Artec Telecaster pickup
I wasn’t expecting a great deal from the pickup considering the price. However, I have to admit that this really is very good value the money. It’s well-made and sounds great; it’s a hot sounding pickup with a nice edge to it from the side stacked coils. I also like the included rubber sleeves on the fixing screws, which are much better than springs. Humbucking works well on what normally would be the bridge single coil position.
The only small gripe is that the where the windings are joined there is no insulation on the red and white wire ends, but this is easily remedied by putting heat shrink tube over the connections; although this would not matter too much if you are going to wire them to a series parallel switch, the coils are wired in series as supplied.
There is a marked difference in the tone when switching between the bridge and neck pickups, it’s certainly capable of cutting through the mix with one of these fitted.
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