DP173BK

DP173BK. Twang King? Bridge.

When we decided to go for the vintage Tele® sound, we knew we had to do more than just copy a forty-year-old design. We wanted pickups that captured the best elements of our favorite Broadcaster® and Telecaster® sounds - and then some. The Twang King? pickups have unequalled response to pick attack: light playing produces a soft, quiet tone and hard picking creates a harder, louder, and more dynamic sound than any comparable single-coil. We accomplished this with a combination of controlled-tension coil-winding, special wire, and hand-calibrated magnets. The neck pickup comes with a chrome cover, and the bridge model has a ferrous base plate. Both pickups are wax-potted twice for squeal-free performance.

Recommended For Standard Tele® bridge position.

Tech Talk
We didn't model the Twang King? bridge after a specific original. Instead, we combined the best tonal qualities of several Broadcaster® and Telecaster® pickups from the 50s and early 60s. We were aiming for a balance between big, clean lows and fatter-sounding highs, and we wanted the pickup to be able to handle a very wide dynamic range, so the sound would clean up with soft picking and really open up with a harder attack.

Specs. DP173BK:
Finish: Black.
Pole pieces: Nickel.
Wiring: 2 Conductor.
Magnet: Alnico 5.
Output mV: 198.
DC Resistance: 8.07 Kohm.
Year of Introduction: 1995.
Patent: n/a.

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