Golden Age pickups continue to amaze and impress guitarists. Our Tele models feature Alnico 5 polepieces and vintage specifications to take your Telecaster® back half a century!
Get the biting twang that helped forge rock, country and blues. Golden Age pickups are a great upgrade for guitars with weak or muddy stock pickups, at a great price. Vintage dimensions allow easy installation in standard bodies.
Golden Age Bridge Pickup for Tele Polepieces: Alnico 5 magnets with north polarity and 2-1/8" (53.97mm) spread. Vintage-spec raised D and G polepieces. Coil wire: AWG42, wound to 6.5K ohms. Vintage-style white string wrap. Wax-potted. Flatwork: Bottom thickness .093" (2.38mm), top .062" (1.57mm). Copper-plated steel baseplate for authentic twang.
Golden Age Neck Pickup for Tele Polepieces: Alnico 5 magnets with south polarity and 1-15/16" (49.21mm) spread. Coil wire: AWG43, wound to 7.0K ohms for original beefier output. Wax-potted. Flatwork: .062" (1.57mm) top and bottom thickness. Cover: '50s-style flat-topped, chrome. Screws: Vintage-style wood screws for mounting to the bottom of the pickup cavity.
Both models have vintage-style push-back cloth-insulated lead wires, and include compressible height adjustment tubing with mounting screws.
Shown on page 45 of our latest catalog.
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