cloth Wires directly to the pickups.

5-  Perform the initial testing. k ohms, henries, and nf capacitance @1k and rp @1k

6-  Waxing- I use 80% Paraffin and 20% Beeswax. Heated to 140-150 degrees for 10-15 minutes for the perfect response and clarity.

7-  I wrap the coil with fabric tape for Four reasons:  #1  It cuts down the chances of damaging the coil when changing pickup covers.  #2  Helps stop high gain monophonic feedback.  The tape has zero effect on tone. #3 Keeps out moisture, Just an added protection and expense of building a long lasting reliable pickup. # 4 Some guitarist while recording will sit in the control room with the amp in the ISO room, while others like to sit or stand by their amp. I started to notice that most Gibson guitars did not have that high squeal and after checking those guitars had fabric tape on the pickups. So I put some Fabric tape on a few of my Strats and was floored that this worked. Back in the 50's there was really no need for it because the amps was not as high powered as today's. Leo was a known tight wad and maybe he didn't want to add to the time and expense? No change in tone.

8-  Perform second round of testing, confirming the correct specifications are met.

9-  Charge magnets.  I use a MoJoTone  N/S Charger.  I  fully  charge all rod magnets Once sold. I test the Gauss on a Tesla meter making sure of a even smooth charge across each magnet. Then I put the lead wires through the Flatware hole. I retest the polarity of the pickups which are North for the Neck and Bridge and South for the RWRP Middle pickup with a small hand tester.

10-  Assemble and solder Pickguard. I have a 5 way template finished and all I have to do is solder in the pickups you choose, and how you would like the 5 way tone knobs wired. Todays most common way is tone knob 1 Neck and Middlr , Tone knob 2 Bridge only. If you would like it wired differnet just let me know , I can also do old School 3 ways.

I been playing Strats for over 50 years and have a pretty good idea of how a Vintage Strat should sound.I am also sure many of you also know. Polls show 80% of the Strat players are happy with their tone. I am after that 20% very picky players. I would love to have orders from that 80% to show them what they are missing and what a low cost upgrade can do for their guitar and the enjoyment these pickups can bring.

These pickups are made one at a time, by me, in my small USA shop. I use USA Remington wire and have made my pickups as affordable as possible, using the highest quality parts from top USA suppliers. My pickups have that true vintage tone that only fine made hand/scatter wound pickups can bring. All my pickups are vintage spec'd to the correct pre CBS or early CBS years.

My pickups are made to last, and come from the result of listening to my vintage guitar collection, and taking apart a bucket full of DEAD Fender pickups, studying them, painstakingly un-winding them, and taking very detailed notes. This is how I came up with my proprietary way of hand winding my pickups. I started BETA testing in 2020 on every kind of neck and body wood made. Plus tested on tube and solid state amps, pedals, digital devices, and software in my recording studio, that I opened in 1999, with fantastic results. All of my pickups are BETA tested for 6 months by professional Musicians who work the road and recording studios.

I have built numerous partcasters, and have installed my pickups, and they are highly comparable to my vintage collection. I am receiving great reviews and feedback from all the guitar players currently using my pickups.

" Enjoy peace of mind with your new gear." I sell on my website and have a drop down box so you can make choices of what mods and color of pickguard you want. I ship to the lower 48 as I do on REVERB and ALL International shipping is done through eBay only. Don't worry about fixing your order I will contact you before I do any of the Build. I will  Verify everything first !!!!

The work has been done, so install, and you will find complete nirvana for recording and playing live.

Jobe Jude MIE MUSIC "Music is Everything"

Thank you for supporting a small USA company. jj

NOW THE MAPLE NECK 1954's 

M.I.E. Music “Music is Everything “

The Holy Grail of Stratocaster pickups. This was the start of the greatest electric guitar in American history. A Loaded pickguard with a Set of 3 Custom Hand/Scatter Wound Vintage Single Coil Pre-CBS 1954 Pickups with a RWRP middle pickup with beveled and staggered magnet this was the first year and Fender used the Alnico 3 magnets through 54-56.  Wound with USA Remington AWG 42-gauge Vintage Heavy Formvar wire. All electronics are full sized CTS, CRL 5-way, 047 orange drop cap and comes with a new guitar jack. These pickups come with a complete Fender PN# 0991368000 Aged White accessory kit which includes Pickup covers, All 3 knobs, 5-way tip, Tremolo arm tip so your instrument will not only sound great, it will look great too! Push back Vintage Cloth wiring. My Stock pickguard colors are: White, Black, Mint Green, Red Tortoise and Vintage Tortoise Brown. I built these Vintage correct. Pickup Demo included at the end of the photos.

 The Pre-CBS Vintage (black bobbin) Alnico 3, 192 Diameter magnet pickups have those Vintage Fender tones which gives you Shimmering highs, Classic bell tones with Vintage quack, and warm fat lows.

 Pre-CBS Black bottom bobbin average:  Alnico 3 magnets 42 awg gauge Vintage Heavy Formvar wiring: Neck:5.76k 2.60h/ RWRP Middle 5.75k 2.60h/ Bridge 5.80k 2.66h.... So, they can spec in sets at 5.70k to 5.9k.

