
1951 Original for Tele® – Bridge
Custom USA Handmade to order
Wound for an amazing Tele® bridge tone
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Back in 1951, Leo Fender set out to make a versatile guitar with a fat sounding single coil. Something that had bite, growl and a big presence. His original recipe for his creation had a pickup that often measured just under 10k. We have created our version of that pickup in the spirit of what Leo had intended.
The result is a powerful Tele® bridge pickup that has a bigger and beefier tone, still warm, lots of punch and all that Leo had intended. The '51 Original has a well focused and defined top end, great for clarity and articulation. The low end is very punchy but not anemic like so many of today's Tele® bridges. It's a nice vintage hot with a bigger, almost humbucker-like presence.
Designed for those who are looking for something with a nice powerful bark, not thin but not overly hot. Very warm and lush with a stronger mid range presence, this pickup is able to bring out the beast in your Tele®.
Great for blues, country, rock, alternative and heavier styles of play.
Features:
- Mounting Hardware Included
- 9.5K output
- Enamel
- Choose from Alnico III or V magnets
- Hum Canceling with Planet Tone neck pickups
- Wax Potted
- Handmade to order in the USA
TThe Demos...huge thanks to Matheus Canteri, Lucas Fowler and Michael Wong
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Best tele pickup!
Great fat mid pushed pup

'51 tele bridge pickup
bought for project I'm putting together. Look very nice. Can't wait to here how they sound.

they do single coils too!
i have ordered many humbuckers from planet tone, and will continue to do so. i decided to try a tele pickup based only on how much i like their 'buckers. i am not disappointed. i put it in a japanese vintage tele that had a really weak original pickup. this pup transformed it and now it's my favorite of 4 telecasters.