The Seymour Duncan STR-1 Vintage Tele Rhythm (neck) Pickup. FREE shipping in the USA!

Application
Vintage-correct reproduction of 1950s Tele® rhythm pickup. Great for traditional country, country pop, surf, rockabilly, blues, and blues-rock.

Description
The rhythm (neck) pickup in a well-balanced vintage Telecaster compliments the bright twang of the lead pickup with a smooth and open tone, warm lower-mids and airy highs. Comes with a chrome-plated brass cover and waxed cloth hookup cable.

Complete setup
Available in rhythm (neck) position only. Either the STL-1 or STL-1b is the most common match for the lead (bridge) position.

Guitars
For all well-balanced instruments. Works equally well with maple and rosewood fingerboards.

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About the Guitars: We used all brand new Fender American made '52 with a light-weight ash body and a maple fingerboard and a fresh set of American Flyer 10-46 gauge strings. We kept the pickup-to-string heights consistent between each change of pickups.

About the Amps: We employed the "highest common denominator" philosophy in our amp selection. For clean tones, we used a silverface Fender Super Reverb with stock 4x10 "blue frame" speakers. We kept the Bright Switch "On" throughout. For crunch tones, we used a well-worn Marshall JCM 800 50 watt master volume head through a new Marshall 1960A Celestion®-loaded 4x12 cabinet. We plugged into the High output. With both amps we close miked straight-on with SM-57s through a Soundcraft Spirit Folio Mixer.

These are the amp settings:

Fender Super Reverb Bright Switch 3 5 6.5 4.5 2.5 On Volume Treble Midrange Bass Reverb Marshall JCM 800 Output 5.5 10 4 4 2 7 High Presence Bass Midrange Treble Master Pre-Amp

Specifications:
- Cable: Single Conductor cloth
- DC Resistance: 7.3 k
- Resonant Peak: 8 KHz
- Magnet: Alnico V Rods
- EQ (B/M/T): 5 / 3 / 4

Players
Richard Young / Kentucky Headhunters, Doug Pettibone / Lucinda Williams, Nick Hoffman / Kenny Chesney, Adam Gaynor / Matchbox 20, Gilby Clarke / Guns ‘N Roses & Heart, Webb Wilder

Returns:
Most pickups can't be returned once installed because of the installation process that requires soldering, etc. Seymour Duncan however offers a fantastic 21 Day Return Policy! Here's the details:
Seymour Duncan / Basslines offers our 21 Day Real World Exchange Policy on all new pickups purchased in the U.S. and some other participating countries, which states the following: If for any reason you're not satisfied with the pickup's sound or construction, return it and your receipt to your dealer, or direct to the factory within 21 days for exchange with another pickups of equal or lesser value. To do this, please just and include your invoice number and the new pickup you'd like to exchange towards.