Members Johansolo Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 as the title says i need some neck pickup recommendations (or ones to stay well away from) for a partscaster tele im putting together. id like it to be a single coil the bridge pickup is a Dimarzio ChopperT...so i guess the obvious choice is the twang king...but i wanna research more. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Greg.Coal Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 Many, myself included, love the Alnico Fatbody Oversized Polepiece Tele Neck Pickup from GuitarFetish.com. A better range of tone than a covered neck pickup. "Stratty". Don't look for twang in your neck pickup. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 I'm of the opinion that Fender doesn't make very good pickups these days, but I have yet to find a Fender Tele (or P-Bass) pickup I don't like, just go on Ebay and you can probably get a set for cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr Songwriter Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 I've got a G&L ASAT (G&L version of the Tele) and I put a DiMarzio Area T in the neck and I really like it, I wasn't too keen on the tone of the Humbucking mode, so I just wired it for Single coil operation. I've got a Dimarzio Pre-B1 in the Bridge too and it works well in position 2 with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willyguitar Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 2 of my faves: twisted tele neck pickup - can sometimes get them from ebay, from demolished Baja Teles. Another very strat like one - CS Nocaster. Lovely pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johansolo Posted March 29, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 i should already add that im looking for something diffrent to a strat neck sound...as ive already got my "dream" strat (just put some suhr FL standards in the strat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 BG or Rose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted March 29, 2011 Moderators Share Posted March 29, 2011 The best Tele neck pickup is a Gibson mini humbucker......and thats a fact:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted March 29, 2011 Moderators Share Posted March 29, 2011 I'm of the opinion that Fender doesn't make very good pickups these days Fender have a great record of making among the best if not the best Tele and Strat pickups available to mankind, that may not mean that every pickup they mke everyone will like, but I am not aware of any Fender sets that someone somwhere not only likes, but loves....and that even includes their vintage noiseless and SCNs, even tho I personally like neither. CS54s and CS69s will do pretty much anything you can ever want from a Strat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Seano Porno Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 Another one here for the Twisted Tele neck pickup...they're GORGEOUS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted March 29, 2011 Moderators Share Posted March 29, 2011 Another one here for the Twisted Tele neck pickup...they're GORGEOUS! They are good but fetch stupid money on Ebay:facepalm: Also as a heads up to anybody who buys a Baja....make sure it aint had it's Tt swapped out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Seano Porno Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 Really?? I've never looked...but it ha crossed my mind to get one for my USA Tele....hmmm.. My Baja was BNIB, and one of the first in the UK...so nobody had the TT out of mine! On a side note...has anyone here painted the cavities in their Tele's with shielding paint here? I must get round to doing it...got the paint ready... I've read that it' changes the tone however....is this true? How noticeable is it? Should I leave the Baja alone and just do my USA Tele...and maybe grab another USA Tele sometime down the line for live work? Also...is it worth...and indeed can you get...3 saddle bridges for USA Standard Tele's? Mine's just a bog standard, bashed t {censored} '03 model...nothing special about it particularly. The Baja is without doubt, the superior guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Squier Fat Telecaster Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 +1 Many, myself included, love the Alnico Fatbody Oversized Polepiece Tele Neck Pickup from GuitarFetish.com. A better range of tone than a covered neck pickup. "Stratty". Don't look for twang in your neck pickup. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 Many, myself included, love the Alnico Fatbody Oversized Polepiece Tele Neck Pickup from GuitarFetish.com. A better range of tone than a covered neck pickup. "Stratty". Don't look for twang in your neck pickup. Greg has anyone put a cover on this one? I know the Duncan Quarter pound is available with a cover... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted March 29, 2011 Moderators Share Posted March 29, 2011 has anyone put a cover on this one? I know the Duncan Quarter pound is available with a cover... Putting a cover on one of those would be like sex with a 3mm neoprene condom....(and don't think I forgot to say c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 On a side note...has anyone here painted the cavities in their Tele's with shielding paint here? I must get round to doing it...got the paint ready... I've read that it' changes the tone however....is this true? How noticeable is it? Should I leave the Baja alone and just do my USA Tele...and maybe grab another USA Tele sometime down the line for live work?It doesn't change tone as much as it removes the bzzzzzzzz. There's nothing about RF interference that's essential to tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 Putting a cover on one of those would be like sex with a 3mm neoprene condom....(and don't think I forgot to say c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Seano Porno Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 It doesn't change tone as much as it removes the bzzzzzzzz. There's nothing about RF interference that's essential to tone. I have read, more than once that it does alter the sound slightly....not just online either, I've seen it in a Magazine too. But...the hum could do with being gone. I know shielding isn't gonna get rid of it completely...but it's gonna help. Some venues it's silent anyway, but deffinitely where we practice, it's noisy as fook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 Actually, the hum remains (the errrrr), but what goes away is all that other noise. Of course it changes the sound, makes the actually tone of the pickups bigger because it takes the other crap away, and so some people will hear it differently. I don't think it's a negative change at all. And Teles already are partially shielded anyway, thanks to all that chrome. That little bit isn't going to help it or hurt it. With that in mind, maybe you should shield the control cavity and not the pickups if you're worried. It's odd, almost every Squier I've checked out lately has decent shielding. I can't say that about Fender as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Seano Porno Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 Class..I'll make sure I get round to doing it then...it sounds like it can't hurt! FWIW there's 0 shielding in either my Baja or USA teles, other than the chrome....so I migth as well shield all the cavities while I'm at it. Got enough paint to easily put a couple of coats on both guitars and have a little left...for what I don't know hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 My favorite is Rumpelstilstskin 1950 set. Fralin stock is good too but on the low output side (7K) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members diceman1000 Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 Rose Pickups Bourbon ROSE BOURBON Hand Wound Made in the USA The Rose Bourbon is an answer to muddy Telecaster neck pickups. This came out of necessity. I hate muddy neck pickups so we came up with the all new Rose Bourbon Telecaster neck pickup. Also incorporates our new process of aging magnets by controlling gauss strength! Gain some clarity with your Telecaster! Good combined tones with the Rose Alba / Rose Aphrodite pickups *All Hand Wound Rose Pickups come with a personal graph representation of your individual pickup capabilities.* -Alnico V Hand Beveled Rod Magnets Aged -Cotton Wrap in Black or White -Vintage fiber bobbins -Cloth braided lead wires In the Box: 1 neck pickup, height adjustment screws and springs, install diagrams, and personal graph. $29.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johansolo Posted March 30, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 30, 2011 well...i was pretty set on the dimarzio twang king, but today out of the blue, an opportunity to purchase a custom shop twisted tele neck pickup has presented itself to me... pending pictures/validity of this to be emailed to me, i may jump on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johansolo Posted March 30, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 30, 2011 ^ turns out its a has the green yellow and black wire, so a normal baja mim TT pickup and not the custom shop which i was led to believe...hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Seano Porno Posted March 30, 2011 Members Share Posted March 30, 2011 Thought the Baja's DID have CS pickups??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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