Split Blade Tele
Pure Telecaster Tone, No Noise
Price range: $135 through $270
A Lindy Fralin original design! Split Blade Tele pickups are noiseless pickups for your Telecaster. They feature a noiseless operation, with all the clarity you expect from a single-coil pickup. Split Blades are available in 4 outputs to help you fine-tune your tone and find your sound.
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All Tele, No Hum.
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Features
Split Blade Tele Pickups: revolutionary design, pure Telecaster tone, no hum. Unlike most pickups, we designed our Split Blades with a left-right coil design, giving you a truer and more balanced single-coil tone. These pickups will drop right into your Telecaster, with no modifications necessary. You’ll get all the single-coil traditional tone, with no hum at all.
Our manufacturing process allows us to achieve unparalleled quality control. Split Blades consist of a precision injection mold and USA-Made Steel Blades. We use aggressive USA-Made magnets to make this model scream. Each bobbin is carefully inspected and cleaned before winding. We wind each pickup by hand, one at a time. Each pickup is wound using our proprietary “Sectioning” technique. This gives the pickup a sweet, clear tone. Finally, we wax-pot the pickup to preserve the pickup and prevent microphonics.
Features:
- Lindy Fralin Original Design
- Unique 4-Split Blade design for Humbucker and SSS tones
- An interesting and unique look
- Clean and clear, lots of Fender sparkle and twang
- USA-made Magnets for optimal tonal balance and output
- Compensated Bridge for even volume across all pickups
- Three Blade heights available for different fingerboard radiuses
- Hand-wound with our “Sectioning” technique for unique, dynamic tone
- Hand-built for unrivaled quality control
- 10-Year Warranty on manufacturing defects
How It's Made:
Sound & Video
Unhappy with Hum-Cancelling Fender Pickups, Lindy designed the Split Blade. It’s a hum-canceling pickup with traditional Fender-type sparkle. They’re unique: they offer a single-coil sound, no hum, and dashingly good looks. Expect fantastic a warm, full-bodied tone with incredible string articulation and enhanced detail. Wound strings sound clear and articulate due to a narrow magnetic field. Plain strings sound thicker than a single-coil with more of a sonic footprint.
Chords will sound smooth and buttery, and single notes will sound large and full. Split Blades will not pull the strings out of tune – even if they get close to the strings. Also, adjusting the pickup’s height allows you to fine-tune your tone to your needs. Expect thick, warm, and dynamic tone with distortion.
Sound Samples for Split Blade Tele:
Additional Outputs
We have 2 outputs of our Split Blade Tele. Compare them below.
About these Sound Clips:
All sound samples are played from Neck Position First and Bridge Position Last.
Our Split Blade Tele pickups feature a traditional Telecaster tone with no hum. These sound clips were recorded through a Mexican-made Fender Telecaster with a Lindy Fralin Telecaster Neck. Sound Clips are recorded by Phil Heesen III
Tonal Graph For Split Blade Tele:
The tonal graph below for our Split Blade Tele features Lows, Midrange, Highs, and general Output.
Vintage Output (250K / 300K Pots:
Attack: Dynamic & Full
High Output (250K / 300K Pots):
Attack: Dynamic & Full
Blues Output (500K Pots):
Attack: Dynamic & Full
Super High Output (500K pots):
Attack: Dynamic & Full
Videos for Split Blade Tele:
Tech Specs:
See below for the estimated DCR and Polarity Information for our Split Blade Tele.
Since we have a few different outputs for Split Blade, we've grouped them by their recommended Pot Value:
| SPECIFICATION | VALUE |
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| Vintage Output Ohm Readings: | 4.7K Neck / 5K Bridge* 1 |
| Vintage Output Recommended Pot Value: | 250K or 300K |
| High Output Ohm Readings: | 6.8K Neck / 8.4K Bridge* 1 |
| High Output Recommended Pot Value: | 250K or 300K |
| Blues Output Ohm Readings: | 5K Neck / 5.8K Bridge* 1 |
| Blues Output Recommended Pot Value: | 500K |
| Super High Output Ohm Readings: | 7.2 Neck / 9.5K Bridge* 1 |
| Super High Output Recommended Pot Value: | 500K |
| Wire: | USA-Made 42 / 43 Gauge Single Poly Nylon, Depending On Model |
| Magnet: | Ceramic |
| Polarity: | Hum Cancelling, Request 3 Wire If Buying Single |
| Pole Piece Material: | Steel |
| Wax Potted: | Yes |
| Recommended Cap Value: | 0.02mfd 2 |
Additional Technical Info:
1 Ohm Readings can vary due to a multitude of factors, including ambient temperature, multimeter calibration, different wire batches, and other factors. Due to this, ohm readings are approximate. Learn more about Ohm Readings here.
