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Vintage Wound Telecaster Pickup Reproductions



Custom Tri-State Telecaster Bridge Pickup


We Are Now Offering "Nickel Plated" Transparent Nickel Silver Covers



Klein Pickups Telecaster Pickup Covers, Chrome, Bare, Nickel, and Gold.


We offer a full range of Hand wound Telecaster pickups from vintage, to modern overwound guitar tones, to Jazz & Blues.  Browse Our Telecaster Pickups for your Fender Guitar below.


Each Pickup startsit's life as a piece off a 4'x8' piece of black/gray forbon.  Eachpickup takes about 4 hours of labor to complete.  Here we take pride inwinding all of our pickups once they are ordered, not ahead of time.


Current Wind Time Is Running At Approx 3-5 Days if not in stock.  All pickups are handwound.



   Broadcaster Pickups (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description:   This "Blackguard" Late 1950 Broadcaster pickup is made for all Authentic Fender Telecaster players.  The Broadcaster Bridge Pickup has Flushmount Larger Diameter .197' Alnico 3 magnets, 43 gauge Plain Enamel, White cotton around the coil, and finally Period correct Steel baseplates.  This bridge is powerful and ballsy but still retains the telecaster pickup tones.  The neck pickup was designed to maintain the strength and tone of our bridge pickup.  Our broadcaster neck picukp is constructed with Alnico 3 magnets, 43ga Plain Enamel magnet wire, and Nickel-Silver Chrome cover.  The neck pickup is full, round sounding, which has a slightly heavier mid range section.  Need pickups with more mid range drive, this pickup is for you.  Wax potted to avoid unwanted microphonics.  Output: Bridge 8.8k, Neck 7.3k.

All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!

Sound Clips:

New Clip 1
New Clip 2

By David Deaton

Bridge Clip 1
Bridge Clip 2
Bridge Clip 3
Bridge Clip 4
Bridge Clip 5
Bridge Clip 6
Bridge Clip 7
Bridge Clip 8

Neck Clip 1
Neck & Bridge 1

By Ric Latina

Neck 1
Neck 2
Neck 3
Neck 4

By Mason Stoops

Telecaster Control Plate Assembly Click Below

- 3 Way Control Plate +$70.00
- 4 Way Control Plate +$75.00
Base SKU: KP-0603
   Esquire (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: This Esquire is wound with Alnico 3 Flush mount magnets and 42ga Enamel wire which follow specs of the earliest Fender 1950 esquire guitars, June-October 1950, output is 7.6k.  Baseplate included and black cotton around the coil.  The tone of the pickups is meaty and full.  Very strong and smooth compression with great attack.   Wax potted to avoid unwanted microphonics.  Output 7.6k

Esquire Sound Clips

Clip 1
Clip 2
Clip 3
Clip 4
Clip 5
Clip 6

By Derek Neece (Princeton Reverb)

All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!

Base SKU: KP-0102
   Nocaster Pickup (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: Nocaster Pickups.  This pickup is modeled after exact specs from the early 50s Fender Nocasters.  The neck pickup comes with Alnico 3 magnets with 43ga Plain Enamel magnet wire wound to 7.90k output and will bring out the smooth tele character of your guitar with plenty of crunch and drive, true for you authentic nocaster players.  This pickup is hotter compared to the later 60's era pickups. The Bridge pickup comes wound with 42ga Plain Enamel magnet wire and it is wound to 7.5k, plenty of strength, lots of bassy low end, smooth mid range & top end.   The pickup comes wax potted, vintage cloth lead wire, and the neck has nickel-silver chrome cover.  Period Correct Zinc Baseplate.
Output:   Neck 7.9k Bridge 7.5k



All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!
Base SKU: KP-0031
   1952 Telecaster Pickup (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: 1952 Telecaster Pickup Set, Authentic in every way, Alnico 3 magnets, 42ga Plain Enamel magnet wire on the bridge and 43ga Plain Enamel magnet wire on the neck.  The pickups produces nice and sweet low end, strong enough to develop a solid mid range which is able to drive any amp.   The top end is clean with out any Ice Pick and is still able to provide all of the nuances found only in the best handwound pickups.  

