Split Steel Poled Tele
Clean P90 Tone, No Noise
$150
Noiseless P90 Tone in a Tele Bridge Position? Yep – we got that! Enter the Fralin Split Steel Pole Tele Bridge: a Noiseless P90 for Telecaster. This pickup features a fat, thick midrange and aggressive highs. It’s a perfect drop-in replacement for any Fender Telecaster Bridge pickup and for those looking for that versatile, unique P90 tone for their Tele. Get inspired and discover what you’ve been missing.
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P90 Tone, Zero Hum.
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Features
The Split Steel Pole Tele Bridge provides an authentic P90 tone without the noise. If you’re not happy with your bright, noisy bridge pickup, we invite you to check this pickup out. Featuring adjustable USA-Made Pole pieces and a thick, dynamic midrange, you will be amazed at the clarity, versatility, and articulation coming from your Tele’s bridge position.
Based on his Split Blade design, Lindy created this pickup to get more aggression out of the bridge position while still canceling out hum. Installation is a breeze, as this pickup will drop right into your Telecaster with no modifications necessary
Features:
- Noiseless, Fat And Full Tele Bridge Tone
- Huge P-90 Midrange and Thickness
- Direct Replacement For Tele Bridge
- Two outputs for fine-tuning your unique tone
- Unique left-right coil design for 100% noiseless operation
- Adjustable Steel Pole Pieces for fine-tuning string balance
- USA-Made Precision Injection Mold, and USA-Made Ceramic Magnets and Wire
- Backed by our 10-Year Warranty on manufacturing defects
- Risk-free 30-day exchange policy
How It's Made:
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Are you seeking something unique for your Tele’s Bridge position? Are you looking for a “secret weapon” in your guitar’s arsenal? Look no further than our Split Steel Pole Bridge. With a unique design comes a familiar (yet unique) tone. This pickup features a thick, bold midrange, a percussive treble, and a familiar P90 growl.
Wound strings are crystal-clear yet loud, and Treble strings have the Tele Twang, but with a rounder quality. With an accentuated midrange and warmer highs, this Bridge pickup is perfect for those trying to tame a twangy Tele bridge.
Whether you play with distortion or not, you’ll undoubtedly cut through in the mix with our Split Steel Pole Tele Bridge.
OPTIONS:
Choose Stock Output: If you want the thickest, beefiest tone. The midrange will be loud and full. Highs will be slightly darker.
Choose -5% Output: If you want a little clearer tone and more articulation. Highs will be more present, mids slightly scooped.
Tonal Graph For Split Steel Poled Tele:
The tonal graph below for our Split Steel Poled Tele features Lows, Midrange, Highs, and general Output.
Attack: Stiff & Percussive
Videos for Split Steel Poled Tele:
Tech Specs:
See below for the estimated DCR and Polarity Information for our Split Steel Poled Tele.
| SPECIFICATION | VALUE |
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| Ohm Reading: | 9.8K (Stock) |
| Polarity: | This pickup's polarity is reversible with 3-Wire configuration |
| Magnets: | USA-Made Ceramic |
| Wire: | USA-Made 43-Gauge Single Poly Nylon |
| Bobbins: | USA-Made Precision Injection Mold |
| Baseplate: | USA-Made Nickel Silver |
| Recommended Pot Value: | 250K* |
| Wax Potted: | Yes |
| Recommended Cap Value: | 0.02mfd 2 |
Additional Technical Info:
2 We recommend a 0.02mfd Cap Value on most guitar and bass pickups. The exception is a Magic Cap, which Lindy prefers on the Bridge Pickup of Fender® guitars only. Learn More about Caps Here.
* 500K Pots will provide a clearer, brighter tone
Polarity Information:
Here's how we wind and magnetize our pickups:
If you're buying a set from us, all pickups will work together seamlessly. If you're buying a single pickup, all you need to worry about is Coil Direction.
To ensure your pickup will work, make sure you select multiple leads (2-Conductor, 3-Conductor, or 4-Conductor if available), or the 3-Wire modification so you can reverse the coil direction, if need be.
Pickup Dimensions
Split Steel Poled Tele FAQ's
General FAQs
Here are quick answers to common questions we get:
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What Ohm Readings does your Split Steel Poled Tele have?
Navigate to our Tech Specs Tab for complete Ohm Readings and more useful information.
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Will this pickup fit my instrument?
Check our Sizing Tab for the size of the pickup. No Sizing tab? Check under the product image gallery for dimensions, or head to our Dimensions Page.
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Is your Lead Time of accurate?
It depends on the shop capacity at the moment, and the size of your order. Feel free to give us a call for an accurate lead time. We always try to beat our estimated Lead Times.
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What pickup height do you recommend setting your Split Steel Poled Teles to?
Our recommended Pickup Height is 1/8" (3.175mm) on the Bass Side and 1/16"( 1.5875mm) on the Treble Side. To measure, hold the correct side down at its highest fret. Then, measure from the bottom of the string to the top of the pole piece.
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Are your Split Steel Poled Teles wax potted?
Yes, all of our pickups are potted in USA-Made Parrafin Wax carefully chosen for it's transparent effect on tone.
Product FAQ's
People frequently ask these questions about our Split Steel Poled Tele. If you have a question that you don't see listed here, click "Ask" in the Quick Links section above.
