This cool set is inspired by the 1955 Esquire guitar owned by Mr. David Gilmour.
David’s 1955 Esquire originally belonged to Seymour Duncan who gave/sold it to David around 1975-76. It already had its worn exterior, which led David to name it “The Workmate” after the Black and Decker work bench (Phil Taylor Q&A, davidgilmour.com, Dec 2007).
An Esquire differs from the Telecasters in that they don’t have the neck pickup, but Gilmour’s guitar has a custom fitted neck pickup, made and installed by Seymour Duncan (who then worked at Fender). This pickup was actually STRAT sized unit- our version is regular Tele neck size – for easy installation on any Telecaster pickguard.
Bridge pickup – 1955 Esquire Clone
– wound with period correct HEAVY ENAMELED AWG42 pickup wire at approx. 6.8 kOhm DC resistance
– vintage specs BLACK flatwork /vulcanized fiberboard
– beveled Alnico magnets
– copper plated STEEL baseplate
– the coil is wrapped with 8-strand WHITE COTTON string
– wax potted in paraffin and bee`s wax
– 6-32 x 5/8″ round head screws
– vintage style pickup tension/height tubing
– raised “D” and “G” magnets
– polarity is NORTH UP as in the 50s !!!
Mounting screws and vintage style tubing are included.
Neck Pickup
STRAT tone in Tele neck size
– hand/scatter wound with thicker AWG42 Enamel Wire as used on Stratocaster pickups @ 6.0 kOhm
– vintage specs BLACK flatwork /vulcanized fiberboard
– vintage staggered and beveled Alnico V magnets
– wax potted
– black and white cloth covered push back wire
– the coil is protected with black paper pickup tape
– polarity is SOUTH UP
IMPORTANT!
Tele neck pickups can be mounted with WOOD or PICKGUARD screws. Please let us know if you need the pickguard or wood mounting screws with this pickup. You can send us a message or leave a note on the checkout page.
#3 x 1″ Round Head Wood Screws – this is the way Fender did it back in the day;
Wood mounting screws are screwed to the body/ wood – under the pickguard – and these require a larger hole in the pickup – so we will re-drill the mounting holes in the pickup to fit the wood screws.
#4 – 40UNC Phillips Pan Head Pickguard Screws
Pickguard screws are used for mounting the pickup on the pickguard – this way the pickup height can be adjusted without removing the pickguard.
These 2 pickups are R.W.R.P – they will be hum cancelling when both pickups are active.
