Amalfitano Pickups TP

Single coil 17.7 K replacing a GFS in a Esquire

Esquire Clone, mahogany body, bridge p/u only, wanted a hotter p/u with more bite, this one certainly fills the bill.

Great sound thru all frequencies, I play mostly blues and slide

This is a boutique pickup at its best. Jerry asks what you want and goes from there. Great company and someone very easy to work with.

This is a single coil bridge only p/u that Jerry wound to a amazing 17.7 K. I had talked to him about a bridge p/u for my Esquire and asked him if he had a hot type. this is hot, with plenty of bite.

As stated this is for a Esquire guitar. I had a GFS installed but wanted something with alittle more bite, this has it and more. Also this is a surprizingly quiet p/u for as hot as it is and a single coil. When talking to Jerry about winding me a p/u, he had stated that this was the wind he had used for afew well know texas blues players and they loved it.

For a hot p/u this is very tone responsive. can be very passive when asked but has a tremendous bark when needed. I have a 3 way on my guitar but I leave it in the hight position and use pedals with my amp. I like the full power sound that my instrument puts out. anyone looking for a single coil would be hard-pressed to find a better pickup.I play mostly blues and alittle slide, it is very good at both.I know this is what Roy Buchanan would use if was still around.

If this was stolen, it would mean the guitar is gone also, I would replace both.I am going to get a set for my Les Paul next. His H/B sound just as amazing. The man is a real gentleman, give him a call. I feel it was a real pleasure to meet the man and use his product. Thank You Jerry.

This is a single coil passive pickup for my custom built Esquire. This baby clocks out at a amazing 17.7 K !!! This baby is hot !!!

As stated this is a custom built mahogany bodied Esquire, Warmoth neck. String thru-body, this pickup has all the bite a person would want but still has the tele-type twang to it. I have never been so pleased with a pickup before.

Sound is to hear to believe. For a single pichup guitar, it rivals anything out there. I use it with a 15 watt class A with a single Eminence Swamp thang speaker and the tone is just amazing. Thru my Marshall or My Fender Stage 185, the rest of my guitars will gather dust.

I will give this a purfect'10'. After the holidays I am going to get a set for my Les Paul, then for my 335. There is no reason to search for tone and sound again. Just let Jerry know what you want and the man is a shear genius. Best pickups made, period.

Single coil or humbucking? Single coil Tele Pickup

What model guitar or bass did you install this in? AV 52 Ri
What position is it in? Custom wound bridge and Glendale model neck
What pickup are you replacing ? stock 52 ri's

What's the output level like? It is wound slightly hotter like a Broadcaster would be

What amps and effects are you using it with? Fender amps mostly my Vibroking

If it was destroyed or stolen, would you buy it again or get something else? I have seven Tele's all with the best boutique pickups I would have to say I would have to replace these no question!!!

Custom built Telecaster

Fat snarly sound ! Awesome pickups, highly recommended.

Passive, single coil Tele pickups. 10.5k bridge, 9.5k neck

American '62RI Tele (replacing stock pickups)
Custom made Esquire style guitar (Amalfitano is first pickup in guitar)

The output is great on these. No midrange spike, either. All 3 Tele & all 3 Esquire positions are completely useable. Great balance & tone. It's great to get to play strong pickups with such balance, complex tone. They really help you to play your entire rig.

If I lost my Amalfitano pickups, I'd replace them tomorrow with more Amalfitanos. I can't find anything I don't love about these pickups (& I really have tried).
If you don't sound good playing these pickups, the problem ain't the pickups.

Tele plus set. Single coil.

American standard tele. Replacing stock pickups. Very nice set. I've been using these for about a year.

Pretty high output. Nice and clear. Good balance. Hum cancelling middle. Work well for any music style where you would use a telecaster. Slightly warmer bridge sound, and excellent punchy neck sound.

Excellent quality product. I would buy another set in a heartbeat.

Single coil passive pickups. SP Set

Installed the pickups in a 1987 Strat 62' Reissue. Replaced the bridge, mid and neck positions. Removed a set of Lindy Frailin Blues Specials, too hot and bought the TPs. While the Re-issue Strats are good guitars the pickups dont seem to represent the true tonality of the instrument.

The output level of the TP pickups are just a bit more than OEM, not too much. I play a 76' Marshall JMP 50W and limited effects. I find that the pickups offer a great sound and respond well adjustments with volume and tone knobs on the guitar. I use the bridge position more now that I have the TPs installed. I play 1970's Rock and I prefer to let the amp do the 'dirty' work and allow the guitar to sing...

I have been playing for 20 years and I am allways experimenting with pickups. I have several Strats and a few Les Pauls. I replace the pickups in the Strats because I feel they don't represent the true tonality of the instrument. The Gibsons don't seem to have this issue.

A Strat should sound great un-plugged. If it sounds great un-pluged but different going into an amp there is a problem and something is coloring the tone. It may be the cord,the amp or it may be the pickups.

Amalfitano pickups do not color the tone and accurately represent the tonalility of the guitar.

Single coil
A Lipe twisted Soldato
All tree strat style pickups
replacing Seymour Duncan
Coco Montoya
more spunk

These are passive, single-coil replacement pickups for the Fender Telecaster. The neck is wound to 9.5K ohms, and the bridge is wound to 10.5K ohms.

I replaced the stock pickups (neck and bridge) in my 2004 Fender Highway 1 Telecaster with Jerry Amalfitano's TP set. The stock pickups sounded thin and flabby, and I wanted something with more punch and clarity. Deryl Dodd's guitar player, Steve Rhian, uses Jerry Amalfitano's pickups.

These pickups are hotter than the stock pickups. I've found that sometimes high-output pickups can sound dark or muddy, but these Amalfitanos have a very open, natural sound. The bottom end is tight and punchy, and the highs are clear, with no harsh tones. I play blues, rock and country through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe (Eminence Texas Heat speaker, JJ tubes), a stock Fender Deluxe Reverb, and a Peavey Classic 50 212 (one Hellatone 30 speaker, one Hellatone 60 speaker, JJ tubes). The Amalfitano TPs sound fantastic through all of my amps.

I've been playing since 1986, and I have three American Stratocasters - one with EMG single coils, one with Seymour Duncan single coils, and one with Amalfitano SP single coils. I have two Telecasters, both with Amalfitano pickups - one with the TP set, and the other with the now-discontinued Elite set. In the Strats, the Amalfitanos sound noticeably better than the other brands, with more jangle (neck) and quack (middle/bridge). My Teles are wired with four-way switches, and the difference in tone between the stock pickups and the Amalfitanos is amazing. Now I can hear the steel and wood in my Teles; it's like they're finally able to breathe. These pickups are a testament to Jerry Amalfitano's dedication to tone and quality.