https://www.jjsguitarpickups.com/telecaster.htm
From Ben Bailey at JJ's Guitar Pickups -
"After some recent repairs on some older examples, I have designed a twang-banging archetypal Tele set, with a very original name - the '52 set, on which it is based. This time both the neck and bridge pickups are alnico III and the neck has this peculiarity we noticed on early examples where the magnets stick out the bottom of the flatwork. This longer magnet changes a couple of things about the sound. It does bring an otherwise weak A3 rod magnet up to a useable output. It's a sweet tone too.
Both pickups are wound with Elektrisola plain enamel wire, 42 awg bridge to around 6.8k and the neck 43 awg to 7.8k. No, the neck pickup is not hotter, it's just a different wire gauge showing higher dc resistance. I've gone for a copper plated steel baseplate on the bridge and black string wrap, white also available. A raw nickel cover on the neck pickup gives the most transparent sound possible.
The bridge is rocky, powerful, lilting when coaxed and hot when you hit it. The neck has that "splat" just a hint of compression when you dig in, but it's quite flutey and blue for the quiet stuff. The middle position is just gorgeous. They're well balanced and sound like they should for a '52 Tele. If anybody wants a '52 spec set for good ol county twang, please let me know, now in production."
Please note that prices quoted on the JJ's site are Australian Dollars. USA based customers will get a happy surprise when they do the conversion.
And the T-Shirt? Made by my brother for a birthday long ago. I had to laugh when I saw it in the wardrobe yesterday. I don't think I've ever worn it before. Thanks, Scotty!
Today's tools:
Guitar: 1960 Tele clone (MJT, Musikraft, etc).
Amp: Axe-FX III Mark II Turbo running Cygnus X-2 FW 23.00 beta 6. Various models as described in the video
Cables: BOSS
Strings: Ernie Ball Paradigm 10-46
Mic: Audix USA PDX720 (See: https://audixusa.com/products/pdx720-signature-edition/
Camera: GoPro HERO10 + Sony ZV-1M2 x 2
Soundcard: PreSonus Quantum & Fractal Audio Systems Axe-FX III MKII (guitar, mixing and bouncing).
Desktop Monitors: PreSonus R80 R-Series Active AMT Studio Monitors (https://www.presonus.com)
Headphones: Audio Technica ATH-M50x (see: https://www.audio-technica.com/en-au/ath-m50x)
Computer: 2017 Apple iMac Pro, 2.5 GHz 14-Core Intel Xeon W, 64 GB 2666 MHz DDR4, Radeon Pro Vega 64X 16 GB