We feel that our modified Wide Range Humbuckers sounbd terrific. But don’t just take our word for it!
Please read the comments of people who have tried our MOD1, MOD2 and CuNiFe Telenator Wide Range Humbucker retro-fits. A serious upgrade for the Fender® Re-issue Wide Range Humbucker featuring our stationary and threaded alnico magnet rods, custom bobbins and hand winding:
Lee Ranaldo - Sonic Youth
“I did wanna tell you right away that we dropped the Telenator pickups my blue Signature Model Jazzblaster and they’re singing like mad! I really love them right off the bat, and am using them every night on tour right now! The bottom line for me is that I really love the pickups you’re making. They sound as good or better than the vintage ones I’ve been playing, which is really saying something. Our tech guy’s also very impressed with the sound right off the bat, and the sound man loves em too!”
Lee Ranaldo – Sonic Youth
“I think they sound VERY good. They (MOD1) don’t sound quite like the originals but they sound very similar and definitely very Fender-ish. I actually think they are the best alternative I have found to using the original WRs !! They are clear and articulate, and have a very nice “body” to them w/out sounding PAF-ish. I’ll definitely be using them more! Thanks for pursuing the Wide Range replacement dilemma. I really think you came up w/ a viable alternative!”
Danocaster Vintage Replicas
“I took my newly outfitted guitar to show my friend with a 1978 Telecaster Deluxe® with the original WRHB pickups. I had him power up his rig and pedal board and “dial up his sound”. We then switched to the new RI guitar with Telenator’s pickups. He could not tell the difference! It sounded the same. He did say it was a little beefier and slightly louder than his guitar, but he would be hard pressed to tell which one was being played.”
Doug Turner – Winchester KY
“I just got a chance to try out the Telenator Wide Range Humbuckers in a live gig situation. Let me put it this way – these are not only far and away the best Wide Range Humbuckers I’ve ever played, they are among the best pickups I’ve ever played. That’s saying a lot, so why did I say it. First off, I am a gigging player, I’ve been doing this for many, many years. So, a guy hands me a guitar and tells me it has a few hundred dollars worth of pickups, and I’m like “well, that’s nice. But does it sound good?” First off, these things are so dynamic it took me a minute to get the feel of them. They have more bottom end punch than any I’ve ever played. But it wasn’t boomy or flabby. They were tight and extremely articulate even on the lowest notes on the neck. And even when doing runs that went from the open strings to the high frets, they were uncannily balanced and clear. With or without overdrive, these pickups just stayed rich and offered that perfect mix of grind and cut. They are lively and musical. And honestly, they are inspiring. My hat is off to Telenator, these pickups really deliver. When you play them you can tell a lot of work went into getting them right.”
Chuck Smith - The Wray Guns
“I had the pleasure of passing a few hours with “Telenator” flogging a phalanx of amplifiers at a Guitar Center nearby. He brought along a ’72 Thinline RI® equipped with some of those reconfigured wide-range humbuckers that he has painstakingly re-worked. Well, if he didn’t “nail it”, he came as close as any mortal might get. These things totally git ‘er done. Extremely musical. Crazy definition, and even response. Sensitive too. To thwart any BS let me say that we A/Bd them against the standard Mexican RI
variety (no contest), and fortunately against a vintage late 70′s Telecaster Deluxe® that happened to be hanging on the wall behind the counter. The sound is scarey close.”
Johnny Law – New England
“These pickups are superior to the reissues in every regard. I’m hearing harmonics and other subtleties that weren’t audible before and the bass is not only tolerable now, it’s very good. The lower strings respond in a very interesting way and I can see now why the bass is hyped in these pickups. They have a very smooth and fluid sound while somehow still retaining clear edges. I’m very pleased with these pickups. They will be in my guitar as long as I’m alive.”
Jivetrain – TDPRI Guitar Forum
“Way Huge props for the Telenator WRHP. I still can’t believe what a difference this pickup made on my 72′ Telecaster Custom neck position I’ve paired it with a Seymour Duncan Custom Shop BG1400 in the bridge position and I couldn’t be happier. Kept the guitar lookin’ stock but really has great tone now.
Awesome!”
ESQUIREoholic – TDPRI Guitar Forum
Just to let you know I received my pickup (MOD3) yesterday (6th Feb), it arrived safe and sound, and works wonderfully. It’s great how a gentle strum emits a beautifully warm tone, but then I can dig-in slightly, and the clarity is so evident. I have tried many single coil, P90 and humbucker pickups in many different types of guitars, and this pickup sounds like the best neck pickup I have ever heard, period! Good work guys, this thing really works and sounds fantastic, and has made my custom telecaster the best sounding guitar in my collection.
Steven Kay – UK Customer
