Vintage Hot Tele

Your pickups rock! I just built a vintage Tele using your vintage pickups, Dunlop Super Pots, Orange Drop Cap, reversed angled control plate, and ash body. I'm still fine tuning the finish but it's a keeper! Your pickups are more vibrant than any pickups I've heard.

All switch positions sound awesome. In my older age, I'm using the tone control more and more. This instrument is the most all-around guitar I've got now! Yep-Five Stars well earned!

I made the right choice!

I upgraded a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Telecaster with set of Vintage Hot pups, stock neck and 2% overwound bridge. Also installed the Fralin pre-wired control plate. I also changed the bridge and saddles (brass, but aluminum E-A saddle) with ones made by a chap in Germany brand name T-Tune. The installation went well and it was the first time I'd ever done a setup on any guitar.

I could not be more pleased with the result. To my ears, the guitar now sounds like an early 50s Telecaster. I rate these Fralin pups at 5 stars +.

Just installed a set of standard Tele pickups with 2% overwind on both pickups in a new Fender American Ultra which is incredible but just didn't have the Tele sound. All I can say is wow. Blows away the Fender noiseless pickups. Very clear and open sound and they can also rock too.

No problem getting dirty. Only had a chance to play them fir a few minutes late last night but I don't hear any noise from them. Can't wait to out them through their paces. I don't know why anyone would want to keep the stock Fenders.

Also, I got the pre-wired control plate with the 4th position option (pull/push treble knob). Awesome full sound when combining both pickups. I love that option as the Tele looks stock. If you have a Tele and want a Tele sound you have to get these.

Uninstalled the whole set with ease. A few solder joints and you're done.

Exceeded My Expectations I’ve had a couple of weeks to live with the new Fralin tele pickup, and my initial enthusiasm hasn’t waned. I’ve used another boutique bridge PU (rhymes with dollar) for many years in this guitar, and I’ve always been pretty pleased with it, but it didn’t give me exactly what I heard in my head. The Fralin stock tele with 2% overwind turned my head the first time I played it. It has a harmonic richness I felt was missing before, a very classic early 60’s tele sound, but with great bass response, ample output and sparkle with no harshness.

I’m rethinking this guitar now, and I feel it’s more versatile and rewarding to play. It covers a broad stylistic territory and has great touch sensitivity. I could say more, but just thinking about this pickup makes me want to stop and play that guitar again. Let’s just say it exceeded my expectations.

The pandemic is beginning to ease, and I’m looking forward to getting back to regular gigging with this guitar and running the Fralin through its paces. I see more of Lindy’s PUs in my future.

I just put my new Fralin "Stock Tele" pickups in my part-o-caster last night. Wow! What a revelation. The contrast between the Fralins and the stock Fender pickups was quite remarkable.

I felt inspired to play guitar - which is really what it's all about, right? One of the unexpected changes was that I found myself using the volume and tone controls much more. Previously, I'd typically just kept them wide open all the time. But with the Fralin pickups I found that there were pleasant, different sounds available throughout the range of the controls. Even if I rolled the tone all the way down it didn't sound like mud.

Thanks, Mr. Fralin!

What a Tele Sounds like in my head. I’ve come to believe Fralin is what a Tele sounds like— I’ve used other “vintage style” pups and they always left me wanting. Little output, overly dark or overly light…. I like the slightly extra output a Fralin gives, but a nice balanced pickup.

This is my 3rd set and it took a fantastic boutique guitar OVER THE TOP! The Standard Tele with a 2% overwind is my favorite, with my second favorite being the Jim Weider wind. Get them!