Nomads tele
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Nomads: The journey continues.
Rabea Massaad signature Tele set.
“I’ve always loved using Telecaster tones on my recordings. They have an aggressive mid range that just brings that extra bit of gnarliness to heavier guitar tones and they also add wonderful clarity to clean and mid-gain tones.
When designing the Nomads I wanted to create something more controlled and powerful that would cater to my heavier sounds just as much as the ambient and cleaner side of what I do.
The Nomads can get super heavy without any unwanted spikiness, but also respect the original early ‘50s tele tones for all the lower gain chime and spank that I love.
I really couldn’t be happier with these pickups!” Rabea
With an approach to the Telecaster as individual as his playing, Rabea’s Nomads fill a void left by traditional Tele pickups and push forward the boundaries of Tele tones, allowing players to think past the conventional and be inspired to create new music.
Nomads build on the same foundation of Alnico III powered bridge and Alnico V neck coils as the Triptych Strat set to reproduce another dimension in Rabea’s signature range of tones.
The bridge coil is flat magnet profile with a thicker ‘50s style copper-plated steel baseplate and a hot wind of 43 AWG plain enamel wire, designed to deliver a combination of muscular output, plus masses of dynamic headroom. Mids are totally dialled to add the perfect throatiness to complement the depth in the bass and rich attack in the high end.
A special neck coil design allows for superb balance of output with the bridge, whilst delivering both weight behind single notes and a hollow snappy tone, again hand wound with 43 AWG PE.
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APPLICATIONS
Blues, hard rock, alternative, progressive rock and metal styles.SUITABILITY
For Tele players looking to express themselves with a higher output set of coils that still retain original Tele character. Equally well suited to maple or rosewood boards as well as all body timbers, in particular naturally brighter Teles would benefit from added depth without compromising dynamic headroom.Specification
Position: Bridge DC Resistance: 10.4 kΩ Magnet: Alnico 3
Position: Neck DC Resistance: 7.2 kΩ Magnet: Alnico 5
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Published on 11 Nov 2024
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Bare Knuckle PickupsCustomer Reviews
Just wanted to follow up now I’ve had some time with the Nomads bridge pickup - loving it! Really enjoying how thick and harmonic it sounds, without feeling like it’s compressed and taking over, whilst also still feeling 'vintage'. It does go excellently with the Flat 50s neck pickup too. Actually surprised how much l like the middle position now. I think the thickness of the Nomads really helps here.
Happy to report that I received my custom Nomads. They sound epic! You were spot on about the increased note clarity and dynamic range while also still cranking out the fat high gain tones. That, plus they look super sick with the aged black finish and etching on the neck. Couldn’t be happier, thanks again!
