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Broadcaster Clone Tele® Pickup

The Broadcaster only officially existed for a period of about 4 months, from October of 1950 to February of 1951, but it left an undeniable mark on music and the electric guitar itself. An upgrade from the original Esquire, with the addition of a neck pickup and a 'blend' potentiometer, there was nothing like it before or since. The first generation of “Blackguard” Teles are very highly regarded in terms of playability and tone, and now you can make your guitar sound like a slice of history.

Alnico 3 for the bridge and Alnico 5 for the neck, with vintage-spec 43 gauge plain enamel wire, a deep drawn chrome brass cover for the neck pickup, and a zinc plated baseplate for the bridge pickup. RWRP when combined for hum-cancelling in the middle position. 

All original manufacturing methods are the same with handwound coils, and lightly wax potted coils. The neck pickup is clean and glassy with lots of power to balance right with the overwound bridge pickup. The bridge pickup is fat and clear when clean, and creamy when distorted. Stellar example of a true Broadcaster sound! 

All of our pickups are proudly built in Burgaw, NC!

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Weight: .46 lb

Neck: 6.6K
Magnet: Alnico 5

  • Output: 4.5
  • Bass: 3.5
  • Mids: 3
  • Treble: 6

Bridge: 9.8K
Magnet: Alnico 3

  • Output: 6
  • Bass: 5.5
  • Mids: 6
  • Treble: 4.5

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Broadcaster Clone Tele® Pickup
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Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 3 reviews.

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Telecaster into an Esquire

"I was turning my 50’s Classic Vibe Telecaster into an Esquire, complete with the “cocked-wah” wiring. I was looking for a capable bridge pickup to do the job, since it's the only pickup on the guitar. Because the Esquire pre-dated the Telecaster, I wanted to use an early iteration of the Tele bridge pickup. After doing some research I decided to go with Mojotone’s Broadcaster Clone Tele Bridge Pickup and I’m so glad I did. It has a lot of snarl and bite in position 1, bypassing the tone control completely. Bleeding the tone, in position 3, has such a unique flavor all to its own. It’s the opposite tonal end of the sonic spectrum. Position 2 brings back the tone control and you can really hear the range of this pickup. In short, it sounds great. Single pickup guitars really make you work with what you have because of it’s inherent limitations. To be fully transparent, when the pickup first arrived, it wasn’t working properly. I emailed the people over at Mojotone and they were able to diagnose the problem quickly. I shipped it back and once it was repaired they returned it promptly. They were very helpful throughout that process and I would buy more of their products in the future."

Geoffrey M. (5/5)

broadcaster clone

"Excellent pickups"

Wayne H. (5/5)

Sound Great

"Sound great. Super punchy rock when driven, twangy Tele when dialed back."

Anonymous (5/5)

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