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Will this fit my Telecaster's Bridge assembly?
Yes! Although you may have to tilt the pickup and “slide” the top through the opening. Doing so carefully won’t damage the pickup in any way.
Upgrade To Prewired
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Pickup Pairing
Our Split Steel Poled Tele pairs well with the following models:
Builders Love Our Split Steel Poled Tele
These are just some of our talented builders that use our Split Steel Poled Tele
Radio Guitar Company
Radio Guitar Company is dedicated to building unique instruments that are affordable and inspiring for all types of artists. We choose Fralin for industry leading quality, consistency and affordability. Oh yeah…and the sound. Every Fralin I’ve installed has an incredibly dynamic feel and their catalog has a tone for every build.
Radio Guitar Company uses our Split Steel Poled Tele in their The Transistor!
Doubleday Guitars
“Doubleday Guitars are hand-built, one at a time, in Austin, Texas. Using only the finest materials and hardware, each guitar is crafted entirely by hand — from carving the neck to threading the truss rod. Doubleday Guitars are not just instruments—they’re rare, handmade works of art. Built one at a time with uncompromising detail, they leave mass-produced guitars behind and deliver a playing experience that only true craftsmanship can achieve.” – Walker Doubleday
Doubleday Guitars uses our Split Steel Poled Tele in their guitars!
Featured Artists
These artists trust their tone to our Split Steel Poled Tele
Ben PlattInikoBig Stuff
"Fralin has absolutely breathed new life into every guitar I own. These are some of the most dynamic and reliable pickups I have played and will continue to be a part of my sound for years to come."
Featured Reviews
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Customer Reviews
91 Genuine Reviews for Split Steel Poled Tele
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Split Steel Poled: Loved my first unit on a Bluesboy, wanted one for my first partscaster just completed. So satisfying. Paired it with a Steel Pole 42 (neck) as suggested. Love Fralins on my Strat and other Tele!
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Fantastic! This pickup has excellent dynamic range for recording, and a ton of bite without entering into shrill territory. Flawless!!
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Exactly what I was looking for! I have struggled to find the perfect bridge pickup to pair with my mini humbucker in my tele and this is IT! It is full and has the P90 growl but can still sound like a tele with the right picking dynamics and has just the right amount of cut to get through the mix with a full band…all while being as quiet as a humbucker. I couldn’t be happier with the change.
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Super quiet pickup with no noise. Plenty of grunt and really nails the p90 sound while still retaining the tele clarity. One of the best pickups I’ve ever used.
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The split steel poled tele pick ups are sooo great and not tele shrill sounding! I have a Fralin Sunbucker in the neck position (also great!), and between these two, I have so many tones available. They balance each other out perfectly. I also have installed a treble bleed, and with these 2 Fralin pups I have pulled OD, fuzz, etc. out of my fx chain and just turn up the amp and roll up/down the volume nob for all the drive I need. The pups go from clear to gnarly so well without giant volume jumps while also maintaining great clarity. Also if you call Fralin, they will answer and talk to you about what you are doing. Great customer service. Thank you Lindy!
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Paired this pickup with the Steel Pole 42 Tele – Neck pickup as recommended on my Warmoth Forest Fire Pine Telecaster. Love the clarity as well as the growl when turning it up.
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I love this pickup! I asked them which winding I should go with to match the other pickups in my B-bender Nashville tele and they were spot on.
Bridge pickup alone its very similar to my Les Paul with P90s. Almost imperceptible and any difference may be due to the 50’s wiring in the LP. In the Neck-Bridge position, it sounds amazingly twangy but with a bit more oomph than a normal tele (The neck pickup is a Fralin Big Single 42). Exactly what I was looking for. -
I’ve cycled through I don’t know how many different pickups for my Fender Am Pro II tele and nothing ever did it for me until I installed the Fralin Split Steel Poled Tele along with a Fralin P-92 in the neck.
There’s a clarity and “presence” to both these pickups and the combination of the two is magical. -
Finally found the right bridge pick-up!! I was looking for a pick-up that could handle hard rocking Marshall tones and clean up with the volume knob. Boy this is the one paired with a blues special in the neck finally done pick-up swapping.
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Tell the guys that I built a Tele with the hum canceling P90s I bought last time and my friend asked to bring it to his show. He told me that he would play it on the last 3 songs of the 1st set. He did, and I put it in my case. They started the 2nd set while I was still outside. When I walked in, he gave me a nod to get it again and his $4,000 PRS sat in the back of the stage for the rest of the night. Everyone loved your pickups. Thank you guys for making such great products. The vintage hot pickups are the 4th different set of Fralin pickups that I purchased for my builds. Customer for life right here.
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I got this to replace my Suhr Classic T bridge pickup which is a great, somewhat beefier Broadcaster style pickup. I loved it but ordered my Classic T back in 2006 before the SSC option was available and the noise sometimes presented a problem. Given my experience with Steel Pole 43s on other guitars in the past, I decided to give the Split Steel Pole a chance to see if it could provide that goodness without the noise. I’m pleased with the results. This pickup sounds great, P90ish but retaining some of the Tele bite without the noise. I paired it with a Split Blade Tele in the neck position and that combination is working well. I’m sticking with the 250k pots for now. Great pickup!
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