When we decided to go for the vintage Tele sound, we knew we had to
do more than just copy a vintage design. We wanted pickups that
captured the best elements of our favorite Broadcaster and Telecaster®
sounds - and then some. The Twang King™ pickups have unequalled
response to pick attack: light playing produces a soft, quiet tone and
hard picking creates a harder, louder, and more dynamic sound than
any comparable single-coil. We accomplished this with a combination of
controlled-tension coil-winding, special wire, and hand-calibrated
magnets. The neck pickup comes with a chrome cover, and the bridge
model has a ferrous base plate. Both pickups are wax-potted twice for
squeal-free performance.
We didn't model the Twang King neck
pickup after a specific original because, honestly, we never found one
we were 100% happy with. We were aiming for big, clean lows and
highs, and we wanted the pickup to be able to handle a very wide
dynamic range, so the sound would clean up with soft picking and
really open up with a harder attack.
Recommended For: Standard Tele neck position.
Quick Connect: No
Wiring: 2 Conductor
Magnet: Alnico 5
Resistance: 6.22 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 1995
Cover: Black
