Telebucker 5 - The SUPER TELEBUCKER
6.0k with A5 rods and A3 bar
For pricing click here: www.zhangbucker.com/humbuckers.html and scroll to the bottom.
Essentially a Telebucker 3 with Alnico 5 rods in place of the adjustable screws. The standard Alnico 3 bar magnet is still there to power the steel slugs in the other coil.
Designs don't always work out the way you think or hope, but this one did. Sounds pretty much exactly like what you're thinking right now -- a combination of a standard construction humbucker and a Fender-style single coil. Not for the Tele* player looking for the Keef sound (the Telebucker 2 or 3 is for you) but for the guy looking for some of that Fender-flavored snap and twang out of the neck while keeping some humbucker warmth and width. The A5 rods protrude a couple mm above the surface of the bobbin to get some of that single coil air in the tone.
It's designed so that the Alnico rod coil faces the neck so install it in the reverse orientation at your peril. (Okay, okay, it's easily reversed but "peril" is more dramatic.)
NOTE: As with anything you see on this site, you're not married to the official specs. I can make you any neck humbucker with this Alnico rod format. I can even do two rows of Alnico rods if you like, though in the neck position you'll get more string pull.
SPECS:
Designs don't always work out the way you think or hope, but this one did. Sounds pretty much exactly like what you're thinking right now -- a combination of a standard construction humbucker and a Fender-style single coil. Not for the Tele* player looking for the Keef sound (the Telebucker 2 or 3 is for you) but for the guy looking for some of that Fender-flavored snap and twang out of the neck while keeping some humbucker warmth and width. The A5 rods protrude a couple mm above the surface of the bobbin to get some of that single coil air in the tone.
It's designed so that the Alnico rod coil faces the neck so install it in the reverse orientation at your peril. (Okay, okay, it's easily reversed but "peril" is more dramatic.)
NOTE: As with anything you see on this site, you're not married to the official specs. I can make you any neck humbucker with this Alnico rod format. I can even do two rows of Alnico rods if you like, though in the neck position you'll get more string pull.
SPECS:
- 6.0k
- A5 rods / A3 bar magnet
- 42 PE or Formvar
Options:
Splat Option**................................................... $15 per pickup.
New Looking Nickel or Gold Cover..................Inquire via phone or email -- it's expensive unfortunately...
RS Relic Aged Nickel Cover..............................$30 (yup, RS just hiked their prices, sorry)
12-screw “Sweet Heat” option...........................$5 (the effect is a bit sweeter/smoother sound, and the ability to
adjust midrange up and down with the second row of screws)
4-conductor.........................................................NO CHARGE
FOR BASIC PICKUP PRICING, PLEASE CLICK ON HUMBUCKERS ON THE MENU AT THE LEFT
**The Splat is a means of getting a beefier option to the typical wimpy/slicey split humbucker tone. One coil is tapped part way so when you throw the switch you get all of one coil plus part of the other coil for a bigger, more authentic "single coil" tone. For example, if you had an 8k pickup, instead of the 4k split that sounds like a mosquito on a good day, you could have 5.5k, 6.0k, 6.5k or anywhere in between. Though I will likely make some recommendations for what's best for what you want, the exact spec is up to you...
Splat Option**................................................... $15 per pickup.
New Looking Nickel or Gold Cover..................Inquire via phone or email -- it's expensive unfortunately...
RS Relic Aged Nickel Cover..............................$30 (yup, RS just hiked their prices, sorry)
12-screw “Sweet Heat” option...........................$5 (the effect is a bit sweeter/smoother sound, and the ability to
adjust midrange up and down with the second row of screws)
4-conductor.........................................................NO CHARGE
FOR BASIC PICKUP PRICING, PLEASE CLICK ON HUMBUCKERS ON THE MENU AT THE LEFT
**The Splat is a means of getting a beefier option to the typical wimpy/slicey split humbucker tone. One coil is tapped part way so when you throw the switch you get all of one coil plus part of the other coil for a bigger, more authentic "single coil" tone. For example, if you had an 8k pickup, instead of the 4k split that sounds like a mosquito on a good day, you could have 5.5k, 6.0k, 6.5k or anywhere in between. Though I will likely make some recommendations for what's best for what you want, the exact spec is up to you...
