Support for fender instruments, amplifiers, audio, and accessories. You should expect to receive your refund within 3 business days of the item being received back at the stratosphere. Creamery custom wide range humbuckers replacements. May 18, 2018 here is the link to our rewind service fender wide range humbucker reissue rewindandmodservic. Hey mate, so you took a standard tele, took out the single coil, installed wide range reissue humbucking pickup and now theres no bass sound. How to adjust a cunife wide range humbucker discussion in just pickups started by telenator, mar 17, 2017.
To achieve the output of the original seth lover 70s pickups, fender overwind the coils on these modern wide range humbuckers. Any orders received during the level 4 lock down period will be fulfilled as soon as possible. Designed for fender in the early 70s by seth lover, inventor of the humbucking pickup. The fender one is the bass version of the wide range humbucker, with cunife magnet pole pieces. Designed by seth lover the genius who invented the humbucker while working at gibson in the 50s the original wide range pickup delivers a bright sound thats closer to a singlecoil tone than a bucker. The homemade 72 thinline only has official fender wr pickups. With this upgrade i take the new reissue wide range humbucker and essentially replace. The words fender, telecaster, stratocaster and the associated. How to adjust a cunife wide range humbucker telecaster. A quick history of the fender wide range humbucker, and a comparison with the modern reissue. So does the new neck pickup, when selected by itself, have no low end.
The 72 reissue wr pickup has an alnico aluminumnickel cobalt magnetized bar placed at the bottom of the pickup, nonmagnetic slugs and pole. New fender wide range enforcer humbucker pickup bridge reverb. Dec 02, 2015 fender thinline telecaster wide range humbucker pickup comparison original fender v mojo pickups duration. Fender literally wrote the book on electric basses, laying the foundation for musical innovation and evolution. The regal gives you a fat tone with clear top end sparkle and a vocal midrange with great note. Seymour duncan sph901n phat cat humbucker neck pickup nickel. Best to ask on the telecaster sister forum, if youre lucky telenator will reply, he is the authority on wide range humbuckers. This pickup was intended to break fender s image as a single coil guitar company, and to gain a foothold in the humbucker guitar market dominated by gibson. Fender neck humbucker guitar pickups for sale in stock ebay. Originally built and designed by seth lover for fender, this was the answer to gibsons darkersounding humbuckers. The result is a big, loud, super crisp humbucker with tons of bottom end. The vintage wide range humbucker sound in a direct dropin replacement a true replacement for the modern wide range thinline humbucker reissue pickups. Classic fat doubled up single coil sounds great clarity and string definition with a bright warmth.
Whether you need to speak to consumer relations or simply want to drop us a line, this is your source. I believe you need a 4 wire option for coil splitting. Fender tele thinlinedeluxe wide range bridge humbucker pickup. How fender s first foray into humbucking pickups led to a modern classic.
This pickup was intended to break fenders image as a single coil guitar company, and to gain a foothold in the humbucker guitar market dominated by gibson. The pickups are unpotted and the original harness has 1 meg. Wide range humbuckers were originally found in the fender deluxe, custom and thinline telecasters of the early 70s. I assume i can use this same method for those minus the part about adjusting the polepieces.
Compared to a paf and to a reissue wrhb which is a paf they. Fender 72 reissue telecaster wide range humbucker pickup as used on custom and deluxe models. This is a 1974 fender usa humbucker stamped on the bottom 81174. Creamery handwound 72 tele custom pickup set overdriven. Upgrading the modern fender reissue wide range tele humbuckers to. Simultaneously thicker, more responsive and better defined than the sd alnico ii neck pickup pretty much a high end copy of a vintage tele neck pickup on my light ash tele, a lot less muddy and much more musical and interesting than the wide range humbucker of my 72 thinline reissue. A set of creamery fender reissue wide range humbucker upgrades true to the original 70s design old vs new as you can see from the picture, the modern wide range thinline humbucker reissues are simply standard humbucker sized coils encased in wax to fit the larger wide range cover. Fender humbucker bridge pickups for sale in stock ebay. Original fender reissue wide range humbucker inside inside its clear that the pickup is simply the standard humbucker design, and this accounts for the much darker tone.
Hi i bought some fender wide range humbuckers to go on my tele thinline project, the only problem is i dont know what pots and caps are best to use. Genuine fender 70s telecaster wide range neck humbucker pickup 0054595049 5 out of 5 stars 3 product ratings 3 product ratings genuine fender 70s telecaster wide. The reissues are ok pickups but they are just run of the mill humbuckers. The fender wide range style humbucker is an important part of many fender guitars that incorporate a humbucker in their design. Reissue wide rangethinline tele humbucker upgrade facebook.
Today, lindy fralin took his idea a little further. Thanks to fender tones intuitive, onetouch interface you can use the app to change settings and hear the results in realtime. We are passionate about quality so we ask for your patience while we. Nov 15, 2011 these seth lover wide range wr humbuckers came from a 1972 fender telecaster deluxe. Improving fender wide range humbucker tone starcaster bass.
You may return any reverb item within 30 days of delivery for a refund of the purchase price. How to install a replacement pickup premier guitar. Find out how to get your instrument serviced or repaired at an authorized service center in the us or canada. Theres no better, easier way to tweak your sound to unlock your creativity. I installed this pickup in the neck position of my fender telecaster custom 72 reissue. The widetone fats feature alnico magnets, 10k for the bridge and 7. Gfs widetone oversized humbucker correct vintage size. This is the lollar version of the 70s wide range humbucker.
