Product: Fender '52 Reissue Telecaster Neck
Price Paid: US $40
Submitted
12/20/2002
at
11:07pm
by
Anonymous
Features
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Pickup features: Passive Single Coil
Impedence or other specs:
Instrument
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Model of guitar or bass: Custom-made telecaster blackguard
Position: neck
Pickup being replaced: none
Other pickups on guitar: Seymour Duncan Vintage Broadcaster
Artists using this pickup: Anyone with a '52 RI telecaster
You musical style(s): classic rock, blues
Reason for pickup change:
Sound
:
No Opinion
Perceived output level: Medium output. A bit less than the bridge, but that goes with the territory on these pups
Tone: really good. Balanced mids and highs, not to bassy
Sonic evaluation: Alder bodied, maple necked custom telecaster with nitrocellulose lacquer finish. 7.25" neck radius and vintage, 3-barrel bridge. Played through either a Fender Hot Rod DeVille, or a Peavey Classic 30.
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: I play mostly rock and blues. Of course, this pup is great for country -- hey, it's a telecaster -- but it works well for most types of music. The sound's in your hands, anyway.
Overall Rating
:
No Opinion
Comments: I like this pup. It is wired out of phase to the Duncan (most Fender pups are out of phase with other brands) so you have to reverse-wire the pickup (swap the hot and ground). If you do this, you'll get a wonderfully clean position #2 sound that is hum-cancelling to boot.
I would buy this pup again. The Duncan neck pup is too bassy.
