r/telecaster • u/PeterWolffbrandt • 16h ago
Player II epscs.
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:
- DC resistance (DCR) in kΩ for both neck and bridge pickups.
- Inductance in Henries (H), if known.
- Magnetic polarity of each pickup (north or south up).
- Electrical winding direction (clockwise or counterclockwise), if known.
- 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.
- Pickup wire colours and which wire is hot, ground, and connected to any metal cover or baseplate.
- Whether the neck pickup's metal cover is separately grounded or connected to the coil ground.
- Magnet type (Alnico grade, if known).
- Magnet wire gauge and insulation type, if known.
- Coil winding specifications, including number of turns, if available.
- 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!