You get extra sweetness, extra girth and a big fat overdrive tone. Nzs covid19 alert level will reduce to level 3 from tuesday 28th april 2020 and we will reopen for business. There is a particular dual coil pickup available in certain guitar models from fender and squier called the fender wide range humbucker wrhb for short, of which there are bridge and neck versions for their respective positions when installed in the guitar. The neck is beefy but maintains that sweet fender jangle and the bridge has a. Its arrival was heralded by the unveiling of fender s secondgeneration telecaster thinline, custom and deluxe models in 1971 and 1972, followed by the starcaster in 1976. The fender wide range humbucker is a humbucker guitar pickup, designed by seth lover for fender in the early 1970s.
Jan 14, 2009 fender wide range humbucker problem solved. The gibson mudbucker had bar magnets though, right. Buyer bewarethis is not the classic cunife widerange humbucker from the 70s. In 2004 fender reissued a number of guitars that use the wide range humbucker, including the telecaster deluxe, the telecaster thinline, and the tele custom. What is so special about the fender wide range humbucker. Telenator has some less expensive options as far as modding and rewinding the reissue wide range pickups, which sound nice but are definitely more modern takes on the pickups, and u. Fender telecaster for jazz humbucker vs single coil page 2. Its not a badsounding pickup by any stretch comparable to a seymour duncan jb, but if youre looking for a vintage reissue, this isnt it.
I just received my fender starcaster the modern player series reissue which comes with a pair of the fender wide range humbuckers and while i love the bass, the sound can be a bit muddy specifically anything involving the neck pickup neck or mid position toggle. On its own, it wont give you the strat tones of the fat 50s, but it will give you a very wide range of tones when combined with them, and it adds a lot of versatility to the guitar. The pickups enjoyed some popularity, though fender s singlecoil pickups retained their widespread popularity. Click on my custom orders and repair link to get started.
Search and browse the included genrespecific presets using the fender tone app, while tone. Genuine fender 70s telecaster wide range neck humbucker pickup 0054595049 5 out of 5 stars 3 product ratings 3 product ratings genuine fender 70s telecaster wide range neck humbucker pickup 0054595049. Fender thinline telecaster widerange humbucker pickup comparison original fender v mojo pickups duration. I was starting to put it together and noticed that the pickups looked a little sloppy as the poles didnt seem to line up with the cover holes just right. They are the standard fender atomic humbucker in a widerange case. Jul 19, 2011 wide range humbuckers were originally found in the fender deluxe, custom and thinline telecasters of the early 70s. The revel vintage 72 wide range humbucker is an homage to seth lovers original design. Constructed as close to vintage as possible, the seymour duncan wide range style humbucker utilizes threaded alnico 5 rod magnets and a period correct wind pattern to create the bark and bite of the original. Humbucker pickup 72 reissue telecaster wide range humbucker, also used in custom and deluxe models, neck position, designed for fender in the early 70s by seth lover, produces a warm sound that the guitarist of. The mim reissue i bought the neck, body, and loaded pickguard, and a few misc parts like screws input jack seperately. Humbucker pickup 72 reissue telecaster wide range humbucker, also used in custom and deluxe models, neck position, designed for fender in the early 70s by seth lover, produces a. Fender s wide range humbuckers, familiar to most players from the telecaster deluxe, thinline, and custom models, were originally produced from 1971 through 1979, and have since attained a near legendary status due to their sound, unusual construction, curious history, and rarity. On its own, it wont give you the strat tones of the fat 50s, but it will give you a very wide range of tones when combined with them, and it adds a lot.
How fenders first foray into humbucking pickups led to a modern classic. In a shrewd and calculated move fender drafted the inventor of gibsons humbucker, seth lover, to take care of business, and in 1970 the wide range humbucker was born. Our wide range humbucker is a modern take on the original classic. Fender 72 reissue tele humbucker tonabnehmer chrom. Some confusion exists about this pickup, so here is some general information to clear the air. Wide range humbucker mods and rebuilds revel custom pickups. Fender wide range humbucker problem solved telecaster. I use the bridge pickup mostly for overdriven sounds and it has a nice bite and. New fender wide range enforcer humbucker pickup bridge. These seth lover wide range wr humbuckers came from a 1972 fender telecaster deluxe. P90 vs wide range humbuckers post by mackerelmint wed feb 10, 2016 8. Today, lindy fralin took his idea a little further, by making this pickup sweet, articulate, and clear and clean. Creamery handwound replacement 72 tele custom pickup set. As far as i am aware, the wide range humbuckers had only 2 conductor wires so could not be split.
Vintage 72 wide range humbucker revel custom pickups. Cables to modify these wide range humbucker pickups are included with our upgrades for the 72 telecaster thinline reissue, 72 telecaster custom reissue and the 72 telecaster deluxe reissue upgrade. Humbucker parts kit wide range modern this is a kit including everything youll need to wind a traditional humbucker that will fit into the wide range routing found on the telecaster deluxe, custom and the starcaster importantly, with m5 poles, rather then the m3 poles found on the traditional humbuckers this is an important consideration on nailing that modern wide range tone. Fender telecaster neck humbucker pickup customdeluxe wide. The result of the reissue wide range is a much darker sounding humbucker.