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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. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hand-wound Tele bridge pickups

£65.00Price
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