Original Vintage Telecaster 2-piece Pickup Set Review

Built a Guitar to Suit These

These pickups are silky smooth and have a great warm sound with that classic and distinct 50s character that also do some wonderful things with distortion and fuzz. They didn't work in the guitar I bought them for. I ended up with Fender Pure Vintage 64s in it. That one needed to be a bit more raucous. I did get and heavily alter another telecaster to suit these because I love… read more the way they sound so much. Now I have 2 very distinct telecasters, and that was not in my plan. Haha!

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Tele Tone

Sweet buttery Telecaster tone is easily obtained with these pickups. Better than Seymour Duncan, Fishman, DeMarzio, Fralin, and Lollar pickups that I have tried… Surprisingly tgat tgese are Fender pickups based on 50's. Just incredible tone that is strong and robust, yet without any ice-pick on the bridge.

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A Nice Upgrade

I installed these pickups and it truly elevated the sound of my Squier Affinity tele. These pickups are so beefy and clear. They have some seriously authentic tele twang and the neck is all sparkly just how I like it. All three switch positions are recording-worthy tones. There's a reason I gave these a 5/5. I popped these bad boys into my first electric guitar. For sentimental… read more reasons I decided to upgrade it instead of replacing it with a "real" Fender. It had cheap ceramic pickups and electronics in it and it was a night-and-day difference after wiring everything in. The previous pickups weren't terrible, but these are *nice.* It now sounds almost as nice as an American Tele. (I'm replacing the original neck to make it play about as nice too.) In short, these pickups turned my guitar into something I'm proud to gig and record with.

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Fantastic Sound!

I'm using these pickups in my mid-90s MIM Tele usually through a black face Deluxe Reverb reissue, and this set up sound fantastic for anything I play. While the bridge pickup does have the classic Tele sound, which requires the treble to be rolled back on my amp, the neck pickup is a warm beauty. They work very well together, giving a full range of the Tele sound - this guitar… read more has never sounded so good since new, I can't get enough! The cloth wiring, string wound bridge pickup, and wax potting are nice touches. I absolutely recommend these pickups regardless of what you play. For reference, I don't play country really, usually folk and indie rock - sometimes clean with some reverb and amp above 5 for breakup, or through a tube screamer and occasional big muff. Loving this guitar more than ever thanks to these pickups!

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Fender Original Tele pickups

These pickups gave my Squire thinline a real Tele sound. 3 useable positions and 3 different sounds. The stock pickups were shrill on the bridge, but the original Tele pickups tamed that harsh brightness. I don't even need to use the tone knob on the bridge pickup. The neck sounds nice as well, but different. Middle position is true Tele sound. Overall they are quiet and the price… read more is right. Much cheaper than boutique pickup set and to my ears, just as good. Fast shipping.

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