Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
Me too. The build time is 4-7 weeks so it’ll be a little while
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Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
If you want another cheap immediate gratification option, the GFS hot tele 60's is mighty close to the BG A3 rockwind (I had both). It's prb a smidge hotter output than your custom broadcaster spec though @ 9.6k
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
Interesting. I kinda want to do a project tele and this could be a part I might use.
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
The bootstrap custom option is pretty darn compelling, at a similar price, if the wait time isn't a factor.
Knox in Box
Rustbelt refugee.
All I know is that I contacted the website once about a custom cover idea for a P90 and he got back with me the next day with a positive answer and seemed willing to do anything physically possible. I found another option for that guitar, but dude seems on the up and up.
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
Yeah, ok, this thread is helpful. @Peen Simmons , have you made any decisions/moves?
Wait, nevermind, I see. Cool. I can wait and see how this goes. Will be part of a two step project I have in my addled brain.
Wait, nevermind, I see. Cool. I can wait and see how this goes. Will be part of a two step project I have in my addled brain.
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
@Peen Simmons where did you find the Broadcaster specs? Curious.
Also, these seem interesting wound kinda hotter I guess with A3 magnets.
Also, these seem interesting wound kinda hotter I guess with A3 magnets.
Bootstrap Extra Crispy for Tele®
For folks who love our Original Recipes, but want a bit more crunch! Our Extra Crispy set for Tele® sports ALNICO 3 magnets and an overwound bridge pickup. Features Vulcanized fiber bobbins 42/43 AWG enameled copper wire AlNiCo 3 magnets Push-back cloth leads with 22 AWG pre-tinned wire for...
bootstrappickups.com
Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
@Peen Simmons where did you find the Broadcaster specs? Curious.
Also, these seem interesting wound kinda hotter I guess with A3 magnets.
Bootstrap Extra Crispy for Tele®
For folks who love our Original Recipes, but want a bit more crunch! Our Extra Crispy set for Tele® sports ALNICO 3 magnets and an overwound bridge pickup. Features Vulcanized fiber bobbins 42/43 AWG enameled copper wire AlNiCo 3 magnets Push-back cloth leads with 22 AWG pre-tinned wire for...bootstrappickups.com
Well, I surfed a fair amount of forums and Reddit and combed through the specs on a lot of boutique pickup makers.
For example…
broadcaster lead pickup spec
what were the specs during this period? were there specs at all? or did they just use what was available and wound the bobbins till nearly full? i often see the term broadcaster pickup and wonder what that really means to me it means a slighlty hotter and thicker sounding tele pickup...
www.tdpri.com
'50 Broadcaster Pickup – Monty's Guitars
Monty's 1950 Broadcaster Pickup Set is a meticulously crafted replica of the original Fender Broadcaster pickups. Modelled after genuine vintage pickups and handmade in the UK with vintage-correct parts, this set is part of Monty's Originals Series, delivering authentic tone and unmatched...
www.montysguitars.com
Blackguard Tele® Series - Flat '50 tele
Scatter-wound by hand with 43AWG plain enamel wire on both bridge and neck, these coils are pure Broadcaster heaven.
www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
Thanks for sharing your research! I hate to do that to you so sorry, but also not sorry because that’s a whole lot easier and I appreciate it. Again thank you.Well, I surfed a fair amount of forums and Reddit and combed through the specs on a lot of boutique pickup makers.
For example…
broadcaster lead pickup spec
what were the specs during this period? were there specs at all? or did they just use what was available and wound the bobbins till nearly full? i often see the term broadcaster pickup and wonder what that really means to me it means a slighlty hotter and thicker sounding tele pickup...
'50 Broadcaster Pickup – Monty's Guitars
Monty's 1950 Broadcaster Pickup Set is a meticulously crafted replica of the original Fender Broadcaster pickups. Modelled after genuine vintage pickups and handmade in the UK with vintage-correct parts, this set is part of Monty's Originals Series, delivering authentic tone and unmatched...www.montysguitars.com
Blackguard Tele® Series - Flat '50 tele
Scatter-wound by hand with 43AWG plain enamel wire on both bridge and neck, these coils are pure Broadcaster heaven.
Motorik
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Did the pickups ever arrive?
Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
It arrived, but I moved on from the tele to fund the Heritage I got.
I sold the pickup to a mystery forumite who will reveal what he did with it
Dew Knot Humps
Philistine
I might give Bootstrap a shot, I’ve been toying with the idea of getting a set of screwdriver P90’s.
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
Since if it is mine, I can hardly keep a secret, I am holding up my hand. I bought @Peen Simmons 's ordered Bootstrap Broadcaster spec bridge pick-up to go in my tele project. I want to build one from scratch, as I always have wanted to do. I am deciding what to match this pickup with. I am thinking either a T style neck pickup that will match up well for lead/fill work, and will stack well in a 4 way tele control array, as I think I will use that. Or, will get a P-90 to match. But because I already have such a set up, I am inclined to go with the T-style. Open to thoughts. Will end up with two tele's, which will be nice as I live in two places now, for the next couple years anyway. Was thinking about having the Bootstrap folks wind me something that will match well, or...It arrived, but I moved on from the tele to fund the Heritage I got.
I sold the pickup to a mystery forumite who will reveal what he did with it
Here is my other thread if you want:
SVL Tele II project (was where to source parts/bodies).
Interested in Warmoth, but kinda expensive. Would like decent alder. I plan on making a tele based on the '63 that Vedder uses, with a Fralin P90 in the neck and a Fralin in the bridge. I will use something cheaper. Maybe along the lines of the pickups @Peen Simmons is getting recs for in...
markweinguitarlessons.com
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sunvalleylaw
Yep.
Considering the Fender Reissue American Vintage '62 Custom Tele Neck Pickup. I found a deal on one on Reverb.
Another forumite had a neck pickup from the '63 custom shop that they loved, and that seems like a good bet, but can't find one available to purchase. Via some quick tele research, I find that the '63 pickups are Alnico II 7.37k neck, 6.59k bridge (+/- 10%).
and it appears that the '62 pickups you can get (for like $50 on my deal I found) are:
Neck:
Magnets were alnico 2 beveled, clockwise winding, polarity is north up. Resistance is 7.4 - 7.8, inductance is 2.1
Bridge:
6.1 - 6.5 Resistance
3.2 - 3.6 Inductance
But I only care about the neck. And that seems to match up well enough. So I might go that way.
All the above information came from TDPRI from a thread where others were doing projects.
Another forumite had a neck pickup from the '63 custom shop that they loved, and that seems like a good bet, but can't find one available to purchase. Via some quick tele research, I find that the '63 pickups are Alnico II 7.37k neck, 6.59k bridge (+/- 10%).
and it appears that the '62 pickups you can get (for like $50 on my deal I found) are:
Neck:
Magnets were alnico 2 beveled, clockwise winding, polarity is north up. Resistance is 7.4 - 7.8, inductance is 2.1
Bridge:
6.1 - 6.5 Resistance
3.2 - 3.6 Inductance
But I only care about the neck. And that seems to match up well enough. So I might go that way.
All the above information came from TDPRI from a thread where others were doing projects.
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
I will move my further discussion of my project into my thread.
blind radish
ZaZen
I had a Seymour Duncan Jerry Donahue bridge pickup in one of my, now long gone teles. As I recall, it was a SUPER pickup for the money.
www.seymourduncan.com
Jerry Donahue Lead Tele | Seymour Duncan
Vintage-hot classic tele pickup that balances a sweet, musical treble attack with traditional Telecaster twang.
www.seymourduncan.com