These pickups are Hand Wound by me one at a time, in my USA shop. I use the top USA suppliers, using the highest quality parts while still making a low-cost affordable Vintage tone upgrade for your beloved instrument.

   I specialize only in Vintage Stratocaster Pickups and for years now my Hand Wound Vintage tone pickups, magnifies the harmonics, the incidentals, the upper octaves, the fifths and the relationship of the pick to index finger strikes while maintaining strong sustained fundamental tone and real clarity. Most of my Favorite Vintage Fender pickups have a little bulge in the middle and not the flat sides you see in CNC machined pickups. I add the bulge to replicate my vintage pickups. It takes about 2 weeks to reverse engineer a guitar pickup by taking videos and notes and playing back in super slow motion. I have spent my most time studying the work of my favorite famous winders, Abigal Ybarra, Virgil Arlo, David White and Alan Hamel just to name a few. So I knew I had a very high bar to climb.

Specs: Averages

Tested at 77 degrees and 42% humidity, +/- 5% on a DER EE LCR DE-5000 meter, this meter has a USB output that you can save on your PC in Microsoft. This gives me a record of every pickup I have made and sold. My Pre-CBS pickup sets test under 6k ohms and under 3.0 Henries, Built the true old school way.

My Assembly Steps: watch on youtube Mie Music Jobe

 1- I install the Alnico lll Rod Magnets into the Flatwork, using a pickup jig on a hand Arbor press.                

2- I dip the finished bobbin in Lacquer. This does 2 things; #1 it keeps the coil wire from shorting out directly onto the Rod Magnets. This is where 90% of Vintage Fender Pickups Fail. The Coil Wire rubbing against the magnets. #2 This glues the Flatware to the magnets, eliminating the use of super glue. Dry time varies. 24 hours average.

 3- Pickup winding- I use a Mojo Tone Pickup Winder. Varying my patterns and wire tension and my proprietary way that I developed, coming from years of hand on research and beta testing.

4- I install Lead Vintage push back cloth wires directly to the pickups.

5- Perform the initial testing: K ohms, Henries, nf capacitance@1k and rp @ 1k

6- WAXING- I use 80% Paraffin and 20% Bees wax. Heated to 140-150 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Perfect for response and Clarity.

7- I wrap the coil with fabric tape for four reasons. # 1 it cuts down the chances of damaging the coil when changing pickup covers. #2 Helps stop high gain feedback. #3 Keeps out moisture, just an added protection and expense of building a long-lasting reliable pickup. #4 some guitarists while recording will sit in the control room with the amp in the ISO room, while others like to sit or stand by their amp.  I started to notice that most Gibson guitars did not have that high squeal and after checking those guitars found they had fabric tape on the pickups. So, I put some fabric tape on a few of my Strat’s and was floored how well this worked. Back in the 50’s there was really no need for it because the amps were not as high powered as today’s. Leo was also known as a tight wad and maybe he didn’t want to add to the time and expense?

8- Perform second round of testing, confirming the correct specifications are met.

9- Charging Magnets: I use a Mojo tone N/S Vise charger. I FULLY charge all pickup rod magnets once sold. I test the Gauss on a Tesla meter making sure of a smooth even charge on each magnet. Then I put the lead wires through the Flatware hole. I retest the polarity of the pickups which are North for the Neck and Bridge and South for the RWRP middle pickup with a small handheld tester.

10- Install the pickups from my pre-made Electronic Templates to the Pickguard that you choose. White, Black, Mint Green, Red Tortoise and Vintage Tortoise Brown.

 I have been playing Strats for over 50 years and have a pretty good idea of how a Vintage Strat should sound, I am pretty sure many of you also know. Polls show 80% of the Strat players are happy with their tone. I am after that 20% of the very picky players. I would love to have orders from those 80% who may have never heard or played Hand Wound pickups to show them what they are missing and what a low-cost pickup upgrade can do for their guitar and the enjoyment these pickups can bring.

My pickups are made to last and come from a result of listening to my vintage guitar collection and taking apart a bucket full of DEAD Fender pickups, studying them, painstakingly un-winding them, videotaping and taking very detailed notes. This is how I came up with my proprietary way of hand winding my pickups. After BETA testing on every kind of neck and body woods made. Plus tested on tube and solid-state amps, pedals, digital devices, and software in my recording studio Mie Music, that I opened in 1999, with fantastic results. All of my pickups are BETA tested for 6 months by professional Musicians who work the road and recording studios.

I have built numerous part casters, and upgraded American and MIM Strat’s and installed my pickups, and they are highly comparable to my Vintage collection. I am receiving great 5 Star reviews and 100% great feedback from all the guitar players currently using my pickups on all 3 of my selling sites. Guitarist like that they can contact the owner/winder with any questions.

“ Enjoy peace of mind with your new gear. “ I sell on my website and have a drop down box for your different mods and color of pickguard. I ship to the lower 48 as I do on REVERB ALL international Shipping I do through eBay only. I accept PayPal on all of my selling sites. I will contact you to varify everything before I start to build .

The work has been done, so install, and you will find complete nirvana for recording and playing live.

Thanks for Looking. Jobe Jude Mie Music