Tele bridge pickups varied greatly in their first few years of production with changes to windings, magnets and wire guage. Here I have cherry picked some of those classic variations and recreated them from original specs.
'49
Based on the first pickups seen in early Broadcasters, this is a woody sounding, mid-focused bridge pickup. With more winds of thinner wire than in a convensional Tele bridge pickup, it is a hot pickup with a softer attack and a tamed top end response.
Blackguard
Hand-wound with 42AWG Plain Enamel Wire around Alnico iii polepieces this is a recreation of that classic early 50s 'Blackguard' sound. Twangy with a focused mid-range that will cut through any mix and push the front end of a tube amp into rich saturated overdrive sounds.
Whiteguard
Bright, jangly & clear. This classic mid-'50s pickup has 42AWG wire hand-wound around staggered Alnico v polepieces. With a zingy top end and a solidly defined bottom end, the Alnico v brings an aggressiveness that more than makes up for the slightly reduced wind count.
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