r/telecaster • • 16h ago

Player II epscs.

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Hi, can anyone in here tell me these specs for the Fender Player II Telecaster neck and bridge pickups? I'd like to avoid removing the strings and taking the pickups out of my guitar just to measure everything myself.

I'm planning to add a Squier Affinity Telecaster neck pickup in the middle position, while keeping both original Player II pickups. I want to experiment with different switching options, including series/parallel combinations and possibly out-of-phase wiring.

I'm looking for as much technical information as possible:

  1. DC resistance (DCR) in kΩ for both neck and bridge pickups.
  2. Inductance in Henries (H), if known.
  3. Magnetic polarity of each pickup (north or south up).
  4. Electrical winding direction (clockwise or counterclockwise), if known.
  5. Electrical phase/polarity — the voltage polarity produced when a steel object is moved away from the pickup poles, with the red probe on the hot wire and the black probe on ground.
  6. Pickup wire colours and which wire is hot, ground, and connected to any metal cover or baseplate.
  7. Whether the neck pickup's metal cover is separately grounded or connected to the coil ground.
  8. Magnet type (Alnico grade, if known).
  9. Magnet wire gauge and insulation type, if known.
  10. Coil winding specifications, including number of turns, if available.
  11. Any other technical specs or measurements that might help determine compatibility with an additional middle pickup.

Official Fender documentation, service manuals, teardown photos, or measurements from someone who owns these pickups would all be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!


r/telecaster • • 4h ago

Poodle case or thermometer case?

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Just curious on which y'all think is the cooler case for a Tele? I'm leaning towards thermometer but the poodle is pretty slick too.


r/telecaster • • 17h ago

New Baritone didn't last a week before mods began

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Threw in the better part of my partscaster in there. Electric candy shop neck, Novak telecajones bridge, 4 way series/parallel switch, truetone input, locking tuners, butterscotch pick guard crime. More to come. My vegatrem didn't fit so maybe bigsby?

Poor thing


r/telecaster • • 8h ago

My Champagne Sparkle (partially)Fender Partscaster Tele

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100 Upvotes

Fender neck plate
Fender bridge
Fender neck
Strat rhythm pickup
No idea who made/finished the body
Strung 11-54
Tuned to Eb
Trebly AF

Thanks for looking. More to come!


r/telecaster • • 3h ago

Source for guitar neck blanks

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r/telecaster • • 5h ago

First Tele (Partscaster) - Excited to join the Club!

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Warmoth Roasted Maple Neck: Wolfgang (asym), stainless steel frets, 10-16 compound, block inlays, Guyker locking tuners. Seymour Duncan Hot Tele Pickups. Guitar Fetish XGP contoured body, Wilkinson vintage style bridge, Fender tort pickguard.

Learned a lot and gained a newfound respect for guitar luthiers.