Output:   Neck 7.2k, Bridge 7.7k.

All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!

Sound Clip  (Rock)
Sound Clip 1
Sound Clip 2 (Metropolis)
Sound Clip 3
Sound Clip 4  (Bad Cat)
Sound Clip 5  (Neck Pickup)

By Derron Blakely
Base SKU: KP-0993
   Tri-State Telecaster Bridge (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: Tri-State Telecaster Bridge Pickup

Version 1.  Triple tapped pickup.  The pickup starts with Large Diameter .197 Alnico 3 flush mount, 42ga Plain Enamel.  The first tap is wound with low output Telecaster twang in mind, 4.7k.  The 2nd tap shifts to a Fenders 60's output which lies at 6.3k.  The 3rd tap winds to 7.9k which is Esquire spec.

Version 2
. Triple tapped pickup.  The pickup starts with Large Diameter .197 Alnico 3 flush mount, 42ga Plain Enamel. The first tap is wound to 5.2k a 50's low wind for the ultimate pure country tone.  The second tap lends to a mid 60's output at 6.7k.  The third tap winds to 8.3k which is a slightly overwound Esquire and lies closer to a Nocaster bridge output.  This pickup is a perfect for all esquires.
  Wax potted to avoid unwanted microphonics.


Version 1:       Version 2:
Outputs:
         Outputs:
Tap 1: 4.3k      Tap 1: 5.2k
Tap 2: 6.3k      Tap 2: 6.7k
Tap 3: 7.9k      Tap 3: 8.3k

*Wired with Standard 3-Way Switch
*Wiring Diagram Included


Sound Clip Tap 1
Sound Clip Tap 2
Sound Clip Tap 3
Sound Clip 4
Sound Clip 5

All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!
    
Base SKU: KP-0710
   Fat Man Tele Pickups (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: Fat Man:   Looking for a Tele Bridge Pickup with an output of a P-90/Humbucker for your Fender.  This bridge incorporates 3/4 inch Alnico 5 flush mounted magnets with warm sounding 42ga poly magnet wire.  The output is about 10k.  The pickup has extreme clarity with plenty of power to push any amp just like the traditional P-90's.  The pickup comes with white or black cotton wrapped around the coil.  The neck pickup is wound with 43ga Poly wire and has a nice thick, SRV type aggressive tone.   Fat, full, warm bass with thick mids, and a clean clear presence in the top register.  Wax potted to avoid unwanted microphonics.

Output: Bridge 10k,  Neck 8k.


Sound Clips

Clip 1          Clip 6
Clip 2          Clip 7
Clip 3          Clip 8
Clip 4          Clip 9 (Neck)
Clip 5          Clip 10 (Neck)

Clip 11  By Steinar Karlsen


All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!
Base SKU: KP-0027
   Telecaster Neck Firebird Pickup (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: FireBird Pickup, constructed the same as vintage 60s FireBird pickups.   Two Alnico 5 Bar magnets, Plain Enamel wire, Steel Reflecting Plate, wound to the lower range of vintage outputs.   This brings more of that single coil clarity which is found only in the best vintage firebird pickups.  Compared to Mini Humbuckers which are constructed completely different, these are clearer, cleaner, warmer, & fuller.   Touch sensitive, sweet & fat low end, with a well defined mid range, and a crystal top end bring out the best tones of firebirds.  Play with a quicker/stronger attack and you can go from clean to dirty.  These are excellent for country, rock, R & B, blues, jazz music.   These will add all the depth and definition to the neck of your guitar.  Vintage braided lead, chrome cover. (+$15 for Gold Cover)

Output:  Neck 6.1  (Contact Us if you need a stronger neck output
)

-We also carry 1 Ply Vintage (.060") Black 5 Hole Pickguards That Fit Our Pickup Dimensions $35.00.  Right & Left Hand Orientation.   We Can Also Special Order Others.

