Members MrHarryReems Posted May 29, 2018 Members Share Posted May 29, 2018 I've got a set of Australian sliders in mine, with a P90 in the bridge position. Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 Is anyone running a Jazzmaster pickup in the neck position? I always thought that might work really well with a stock style Tele bridge pickup, but I've never tried it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted May 30, 2018 Members Share Posted May 30, 2018 Is anyone running a Jazzmaster pickup in the neck position? I always thought that might work really well with a stock style Tele bridge pickup' date=' but I've never tried it...[/quote'] check this out... [video=youtube_share;P_XWoyvDJzE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted May 30, 2018 Members Share Posted May 30, 2018 maybe you could get them to send you one for review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 I wish he would have demonstrated the sound of the pickups individually, and then in the middle position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted May 30, 2018 Members Share Posted May 30, 2018 I was a bit disappointed by that too. I would like to have heard the contrast between the bridge and the neck pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 check this out... [video=youtube_share;P_XWoyvDJzE] Yesterday I neglected to thank you for posting that... Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 6down1togo Posted June 6, 2018 Members Share Posted June 6, 2018 I currently have Fender Tex-Mex in my Nashville Tele. Nice Tele twang and cut with the those. I had a Telecaster with Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro II (APTR1 & 2) that I liked very much. They were the only Tele pickup set I've tried where the neck pickup was well-balanced to the bridge and not murky sounding, I will use them again on a future build. I tried some noiseless GFS Neovin pickups a while back and while OK, they were just lacking in that "shimmer" you expect out of a Telecaster bridge pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Busk Posted June 6, 2018 Members Share Posted June 6, 2018 Stock MIJs that it came with. Sounds awesome even though it shouldn’t. I did replace all the wiring with US made components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 Stock MIJs that it came with. Sounds awesome even though it shouldn’t. I did replace all the wiring with US made components. I think I still have a set of mid-80s MIJ Tele pickups sitting around somewhere - I might just have to try them in my current Tele and see what I think. The original '62 RI that they came out of had a basswood body that sounded like a wet sponge, and I thought the bad sound was the fault of the pickups - maybe they were just fine? OTOH, the pickups and electronics are a known weak link on a lot of MIJ guitars, although certainly not all of them - some MIJ guitars had USA pickups installed stock, and even some MIJ pickups have surprised me by how good they sounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted June 6, 2018 Members Share Posted June 6, 2018 Fralin Blues Specials. Very versatile for all styles of music. By that I mean not all twangy and and snappy greasy country sounding. Clear bright and articulate and just enough output to feed into any amp or pedal. I honestly sometimes wonder why I have so many guitars when all I need is my mahogany telecaster and these pickups to do everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted June 13, 2018 Members Share Posted June 13, 2018 I'm building a thinline tele Body right now and it will have three Pick-ups, a Lollar Charlie Christian in the neck and Bryan's BG A3 in middle and bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wasgtrjones Posted June 13, 2018 Members Share Posted June 13, 2018 I have a pile of teles, and have sold a few more. My tastes have settled on something 50s/Broadcaster/Nocaster-ish in the bridge (SD, Fender, and a lot of boutique companies do this well) I like something that's almost a great strat pickup in the neck. On a budget, the guitarfetish fatboy is great - it's much like the Rio Muy Grande (which is also great, in the neck - I find it too much, and too smeary in the bridge). My personal favorite is a Charlie Christian pickup in the neck. It's big and thick, and chewy, but stays clean and well-defined. Available from Pete Biltoft, or Lollar (and probably others) I also highly recommend the 4-way switch, which adds the 2 pickups in series (so it becomes a humbucker)... it works as a slight boost circuit. I have played with noiseless pickups, and always found them to lack the growl... there's something in the low mids that's not quite right. So I live with the noise. It's just part of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bernardo gui Posted June 21, 2018 Members Share Posted June 21, 2018 I had Crossroads Guitar Shop (Falls Church, VA) build me a Telecaster.It's a Brent Mason styled Telecaster & it's pretty damn cool: Seymour Duncan STK-T3B Bridge Pickup. (Vintage Hum-canceling Pickup)Seymour Duncan STK-S2 Middle Pickup (High output single-coil sized Vintage Stack)Seymour Duncan SM-1 Neck Pickup (Classic Firebird Pickup) This Tele also has a "blend" knob that allows me to add the middle Strat Pickup.I own 9 guitars & I am a working musician in the Baltimore-Washington D.C. metro area.My Crossroads Guitar Shop Brent Mason Tele is conservatively the most versatile guitar I own.Good enough for Brent Mason, good enough for Bernardo Gui ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 I had Crossroads Guitar Shop (Falls Church, VA) build me a Telecaster. It's a Brent Mason styled Telecaster & it's pretty damn cool: Seymour Duncan STK-T3B Bridge Pickup. (Vintage Hum-canceling Pickup) Seymour Duncan STK-S2 Middle Pickup (High output single-coil sized Vintage Stack) Seymour Duncan SM-1 Neck Pickup (Classic Firebird Pickup) This Tele also has a "blend" knob that allows me to add the middle Strat Pickup. I own 9 guitars & I am a working musician in the Baltimore-Washington D.C. metro area. My Crossroads Guitar Shop Brent Mason Tele is conservatively the most versatile guitar I own. Good enough for Brent Mason, good enough for Bernardo Gui ! Sounds awesome - got any pictures of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members gardo Posted June 27, 2018 Members Share Posted June 27, 2018 Tim Lerch does a good comparicon of some Lollar neck pickups[video=youtube_share;UIPrmCuSVes] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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