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The bridge pickup in my Tele is a Texas Special from the mid 1990’s. It has died. đź’€
Impedance is zero when tested with a multimeter and a guitar cable, should be up around 8K-ohms like the neck pickup. I’ve tried cleaning the 3 way switch, no joy. A local guitar tech tells me it’s probably a short in the coil and would need a rewind to fix it. This would cost around $100 after sending it away as he’s not set up to rewind it himself.
Rather than getting a rewind I could just get a new pickup for around the same cost. He is a Seymour Duncan dealer and has a Seymour Duncan Jerry Donahue Tele bridge pickup in stock and recommends it. He has one installed in one of his Teles so I’ll be able to get a demo when I drop the guitar off for a fix and a setup. He can order other brand pickups as well.
What would you do? Anyone replaced their Tele bridge pickup with good results? If so what did you put in it? I’m not in a hurry; the neck pickup is working fine so I’m gonna take my time and do it right. Thanks for sharing any ideas and experiences on this. Meanwhile I’m researching this on the web, there’s a lot of info out there, almost too much to parse.
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