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Originally Posted by AA4GA
I've got a MIM Tele that's 4 or 5 years old. The bridge is one of the flat modern 6-saddle bridges - I just checked and it's ferrous. Any problems with the BL p'ups with this bridge?
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More than likely, yes - the ferrous plate interferes with the magnetic properties of the humbucking design (for BL, Dimarzio, & Kinman designs). The result tends to be a good sounding pickup that's about as noisy as a standard single-coil. For some reason the problem tend to exhibit an increased microphonic characteristic, too. So... if you're using the pickup for tone, it may not matter; however, if you're using a stacked pup for tone AND hum cancelling AND modern, non-microphonic characteristics, then you ought to change the bridge to non-ferrous (preferable vintage style, as that affects the tone considerably, too).