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Re: Tele neck pickup

8/12/1999 1:12 PM
Doc	Re: Tele neck pickup If the resistance is only 3k, it needs to be rewound. All Tele neck pickups were wound using #43 AWG wire. Typical specs for '50s thru early '60s models are 8000 turns and 7.5kohms. Late '60s thru 1970s were 7800 turns with a resistance of 6.9k. There may be a pickup rewinder in England. I'm guessing this, because I occasionally get copies of a magazine called "Guitar" from there. It's as thorough as any guitar enthusiast mag in the US (sometimes Paul Rivera writes a guitar amp tech column), which leads me to suggest that country which may be easier to deal with than sending your pickup over here. There are a few Ampagers from UK, maybe they have some info which may be of help. Of course, if Lindy responds positively, you should be able to trust his work. Let us know what you find.

8/12/1999 1:12 PM

Doc

Re: Tele neck pickup

If the resistance is only 3k, it needs to be rewound.

All Tele neck pickups were wound using #43 AWG wire. Typical specs for '50s thru early '60s models are 8000 turns and 7.5kohms. Late '60s thru 1970s were 7800 turns with a resistance of 6.9k.

There may be a pickup rewinder in England. I'm guessing this, because I occasionally get copies of a magazine called "Guitar" from there. It's as thorough as any guitar enthusiast mag in the US (sometimes Paul Rivera writes a guitar amp tech column), which leads me to suggest that country which may be easier to deal with than sending your pickup over here. There are a few Ampagers from UK, maybe they have some info which may be of help. Of course, if Lindy responds positively, you should be able to trust his work. Let us know what you find.

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Giacomo Thank you everybody. I've gone to t... -- 8/12/1999 4:28 PM