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.
* Due to the unique design of this pickup, ohm readings aren't very helpful. Our Vintage Output is close to the a Vintage Strat Pickup output.
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 Blade Tele FAQ's
General FAQs
Here are quick answers to common questions we get:
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What Ohm Readings does your Split Blade 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 Blade 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.
Product FAQ's
People frequently ask these questions about our Split Blade 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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What pickup height do you recommend setting your Split Blades to?
Split Blades sound best a little closer to the strings than a standard Strat or Telecaster pickup. Split Blades don’t pull your strings out of tune like a regular pickup, either. Feel free to get our Split Blades close to the strings – you’ll love their tone when you do! Check out this video of Lindy setting the Split Blade Height.
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Builders Love Our Split Blade Tele
These are just some of our talented builders that use our Split Blade Tele
Worth Guitars
It would be very difficult to be a unique guitar builder these days with all of the great guitar builders out there turning out beautiful guitars. Our guitars are however built by guitar players with a true love for the instrument, what it represents, the music that it creates. We use Fralin pickups because of the authenticity, the love of their work, and of course the great quality you can always rely on. And, they are made right here in the great state of Virginia. Just like Worth Guitars. – Tony Whitford
Worth Guitars uses our Split Blade Tele in their T-Style!
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 Blade Tele in their The FM!
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171 Genuine Reviews for Split Blade Tele
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The Tele split blade pickup set is best described at sweetness overload. They immediately felt incredibly musical and applicable to just about any genre (I would think). Using them with the Freeway switch provided a total of 6 tones, all outstanding. Plus, customer service is truly off the charts!
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I dropped these in my thinline Tele and I can’t believe how great they sound. Simply amazing! There is no genre I cannot play with this guitar now.
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These pickups are spectacular! I got the split blade high output for telecaster pickups put into a 2025 American Ultra Tele, and the guitar came to life! Big, full sound with plenty of bottom end, without being muddy, and that’s top end twang we all need from a Tele is well pronounced! We usually end our night with a Metallica cover, and they hold their own there too! Absolutely everything I wanted in a Tele pickup!
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I talked to Lindy and he helped me choose the perfect pickups for my playing style. I purchased the Split Rail Vintage Pickups for my Telecaster. Telecaster sound without the hum and they are remarkable. Wonderful tone and quiet and they look so cool! I cannot wait to gig with this guitar!
Thank you Lindy!
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I ordered these pickups after talking to Lindy and am very happy with them. I ordered a custom telecaster and the pickups sounded good but were noisy through my amp. Lindy took the time to discuss with me the sound I was looking for and these split blade vintage pickups are incredible! Excellent tele sound and very quiet. I could not be happier! I cannot wait to gig with them! They make me want to play! This guitar will be with me until I die!
Thank you Lindy!!!
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I absolutely love these pickups!!!!!
Totally quiet with buckets of pure tone – great live and in the studio.
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I received my set of Split Blade Tele pickups (High Output) a few days ago, along with the pre-wired Tele control plate. Install was straight forward, no issues. Very pleasantly surprised by the results. These babies sound fantastic! I was debating between these and the Blues version. Very happy with choosing the High Output. My Tele still sounds like a Tele, but on a healthy dose of steroids! Took the guitar to rehearsal and its performance was nothing short of outstanding. Balance between the two pickups and string clarity is exceptional, plus it cuts through the mix with authority. My bandmates could immediately tell the difference and improvement in tone versus my other guitars. Super pleased with the results. Already planning on upgrading one of my other Tele’s with the same pickups, possibly one of my Strats, too. Great stuff!
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Well made and easy to install. Sounds great. Only gave 4 stars because of output level. It was described as a “Super High Output” pickup,but I found it wasn’t noticeably louder than the stock Fender Noiseless pickup on my guitar (Fender Nashville Player Plus).
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This is a great sounding pickup! The person I corresponded with was very helpful regarding which level of output winding would work best to match the neck pickup I was paring this with too. It does what they said: that telecaster sound that I love only with no noise.
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Great pickups. Tele sound with out the 60 cycle!
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These pickups gave my Telecaster a major tonal boost while eliminating the noise that stock single coils made. The bridge pickup works great for crispy chicken pickin’ and the neck pickup is smooth as silk. I highly recommend them if you play a wide variety of musical styles on the same guitar. Be careful to install and set them up properly and you won’t be disappointed.
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