Description
Jerry Donahue spent years chasing the sound of his own ’52 Telecaster before deciding he’d rather clone it than risk it on the road. He handed the guitar to Seymour Duncan, who reverse-engineered the lead pickup’s voice and built the APTL-3JD to match it note for note.
Inside you’ll find Alnico 2 rod magnets paired with a custom wind that adds sustain and a bit of extra output over a vintage-spec single-coil, without losing the airy top end that makes a Tele sound like a Tele. The pole pieces are symmetrically staggered to follow the fingerboard radius, so every string comes through with the same clarity and pick attack instead of a couple of strings dominating the mix.
The result is a pickup that sits right in the sweet spot: sparkly highs, a rounded low end with real fatness, and that unmistakable twang that cuts through a band without turning brittle. It’s a genuine single-coil in character, just with the confidence to handle harder picking and dirtier amps.
- True single-coil design with boosted output
- Alnico 2 rod magnets
- Special wind for added sustain
- Symmetrically staggered pole pieces matched to fingerboard radius
Built for traditional country, country-pop, blues, and classic rock players who want vintage Tele twang with a little more push behind it.
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