Sound Clips
(Princeton Reverb Silverface, Amp Reverb) In the neck of a Tele

Sound Clip 1
Sound Clip 2
Base SKU: KP-1033
   Telecaster Neck Mini Humbucker (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: Mini Humbucker Neck Pickup For Tele.  Wound with 42ga Plain Enamel, Alnico 5 Magnet, Chrome Cover.  Our neck pickup is wound to 6.4k which provides a nice, clean, and crunchy compression.   These are warm necks and add a lot of depth to the neck position of any tele.  Steel Braided Lead.

Output:  6.4k


NEW SOUND CLIPS
Sound Clip 1
Sound Clip 2
Base SKU: KP-0750
   The "Limited" Telecaster Pickups (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: "The Limited" pickups have been produced exclusively for OEM guitar manufacturers and is now available to you.   The limited set is a full, round, thick, and chunky set of pickups.  Specially gaussed Alnico 5 magnets, 42ga Heavy Formvar magnet wire, and white cotton wrap construct this set.

Looking for more of a strat sound in the neck of your tele?  The Limited neck is constructed to provide just that.   Alnico 5 magnets, 42ga Heavy formvar.   The output of the neck pickup provides a thicker and fatter low end with out the ice pick on the top end.  The Neck pickup also with it's moderate output doesn't overly drive the amp.  The bridge pickup is wound with more turns which brings out the bite in your tele.    This bridge is wound just enough to avoid the category of high output pickups but still has the thickness and full drive for players who don't always want the "Twang."

Neck: 5.7k,  Bridge: 8.8k

Base SKU: KP-1045
   1961 Telecaster Pickups (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: Description Coming Soon
Base SKU: KP-1041
   1967 Telecaster Pickups (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: 1967 Telecaster Set.  Wound to '67 Fender specs.  Neck wound with 43ga Plain Enamel, Alncio 5, and output of 6.9k.  Bridge pickup is wound to 6.5k, Alnico 5 raised D & G, and 42ga Plain Enamel magnet wire.  Tele Nickel silver chrome cover included.  The neck is very meaty.  Bridge pickup has that traditional tele sound.  White Cotton wrapped around the Bridge coil.  Wax potted to avoid unwanted microphonics.  Neck 6.9k, Bridge 6.5k.


Telecaster Control Plate Assembly Click Below

- 3 Way Control Plate +$70.00
- 4 Way Control Plate +$75.00

All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!
Base SKU: KP-0042
   '54 Telecaster Pickups (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: 1954 Telecaster Pickup Set wound to Original Fender specs.  Alnico 3 magnets, bridge has raised D & G magnets, 42ga Plain Enamel magnet wire, and an output of about 7.2k on the bridge and 5.5k on the neck.  Output of the pickup produces a full, round, medium warm tele tone with a smooth overdrive. Wanting the 50's Tele tone? You need this set.  Wax potted to avoid unwanted microphonics.  Output: Neck 5.8k, Bridge 7.2k.

Telecaster Control Plate Assembly Click Below

- 3 Way Control Plate +$70.00
- 4 Way Control Plate +$75.00

All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!
Base SKU: KP-0036
   Early 50's Neck (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: Early 50's Telecaster Neck pickup.  This neck is modeled after Fender specs from the early 1950's.  The pickup comes with Alnico 3 magnets with 43ga Plain Enameled magnet wire wound to 7.70k output, and will bring out the smooth tele character of your guitar with plenty of crunch and drive.  This pickup is hot compared to the later 60's era pickups.  The pickup comes wax potted, vintage cloth lead wire, and a nickel-silver chrome cover.   Output Neck 7.7k.

Sound Clips

Sound Clip 1
Sound Clip 2
Sound Clip 3

Sound Clips Provided By David Deaton

All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!
Base SKU: KP-0027
   Scooped Mid Range Tele Pickups (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: Looking for a Scooped Mids Tone But In A Tele? This Telecaster pickup set utilizes Alnico 5 magnets, has a scooped mid range, and is scatter wound.  Comes hand wound with the more expensive 42ga Plain Enamel (43 for the neck) magnet wire and is RWRP in the middle position.   We have discovered the winding technique to achieve this scooped tone.  The set has lots of low end and trebles.   The pickup has a scooped mid range and gives an extremely glassy, clean, woody type tone, and a creamy compression.  Wax potted to avoid unwanted microphonics.  Superb clean Tele tone.  Very articulate quack in the out of phase position.  

