Split Blade Tele

I purchased a High Output Split Blade Tele bridge pickup to pair with an existing low output neck position humbucker. The balance of tone and volume between the two pickups is just right. The Split Blade has all the bite, clarity, balance and open sound of a great Tele bridge pickup without ever sounding harsh – all without the noise. They also look great!

Having owned a set of Vintage Hot single coils in the past, I had no doubt these would be excellent pickups. And Lindy and crew did not disappoint. With the Vintage Output, you get all the characteristics we love about Telecasters with single coils, without the hum.
I highly recommend Fralin pickups to anyone looking to upgrade their guitar.

Tele tone without the buzz! these have become a favorite go to for my tele builds.

I originally bought a single split blade with the additional 4th wire in the neck position. I loved it so much I ended up buying another split blade for the neck position. Now it’s double the pleasure double the fun!!! Thanks Linday and all my pals at Fralin pickups for a great experience all the way around!!! Love my Fralin Pickups!!!

I received my shipment of Tele Split Blades yesterday and installed them last evening. After my experiences with stacked designs from other well known pickup builders I can honestly say your split blades have ended my search for noiseless Tele pickups. They are beautiful in nuanced tone, response and appearance. Thank you!

I ordered a set of Vintage Outputs, wired for a 4-way for my Tele (chambered ash body, maple top) to replace a set of Seymour Duncan’s that just didnt pair well with the guitar. They arrived within a couple of weeks, and my luthier installed them without issue. I could not be happier with the results. Articulate, responsive to changes in attack and volume/tone adjustments – just layers of beautiful tones. Setting the amp at edge of break-up these pickups sing with just a hint of Tele twang. Roll the volume off a touch and there’s a nice balanced clean, I can even dial in a decent Jazz tone with the neck pickup. Give them the beans and they’ll cover the hard and heavy stuff without getting loose or flabby. All this and they are dead quiet. These are well designed, well made, pickups that deliver great sound. I’m beyond satisfied.

Great tone, clear and clean without giving up any twang. Wonderful pickups.
My only complaint would be that the sleeves on the wires are thicker than on most pickups, it was a very tight fit running the wires through the body of my tele. Very high quality sleeves, just thicker than most industry standard.

I just finished installing a Split Blade (Blues Output) in the neck, and a Steel Poled Tele (P90) in the bridge of my 2014 American Deluxe Tele. I also did the 4-way switch mod and these two pickups are absolutely killer together. All four positions sound incredible! I used 250k pots, a 0.022uf orange drop capacitor, and a 680pF/150k parallel treble bleed. I couldn’t be happier with the outcome. Thanks Lindy and team for making these fantastic pickups!!

I purchased the Split Blade Tele blues set. The demos that you see on YT are ok. They exceeded my expectations live. They are hot but with some tone and volume control are tameable. Still fine tuning the pickup height but pretty much have them dialed in. Definitely would recommend them if that’s the route you are looking for with a telecaster.

I recently purchased a set of High Output Lindy Fralin Split Blade pickups that I installed in my 59 reissue Fender Telecaster, and what difference! I noticed immediately the clarity, chime and tone of each individual string. The neck pickup brings out more of the tone that resonates along the length of the neck as does the bridge pickup. These pickup bring out all the tonal qualities of my guitar in a much better way compared to single coil pickup. I also am impressed with how quiet the pickups are at idle, and the pickup don’t have the magnetic pull on the strings as many other humbuckers do. Over all I think these are fantastic pickups, and the quality is second to none! I highly recommend these pickup for Fender and all other guitars. Thank you Lindy!

Best tele pickups in my fleet of five teles.

Best silent tele pickup EVER!

5 Star…. How about 6 star! Hum free but know’s it’s a Tele Pickup. Nice work all at Lindy Fralin!

Can’t say enough about Fralin Pickups, I took a chance in installing the Noiseless P90’s on my Gold top reissue and haven’t looked back, replaced the single P90 on LP jr and it simply smokes and no hum! No brainer on my scratch built Tele and I went with the Split blade Tele set wire for 4 way switching and the clarity is amazing and once again noiseless. I highly recommend Fralin to anyone who builds or wants to replace their existing pickups, truly hard to beat and I will be using them in future builds. Great tone, clarity and no noise. Go for it, highly doubt you’ll be disappointed.

I am amazed at the difference. I am a hobbyist player and only picked up the guitar in my late forties so most of my equipment is budget. I replaced the Tesla pickups in my Harley Benton Thinline Tele with Fralin noiseless split blade vintage wound. I can’t believe my novice ears. Installation was not nearly as difficult as I thought it would be given I replaced a bride stacked humbucker in conjunction with a push/pull splitting tone pot with standard tone pot. The .02 cap that Fralins staff recommended gives me the exact range of tonal dimension I’m looking for. Incredible when clean and awesome in the fuzzy dirt! Well worth the price!

I bought the black split blade, vintage output, medium radius to replace the stock neck pickup in my MIM tele. I didn’t have a problem with the stock Fender pickup tone wise, but I play thru a 5 watt tube amp and like to use various amounts of dirt sometimes and the fender pickup is just noisy even before I get to 12o’clock on the amp volume with no dirt. The vintage output Fralin pickup sounds, to my ears, just like the fender pickup. Warm and beautiful with the right amount of bite. To my imagination it seems a little bit louder than the Fender pickup. In medium and high gain situations it is dead silent when you aren’t playing so it lives up to its claim of noiseless for me. It pairs literally perfectly with my bridge pickup which is a Duncan vintage lead stack noiseless(which is nice and twangy without the ice pick highs). With this combo my tele sounds like it’s supposed to but is noiseless in all positions. When I’m in the middle position and getting both pickups, IT SOUNDS SO NICE TO ME. So to recap, if you like the tone of your stock fender neck pickup but want a little more output and want it to be noiseless, the split blade is an amazing choice imo. A tad pricey compared to whats out there in the world, but well worth the price and long shipping wait imo.

Split blade Tele bridge is more *dynamic*, better balanced across all frequencies, and dead-quiet as far as any 60 Hz hum or RFI. There is something about playing out of a silent background that adds a special quality to the sound. It has made a “pretty good” instrument into something first-rate, and I enjoy playing this guitar now whenever I can.

I spent too much time overanalyzing my pickup choices, when I could have been playing the superior instrument that I now have. If you are on the fence, don’t hesitate – you will be VERY glad you made the move. No worries, Lindy stands behind everything he sells – if for any reason you aren’t totally satisfied, he will make it right. One of the single best investments I’ve made in bettering my tone.

My favorite noisless singles ever made. Nothing comes close.

Pickups sounded great. My customer is very happy.