Kinman Broadcaster Tele Set

These are very good, if not great, pickups. High quality build and good sounds. Bridge is twangy and spanky without being too ice-pickey. Neck is very warm and round. And almost totally free of hum! One problem though: the bridge pickup wants to see a 250K volume pot while the neck pickup needs a 500K volume pot if you want to get the most out of it. I suspect you'll also need to install the Kinman wiring harness, and it's a mystery to me why this isn't clearly advertised and why Thomann doesn't stock the harness. I installed this in my standard 250K harnessed tele and while the pickups sounded very good, I would always end up eq'ing for either bridge or neck. The neck pickup would only give me jazz tones -- it really doesn't do anything else in a 250K pot config. Bridge and middle position are very good though. I ended up swapping these for Fender Nocaster pickups and to me these are much more versatile. Kinman bridge would rock in an Esquire though.
Pros: very good build, nifty sounds, no noise
Cons: Don't expect a perfect set with standard tele wiring, you're gonna need the Kinman harness to get the most out of these.