Fender Custom Shop '51 Nocaster Tele® Pickup Set

51 Nocaster is a classic sound, very happy

The neck pickup stopped working after 1 day... upon further inspection the copper winding on the pickup broke cutting the signal path. Before that, the pickups sounded great. Bridge pickup is fine.

Fitted these to my Mexican Telecaster - what a difference!!! The sound that they produce can emulate any possible sound that you can imagine from a Telecaster. Great pickups.

Great sounding telecaster pickups fast delivery.

I bought these to replace a failed bridge pickup in my American Special Telecaster. They are a stunning upgrade to the sound of the guitar. However, they were really difficult to mount in the guitar as the bridge pickup mounts to the pick guard and the supplied screws were not long enough to allow the correct adjustment of pickup height. Problem is these are imperial screws in an unusual thread size and length. I had to use M3 metric screws and tap the mounting holes in the pickup for the new thread size

I bought these for my project Being a quo fan early Pye stuff as rick and Francis used untouched Teles then Boy was I impressed so was my guitar shop the sound was fantastic original twang tele style no casters blew me away as well as my friends who were impressed with the original sound I created fantastic

El cambio ha sido brutal. Las he puesto en una CV 50 y es otra guitarra. Sonido muy definido y nivelado entre cierdas con cualquier ecualización

The bridge pick up has transformed my cheapo FSR Squier Tele into a tone monster. Awesome pup.

Provengo da 40 anni di esperienza. Principalmente con le Stratocaster e con qualche breve intervallo con le Les Paul, ma mi ha sempre incuriosito la Tele.. Alla fine ho deciso di prendere una Player MIM. Vista l'età anagrafica, volevo almeno provarla nella vita !! Chitarra fatta bene, con legni buoni e un buon suono, anche se a me il timbro risultava un po' troppo brillante e "moderno". Il seutp non era male ma montava le 0.9 Ho deciso di fare qualche modifica: Sellette in ottone, nuovo passa corde alla palletta, e nuovi pickup. I Nocaster 51 appunto e corde pure nickel 0.10. Poi un buon setup: Trussrod, action, armoniche , ecc Devo dire che dopo queste modifiche la chitarra mi ha rapito ! Mi ha fatto ricordare le mie esperienze e i suoni della chitarra classica con la quale avevo cominciato a suonare. Un buon timbro, note articolate, tanta dinamica..! In sole tre posizioni del selettore ho tutto quello che mi serve. Basta giocarci un po' sui controlli del volume e del tono. La semplicità e l'efficienza al loro massimo. Credo che suonerò esclusivamente la Tele nei prossimi anni. Questi pickups per me sono fantastici !! Super consigliati !!!

You could say that, dollar for dollar, these are the best sounding Tele pickups you can get. But I think it's more accurate to say that these are among the best sounding Tele pickups at ANY price point. The boutique pickup world is awash in some truly excellent Tele electronics; and bespoke pickup sets costing upward of $300 or more are not uncommon. Sure, these crazy expensive PUs sound good-- excellent even. But how do these Fender reproduction PUs sound in comparison? Simply put, as good, or better. I installed these in a Fender Japan Telecaster with a single piece body (a rarity!) and the last little bits of tone hiding in the instrument were coaxed out load and clear. The bridge PU has all the honk and sparkle you could want, but is mercifully free from the icepick-to-the-forehead treble that can be more pain than twang. The neck PU has a warm yet defined color. Never muddy, it has a relatively flat response which produces rich sounding chords and round, punchy lead lines. Together in the middle position, these PUs produce a wonderful, exciting rhythm color with just the right amount of shimmer. The string separation is excellent, and when pushed into overdrive, the inner harmonics really leap out in a beautifully balanced tone. They do alter your pick attack somewhat, but not in a bad way. There's still plenty of traditional, percussive "smack" on the transients, but it is more focused, and very responsive to your technique. The bridge position is RWRP for a hum canceling effect in the middle position, but even without extensive shielding these are very quiet single coils which do not squeal when the gain is dimed. If you want to add tone and even more stylistic versatility to your Tele, you can't go wrong with a NoCaster set

EDIT 17/12/2025 J'ai re commandé ces micros pour une autre guitare. Et je reçois des micros Squier tout pourri à la place des Fender. Il n'y a aucuns contrôles ??? Vraiment écœurant la malhonnêteté des certains individus. Excellent micro ! Aussi bien le chevalet que le manche. Le son clair est cristallin, super propre. Les distos/crunch passent très bien. Une palette très étendue et un vrai contrôle avec les potards de volume et tonalité. J'ai regardé beaucoup de vidéo sur YT avant de me décider et je ne suis pas déçu, bien au contraire !