Alnico Pro II Tele pickups in Deluxe Nashville Tele

[64 Tele]

I replaced the neck and bridge pickups in my Deluxe Nashville Tele with SD Alnico Pro II Tele pickups.
I kept the middle pickup (Fender Tex Mex Strat pickup which is Alnico 5 magnet) from the stock set.
After the fact, I'm wondering if that is a no-no....mixing magnet types?

Is this (2 different types of magnets in a set) a potential issue/concern?
It didn't even occur to me when I researching/deciding on the replacement pickups.
I'm using a Fender SuperSwitch (5 way) to get neck, neck/middle, neck/bridge, middle/bridge and bridge.

Anyone with experience/knowledge about this?

 

[Silence Kid]

Re: Alnico Pro II Tele pickups in Deluxe Nashville Tele

It's not a magnet-type mixing issue, but you *may* have a polarity or phase issue - do you still have hum-cancelling in the combined positions (if you ever did?) All Fender and Duncan pickups seem opposite wind and/or polarity between the equivalent positions, IIRC. That said, if you're in-phase/hum cancelling you're probably fine.

 

[Blille]

Alnico Pro II Tele pickups in Deluxe Nashville Tele

I think that’s going to be a great mix. Likely a lot of versatility. You may want to lower the middle pickup a bit.

But don’t worry. Play it and tell us if you like it.

Re phase and polarity - my guess is that it will hum cancel with the neck only and you will want to swap the cables of the fender (hot where ground is and vice versa)

 

[64 Tele]

Re: Alnico Pro II Tele pickups in Deluxe Nashville Tele

Initially, there was a phase issue on the in-between settings. I was going to pick it up last Saturday and the in-between settings had a HUGE
drop in volume and really thin sound.
Guitar tech said there apparently was a phase issue and changed a couple connections. Much improved.
With the bridge alone, bridge/neck and neck (typical Tele combinations) it's much improved from the stock Fender Tex Mex pickups.
The in-between (2 and 4) are a little muffled compared to stock. I'll play around a little with amp EQ and middle pickup height.
It never had hum cancelling on the 2 and 4 settings before....middle pickup is not RWRP.

I did notice that virtually all the Fender pickups were Alnico 5.
I'd gotten a couple sets of Seth Lover HB's (Alnico 2) and REALLY liked them.
Didn't know if this translated to single coils or was comparing apples to oranges.