The Race Sensor was developed by a man named Don Race Sr.

Don Lace Sr. had been involved with Fender since 1967, working on improving amplifier speaker designs, consulting, and resolving issues related to pickups.

Then, in 1979, he founded Actdyne General International (AGI) and began seriously developing pickups.

In its early days, AGI Corporation was founded in the garage of the owner's home, where he and his two sons, Don Race Jr. and Jeff Jr., manufactured functional components called solenoids.

Problems often arose with the coils during the manufacturing of solenoids, and Don Lace consulted with Leo Fender and Don Randall.

Fender was also having trouble with pickup returns and other issues, so he had a relationship with Don Lace where he consulted with him.

At the same time, Fender was looking for a low-noise pickup, and that's when Don Lace was chosen.

Don Lace created a bobbin called the "Micro Trick Comb," which has a comb-like shape with 36 teeth on the top surface.RecruitWe will develop a pickup.

This micro-trick comb can read more information about string vibrations than a regular single-coil pickup.

Because we were able to complete the coil with fewer turns than the number of coil turns required, we were also able to reduce noise.

This is the famous race sensor.

Lace Sensor's innovative design, combined with Fender's single-coil principles, and its modern look with hidden pole pieces, impressed Fender, leading to an exclusive contract with them for 10 years, from 1986 to 1996.

Race sensors produced during this period have "Fender Race Sensor" written on the top of the pickup.

And the fender has a raceRecruitThere is a person who is indispensable to this process. That is Seth Lover, who is also famous for developing the "PAF" pickup. Seth Lover has been working for Fender since 1967 and has developed pickups such as the "Wide Range Humbucker".

When Lace was experimenting with the Lace Sensor, the guitar on which he mounted the prototype pickup was an original guitar owned by Seth Lover. Seth was so impressed with the pickup that it led to Lace incorporating it into Fender guitars.RecruitThis can be one of the triggers for it to happen.

The resulting Lace Sensor was used by many artists, including Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, and its popularity skyrocketed.

Don Lace Sr. passed away in 1992, but his two sons continued the Lace legacy. They have continued to develop cutting-edge technologies, such as the "Transensor" and "Alumitone," which reduce the number of pickup coils by 95% and offer low impedance characteristics despite being passive.