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Post subject: Telecaster Pickups with flat poles
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:18 am
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Hi all,
I am looking for a replacement pickup set for my Squier CV Telecaster LH. I have found four sets that suite my preferences but I couldn't figure out which ones have flat poles on the bridge pickup.
The PUs in question are :
Custom Shop Nocaster
Vintage Reissue Telecaster
N3 Noiseless Tele
Vintage Noiseless Tele
any information on the matter will be much appreciated


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Post subject: Re: Telecaster Pickups with flat poles
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 12:09 pm
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What's so important about having flat poles? All of the pickups are going to sound completely different from each other. You have two noiseless and two regular single coil pickups. Plus the Vintage Reissue Tele pickups do not have a reverse wound/reverse polarity pickup for noise reduction when both pickups are selected. All of this has a bigger effect on tone than flat poles. If it is an aesthetic concern, that is the wrong reason to select a pickup.

FWIW, the Custom Shop Nocaster and Vintage Reissue Tele are definitely flat poles. Don't know about the other two.

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Post subject: Re: Telecaster Pickups with flat poles
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 3:46 pm
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Thanks for the info. The PUs are intended for a left handed guitar. The way I understand it is that staggered single coils have to be specifically reversed for a LH guitar otherwise it just doesn't make sense that each pole's height is string dependent. Flat poles seem as a universal fit. Then again someone could argue that different neck radius means different staggered PUs or even that Hendrix didn't seem to be bothered with such issues with his right handed Strats, but this won't be me. I just happened to notice that this kind of information has been left out from Fender's detailed specs and pics don't help either :roll:


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Post subject: Re: Telecaster Pickups with flat poles
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:37 pm
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That would have been useful to know.

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Post subject: Re: Telecaster Pickups with flat poles
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:43 pm
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bluesky636 wrote:
That would have been useful to know.


"I am looking for a replacement pickup set for my Squier CV Telecaster LH"

It was knowable...


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