50/51 Lion - Tele®/Esquire® bridge pickup. 7500 turns of 43AWG over A3 rod magnets - that ubiquitous original classic Fender® vintage 1950/51 "stock" Leo Fender tone and output, uber twangy, exclusively used in his first "electric spanish guitar", and his one and two pickup 1950 Esquire®, and 1950 Broadcaster, and 1951 Nocaster - all these specific 1950/51 Fender® guitars used the same bridge pickup build, there were no other bridge pickup designs or types used. Twangy, clean, clear, and Trebly. Black or ivory/parchment string wrapped, supplied with mounting screws and tubing.

Bakersfield Lion - Tele®/Esquire® bridge pickup. 8500 turns of 42AWG over A5 rod magnets, plenty o' twang, some mid-range and lotsa treble on tap, yer typical vintage mid-50's Tele® pup but without the shrill treble. LOTS of treble tone, some midrange pops out, some bass is recognized, serious twang on tap. This is pretty much a classic Tele® bridge pup where the tone pot can be used to rein in the treble on occasion. Black or ivory/parchment string wrapped, supplied with mounting screws and tubing.

Oildale Lion - Tele®/Esquire® bridge pickup. 9100 turns of 42AWG over A3 rod magnets, plenty o' twang, a bit more mid-range than the Bakersfield, and lotsa treble on tap, yer typical vintage mid-50's Tele® pup but without the shrill treble. A classic 50's Tele® bridge pup where the tone pot can be used to rein in the treble on occasion. Black or ivory/parchment string wrapped, supplied with mounting screws and tubing.

Nocaster Holy Grail Lion - Tele®/Esquire® bridge pickup. 9700 turns of 43AWG over A3 rod magnets. That original classic earliest vintage 1950/51 Fender® Esquire®, Broadcaster, Nocaster tone is back and fattened up with a higher coil wire turn count to squelch the shrill treble and thicken the midrange. This is the "mistake" pickup, the one where a pickup winder fell asleep at the wheel and added 2000 more coil wire turns. It has that fat vintage tone that we sought back in the day, but could never find ... but we did! It's the Holy Grail of the earliest Fender® bridge pickups. Twangy, thick, clean, clear, with no ice-pick-in-the-ear. Black or ivory/parchment string wrapped, supplied with mounting screws and tubing.

51/52 Lion - Tele®/Esquire® bridge pickup. 9500 turns pf 42AWG over A3 rod magnets, the "transitional" pickup. During 1951 and 1952 Leo Fender began phasing out the A3/43AWG Tele®/Esquire® bridge pickup by using existing A3 rod magnets along with 42AWG coil wire. Sometime after 1952/53 that transition ended with the standarized use of A5 rod magnets and 42AWG coil wire. The 51/52 Lion has a bit more midrange than the Nocaster Lion, and plenty of twang. Black or ivory/parchment string wrapped, supplied with mounting screws and tubing.

Nashville Lion - Tele®/Esquire® bridge pickup. 10000 42AWG over A5 rod magnets, lots of country twang with a hefty dose of mid-range, think "Broadcaster plus", this is the original Cavalier Lion that's quite at home for country, rock, pop and bluez - a classic higher turn count 50's Tele® bridge pickup. Smooth treble that's hardly shrill, good midrange and some bass end, good fat twang, arguably the most sought after Tele® bridge pup for country and lots of other genres. Black or ivory/parchment wrapped, supplied with mounting screws and tubing.

Fat Lion - Tele®/Esquire® bridge pickup. 11300 42AWG over A5 rod magnets for a very bold tone with lots of mid-range, for serious rock and blues. Butter smooth treble that's never shrill, major midrange and good bass end, not best nor meant for twang tone. This is typically used for rock and bluez and pop, and Esquires® that need an increased range of tone. Black or ivory/parchment string wrapped, supplied with mounting screws and tubing.

Huge Lion - Tele®/Esquire® bridge pickup. 13500 42AWG over A5 rod magnets with tons of mid-range and output for tone that's SO close to a P-90. Everything that applies to a Fat Lion applies to the Huge Lion, only taken up a significant Hefty amount. Black or ivory/parchment string wrapped, supplied with mounting screws and tubing.

