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Dear god, has any pickup winder really got two year waiting lists? Most you'll wait for a bog standard Tele pickup from me is a month ... and that's if I'm busy!
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
The telecaster's pickup history is one of a few distinct changes over the years:
The original 'Tele' bridge pickup fitted to the earliest prototypes ... and carried forward in it's evolution from Esquire, through Broadcaster was alnico 3, and wound with 43awg wire to about 9.5k. This thinner wire, coupled with low power magnets gave a slightly more compressed and mid-pushed growl. Still with twang, but very suited to rock and roll and rockabilly.
Around the time Fender had to take the Broadcaster name off of the 'Tele' after threats from Gretsch who had a drum kit of that name, they swapped to thicker, 42awg wire ... still keeping the alnico 3 magnets (keeping the turn count in winding the same but producing a lower DCR) ... this is the classic 'Nocaster' configuration. This is a little less mid centred, and for many is the ideal, all round Tele pickup.
A while later in the fifties they swapped for alnico 5 magnets, boosting the bass and treble a bit more ... and by the sixties they had dropped the turn count, thus lowering the output and making the pickup even more biting.
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Actually Albert's tone is one of my favorite Tele 'screams', totally distinctive, and it really couldn't be anyone else playing (try replicating it ... the licks may be simple, but getting 'that' sound is really tough).
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
For bridge, generally variations on the Nocaster theme, so either Fender CS Nocaster, or Oil City Fortyniner or Bareknuckle Flat 50.
They do NOT sound like a vintage Tele, but they certainly DO sound great.