Output: Neck 6.7k, Bridge 7.4k

All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!
Base SKU: KP-1039
   Tapped Tele Bridge 50's & Esquire (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: Get the Best of the 50's with this Telecaster Bridge.  Esquire & 50's bridge.

50's Lead pickup is configured with Raised D & G Alnico 3 magnets.  Handwound with Enamel magnet wire and white cotton wraps the coil.  This pickup is very articulate and full.  No brash ice picking in this pup.  Early 50's lower output bridge: Output 6.60k.

Esquire is wound with Alnico 3 Flush mount magnets and Enamel wire which follow specs of the earliest esquire pickups, output is 7.6k.  Baseplate included and black cotton around the coil.  The tone of the pickups is meaty and full.  Very strong and smooth compression with great attack.  Output 7.6k

The Tapped version uses the Flush mount Alnico 3 magnets.
Wax potted to avoid unwanted microphonics.


*** Early 50's Neck Pickup is a Perfect Match***

Output:
1st Coil 6.60k
2nd Coil 7.60k

All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!
Base SKU: KP-0213
   Tapped Tele Bridge Esquire & High Output Pickup (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: Tapped Esquire & High Output Bridge Pickup.  Tapped pickups utilize 2 pickups in 1.  This pickup is an Esquire (7.6k) and High output (8.75k).  Alnico 3 flush mount magnets wound with Enameled magnet wire.  Black cotton wrapped around the coil.   Wax potted to avoid unwanted microphonics.  1 SPDT or Push/Pull pot is needed to utilize both coils.

*** Early 50's Neck Pickup is a Perfect Match***

Tap 1: 7.6k
Tap 2: 8.75k

All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!
Base SKU: KP-0056
   Dallas Blues Telecaster Pickups (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: Dallas Blues Tele Set,  Constructed using Flush Alnico 2 magnets, 42ga Plain Enamel magnet wire and cloth lead wires.  The best blues tone is achieved, funky deep bass, clean brilliant trebles, and a nice balanced mid range, is what makes this set the best.  Use this set to play any range of Blues, Funk, or Classic rock.  This set takes pedals very good.   Wax potted to avoid unwanted microphonics.  Output: Neck 7.5k & Bridge 8.50k.

Video Clips:
Clip 1


Telecaster Control Plate Assembly Click Below

- 3 Way Control Plate +$70.00
- 4 Way Control Plate +$75.00

All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!

Base SKU: KP-0107
   Custom Designed Telecaster Pickups (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: Custom Made Pickups for Telecaster Guitars: Add this product to your shopping cart, then add your specifications and customizations. Be sure to enter your contact information correctly. You will not be charged until your specifications are agreed upon.  Looking for high output, low output, medium output?  Vintage output specs?  Looking for any combination of magnets?  I get many requests for a mixture of many grades of alnico magnets for a single pickup.  If you are looking for some kind of pickup that is unique, here is your opportunity.  I carry 4 types of alnico magnet grades and 3 types of magnet wire. 

Looking for something specific?  More Mid Range?  Less Mid Range?  Punchy, quick attack?  Smooth Compression?  These plus many many more options are available.

Please inquire if you need any assistance.  Contact us through our Customer Service Page.

All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!
Base SKU: KP-0009
   Custom Design Tapped Telecaster Guitar Pickup Set (Klein Pickups LLC)
Description: Custom Made Tapped Telecaster Pickups: Add this product to your shopping cart, then add your specifications and customizations. If you are unsure about your specifications please consult us.  We strive to make the best pickup that will suit exactly to your needs.  Looking for high output?  8-9K?  How about low output? 3-4k? We use 3 different forms of magnet wire and 4 different grades of magnets.  Be sure to enter your contact information correctly. You will not be charged until your specifications are agreed upon.

When ordering be sure to include:
    -2 outputs: ie Bridge 6.0k/7.5k - Neck 5.5k/6.75k
    -Grade of magnet: Alnico 2,3,4,5
    -Type of magnet wire: Formvar, Enamel, Poly

All Pickups Hand Scatter wound for the best tonal response!
Base SKU: KP-0060