Humongous Lion - Tele®/Esquire® bridge pickup. 16000 42AWG over A5 rod magnets and mega tons of mid-range. Everything that applies to a Huge Lion applies to the Humongous Lion, only more, LOTS MORE. Black or ivory/parchment string wrapped, supplied with mounting screws and tubing.

The Lion King - The Lion King offers unfettered vintage tone for those wishing the aesthetic look of the Tele® covered neck pickup, with more treble on tap than a typical Tele neck pickup. The thin nickel-silver mirror chrome cover is independently grounded from the coil leads, allowing phase reversal and easy hook up with ANY type of pickup select switch: 3-way, 4-way, 5-way, mega, etc. A5 rod magnets under 8500 turns of 43AWG coil wire. Supplied with body or pickguard mounting screws and height tubing.

The Fat Lion King - The Fat Lion King offers more output and more midrange that its Lion King brother, for those wishing a bolder Tele® neck pickup tone and output. The thin nickel-silver mirror chrome cover is independently grounded from the coil leads, allowing phase reversal and easy hook up with ANY type of pickup select switch: 3-way, 4-way, 5-way, mega, etc. A5 rod magnets under 10500 turns of 43AWG coil wire. Supplied with body or pickguard mounting screws and height tubing.

The Wolf - The Wolf is a covered Tele® neck pickup that's wound with 9000 turns of 42AWG coil wire (instead of the normal 43AWG Tele® neck coil wire) over A5 rod magnets and offers a more Strat® type of treble tone. The thin nickel-silver mirror chrome cover is independently grounded from the coil leads, allowing phase reversal and easy hook up with ANY type of pickup select switch: 3-way, 4-way, 5-way, mega, etc. Supplied with body or pickguard mounting screws and height tubing.

The Lioness - The original Tele® neck pickup was metal covered to attenuate the high end, reduce treble, and offer a more mid-range or baritone sound for rhythm playing and to offer an alternative to lugging around an upright string double bass. Within short order, Fender® invented the Precision Bass, yet still built the Tele® neck pickup with a tone blanketing thick metal cover. The Lioness frees up that great, natural single coil tone that's long been hidden under cold metal. A5 rod magnets under 8500 turns of 43AWG coil wire. The coil wire is string wrapped in either black or ivory/parchment, supplied with body or pickguard mounting screws and tubing.

The Fat Lioness - The Fat Lioness offers more output and more midrange that its Lioness sister, for those wishing a bolder Tele® neck pickup tone and output. A5 rod magnets under 10500 turns of 43AWG coil wire. The coil wire is string wrapped in either black or ivory/parchment, supplied with body or pickguard mounting screws and tubing.

The She Wolf - The She Wolf is an uncovered, Tele® neck pickup that's wound with 9000 turns of 42AWG coil wire (instead of the normal 43AWG Tele® neck coil wire) over A5 rod magnets and offers yet a bit more Strat® type of treble tone because there is no ground shield cover. The coil wire is string wrapped in either black or ivory/parchment, supplied with body or pickguard mounting screws and tubing.

Cavalier Pickups Build - Cavalier Tele®, Esquire®, Stealth®, and Firebird® pickups are all built to respective vintage footprint specifications and all will properly fit into Fender® guitars and basses, or any guitars/basses built to Fender® pickup footprint specifications. I hand build all Cavalier bobbins with vulcanized fiber board flatware, AlNiCo V or III rod magnets, hand guided 42AWG or 43AWG coil wire using a custom coil winding machine of my own build, with Red Lion infrared trigger and digital counter. The Lion bridge pickup has a steel base plate and its wire coil is wound with cotton string. The Lioness and Fat Lioness Tele® neck pickup wire coil is covered with black or ivory/parchment string. All Cavalier non-tapped pickups have cloth covered lead wire. Light wax potting (which is the default for all Cavalier Pickups) will suppress feedback and microphonics well enough for the vast majority of guitarists and will allow pickups to render "lively" and "resonant" sounds with increased harmonics. Vacuum wax potting is an option full saturates the coil and will greatly help those who play at really high full tilt boogie volumes with gobs of gain. In doing so, some of the "liveliness" of the overall sound is somewhat suppressed. Wiring - black cloth covered leads are the coil ground and white or yellow cloth covered leads are the coil hot side.