Reedo
Doctor of Teleocity
Anyone here using Fender deluxe Drive pickups? What's the good and the bad of your experience? Thanks in advance folks.
Fender Deluxe Drive pickups
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FortuneTele
Tele-Afflicted
I have the bridge pickup, but haven't installed/played it yet. I got it to rewind and tinker with.
1-piece bobbin #048610 (also used on some other pickups, and easy/safe to swap magnets)
no baseplate, white string wrap
A3 3/16" rod magnets flush on top
South up polarity
15.6k polysol (guessing 43awg)
The leads are yellow on the left, and blue on the right. I can't tell the winding direction, but I would guess ccw (from the looks of the wire).
Here's the weird part...from what I've seen most factory Tele pickups are North up & ccw, or South up & cw. Maybe mine really is South/cw, or maybe somebody flipped the polarity, I don't know.
1-piece bobbin #048610 (also used on some other pickups, and easy/safe to swap magnets)
no baseplate, white string wrap
A3 3/16" rod magnets flush on top
South up polarity
15.6k polysol (guessing 43awg)
The leads are yellow on the left, and blue on the right. I can't tell the winding direction, but I would guess ccw (from the looks of the wire).
Here's the weird part...from what I've seen most factory Tele pickups are North up & ccw, or South up & cw. Maybe mine really is South/cw, or maybe somebody flipped the polarity, I don't know.
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archetype
Fiend of Leo's
If it's the Strat pickups you're interested in, search for that over at Strat-Talk. Lonn and others have had the Strat set.
Reedo
Doctor of Teleocity
No it was the Tele ones, but they're hard to get a review. Maybe, I should try YT. Thanks again all.
sjtalon
Doctor of Teleocity
same as
Highway One Telecaster
Highway One Telecaster
FortuneTele
Tele-Afflicted
In post #3 the pic of the Dlx Drive bridge pickup shows the yellow lead is on the left, and blue is on the right.
In these two pics they are the opposite. One is the Fender stock pic, and the other was for sale online.
In these two pics they are the opposite. One is the Fender stock pic, and the other was for sale online.
sjtalon
Doctor of Teleocity
>In post #3<
Is a Highway One (to 2006)
MIM 69 thinline, Classic 50's AND 60's NECK
MIM 69 thinline, Classic 50's and 50's Esquire BRIDGE
BLACKOUT Tele
The set pic you have (two sets) IS the Dlx.Drive. 0992223000 NAMM 2014
Also the "UPGRADE" Highway One 2006 (V III Mag) Bridge around 14.7-14.8KΩ
Is a Highway One (to 2006)
MIM 69 thinline, Classic 50's AND 60's NECK
MIM 69 thinline, Classic 50's and 50's Esquire BRIDGE
BLACKOUT Tele
The set pic you have (two sets) IS the Dlx.Drive. 0992223000 NAMM 2014
Also the "UPGRADE" Highway One 2006 (V III Mag) Bridge around 14.7-14.8KΩ
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sjtalon
Doctor of Teleocity
Fortune Tele, I assume that is the pic of YOURS?
Funny as with the blue wire on the RIGHT, I have pics of those as the older Highway Ones (pre upgrade -2006) where as the bridge was about 6.3K.
0053676000
Hope I don't muddy the waters here, I am just going by stuff I shove in my folders thru the years.
Nothing worse than mis-information on the interweb.....................starts rumors, then soon ppl think are facts.........just because someone else said so.
Funny as with the blue wire on the RIGHT, I have pics of those as the older Highway Ones (pre upgrade -2006) where as the bridge was about 6.3K.
0053676000
Hope I don't muddy the waters here, I am just going by stuff I shove in my folders thru the years.
Nothing worse than mis-information on the interweb.....................starts rumors, then soon ppl think are facts.........just because someone else said so.
FortuneTele
Tele-Afflicted
Yes, the pic with no neck pickup. It was advertised as a used Deluxe Drive, but shows no pick scratches or other signs of use. Maybe it was sold as a factory 2nd (to the guy I bought it from), that could explain wires being reversed.
I put a set in a partscaster. The bridge is cool. Capable of some zing but I found the neck too wooly. Put a PAF in the neck, set low, on a series/split/parallel toggle. They pair pretty well
FortuneTele
Tele-Afflicted
I hooked up the bridge Deluxe Drive pickup and played it some with a Texas Special at the neck. It has no base plate, and appears to be a south cw going by the lack of volume drop when both pickups are on. Then I reversed the leads to see just how bad it would be, and liked the middle position more, but it was noticeably quieter. Hearing it alone I'm not sure I would guess it was a Tele bridge pickup. It didn't sound bad at all, just different.
Reedo
Doctor of Teleocity
Thanks for the reply. I went with Tonerider vintage classics in the end, and I'm really enjoying them. Shame about the middle on your DD pickups though.
