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- Hi, I'm Mike Lewis here at the Fender Custom Shop.
We're here today to talk about and listen to
the Josefina Handwound Tomatillo pickups.
The first thing I want to talk about a little bit
is what's so special about a handwound pickup.
The bobbin spins around on a little machine.
The machine wand will hold the wire in place
and automatically move it back and forth,
so you get nice, even tension and winds on the bobbin.
The handmount pickup, it's the opposite.
The wire is held by an operator, in this case Josefina.
So the tension and the back and forth motion
wrapping the wire around the bobbin is all done by hand.
You get a very charming sound with a lot of character
because of the all the little inconsistencies that come
from doing it by hand.
The handwound pickup, each one will have
its own little character and what we call mojo.
We call 'em Tomatillos because they have a very sweet flavor
yet they have a tanginess to them.
So let's get into it.
Let's start to play some,
and we'll hear what they sound like.
Okay, so let's start with the bridge pickup.
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They also clean up very nicely
when you turn down the volume a little bit.
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Back into some drive.
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Okay, the middle pickup.
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Let's roll the volume down a little bit.
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Nice clean, dynamic tone.
Okay, let's go to the neck pickup.
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Turn that volume down a little bit.
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Okay, so the in between settings.
Position two on the switch.
That's the bridge and the middle.
Let's start with the volume turned down a little bit.
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Crank that up.
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And then your middle and neck position together.
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Those are the Josefina Handwound Tomatillos.