Members billybilly Posted December 2, 2009 Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 Hi. I am not a twang man, but do like my tele. I only use the bridge pickup in combination with the neck (lindy fralin blues). I want some power in the bridge for lead work. Has anyone used these and can give some insight to how they are? Even other pickup suggestions for the bridge are welcome. I have also considered the hot rails and little 59 by duncan. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snare227 Posted December 2, 2009 Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 I've got them in an SX tele. If you're looking for just a thicker tele tone, they probably aren't your bag. They give a similar tone to an LP style guitar on the bridge pup, fairly hot too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted December 2, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 How do they compare to hotrails, if you have tried them. I am actually looking for a thick sound, not a real twangy sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A_Gitarman Posted December 2, 2009 Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 I'm also not much of a twang guy... so I put the 'hot' version in my Turser (there's now a GFS 'Crunchy PAT' in the neck position as well): To me, it sounds like a good humbucker & tamed a lot of the inherent brightness of this tele. It sounds thick yet still cuts through the mix nicely. I've also got mine wired with a coil tap via a 5-way switch, so I can still get it to sound somewhat twangy if I like. EDIT: I've also got a 'little '59' in one of my guitars. I HATED it as a bridge pickup in my Strat. I found it overly bright and not humbucker-like at all. I finally settled on putting it in the middle position of my Steinberger... for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcindc Posted December 2, 2009 Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 They're fat and thick. I like em and have them in one of my favorite Tele's, but they ain't a Tele sound. So, you should like em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted December 2, 2009 Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 I've got the modern vintage set on the way. I'll let you know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted December 2, 2009 Members Share Posted December 2, 2009 How do they compare to hotrails, if you have tried them.I am actually looking for a thick sound, not a real twangy sound. I've used the punchers in a tele clone, and I have hotrails (albeit DD, not SD) in a strat clone, and I will opine that the GFS lil' punchers are a tad warmer and thicker than the hotrails. However, given that they were/are in different guitars, it's a bit difficult to confidently maintain that all the difference is in the pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted December 3, 2009 Members Share Posted December 3, 2009 I put the high output one in the bridge of my Xaviere Tele copy. Not as hot as the 15K number would hint at. About like a slightly overwound PAF. And pretty bright, not quite as fat. The split mode will twang some if you leave a little room on your tone knob to brighten up a hint when going to split. Very useful tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted December 3, 2009 Members Share Posted December 3, 2009 Get one of these instead - BG T-90. P-90 voice tele bridge pickup - very toneful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted December 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 3, 2009 Get one of these instead - BG T-90. P-90 voice tele bridge pickup - very toneful! That looks interesting, I have some BG Buckers from Bryan and love them. I will consider these, I didn't know he made them. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kellanium Posted December 3, 2009 Members Share Posted December 3, 2009 I'll tell you when i get it tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted December 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 3, 2009 I'll tell you when i get it tomorrow! thanks man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slaymoar Posted July 5, 2010 Members Share Posted July 5, 2010 Updates on the lil punchers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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