what pickups R in yr b-bender?

dirtyolbanjoman · February 10th, 2008, 04:23 PM

ok, i bought a new fender nashville p/g b-bender this week and i love the guitar but the pickups seem to be a little one size fits all.
i mean they sound ok. but thay are not quite classic country enough for me.
what do you guys have in your b-benders?

jussishow · February 10th, 2008, 04:27 PM

Bridge : Fender hot vintage from my HW1 texas
Middle : Stock, with added phaseswitch for those "Johnny Cash @ San Quentin" type sounds ! :-)
Neck : SD five two

I tried a SD Broadcaster in the bridge pos., but that got far to bright for me ...

Edit : Forgot to mention that I've wired the bridge and the neck pickups as a "normal" telecaster with a three way switch, and the middle pickup using a separate three way "mini toggle switch" (in phase - off - out of phase)

cacibi · February 10th, 2008, 05:14 PM

Lollar Vintage T bridge and Blackface Strat neck.

bendecaster · February 11th, 2008, 02:36 AM

Bender 1- Duncan JB-Bridge, Fralin Vintage Strat-Neck

Bender 2- Bardens

Bender 3- GFS Hot Lil' Puncher set

Bender 4- Stock Fender Std Tele set

J. Hayes · February 11th, 2008, 10:55 AM

Bender 1 (P/W Short throw)...Gibson mini humbuckers in neck & middle, S/D Hot Rails in bridge.

Bender 2 (P/G short throw)...S/D Quarter Pounder Strat P/U at neck slot, S/D Hot Rails in bridge.

Bender 3 (HipShot B & G bender)...Bill Lawrence double blade Humbucker at neck, stock Tele pickup in bridge.

Bender 4...(Epiphone Casino w/Bigsby Palm Pedal) two P-90s at neck and bridge slots.

Bender 5...(Epiphone Les Paul w/Bigsby Palm Pedal) Epi humbuckers at neck and bridge, both tapped and out of phase settings added.

.................................JH in Va..........

Here are some shots of the pups on my benders 1 & 2........

PhilGerard · February 11th, 2008, 05:46 PM

Bender 1 - P/W Long throw (Brian F installed) Fender Jerry Donohue Tele - Stock neck Strat PU: Seymour Duncan JD Custom Shop bridge tele PU.

Bender 2 - P/W Short Throw by Music One - G&L ASAT Classic - stock PUs

Bender 3 - Joe Glaser - SUHR T Classic - Suhr neck humbucker; Middle Suhr Strat; Bridge - Suhr Tele. Tone contol is a blend knob.

Phil

jussishow · February 11th, 2008, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirtyolbanjoman

ok, i bought a new fender nashville p/g b-bender this week and i love the guitar but the pickups seem to be a little one size fits all.
i mean they sound ok. but thay are not quite classic country enough for me.
what do you guys have in your b-benders?

I know this sounds "old", but replacing the bridge will do wonders with the sound & the feel of the Nashville Bender ! Callaham or Glendale !

My Nashville Bender with a Glendale bridge w stainless steel saddles.

dirtyolbanjoman · February 11th, 2008, 06:29 PM

what model Callaham or Glendale bridge will fit the nashville?
and can you put brass saddles on it? and what mods are needed to accomadate the b-bender.
thanks

getbent · February 11th, 2008, 06:55 PM

I use nocasters.

dirtyolbanjoman · February 11th, 2008, 07:06 PM

has anyone tried the fender texas telecaster pickup set?
i have been eye balling them on ebay. the sellers state these are the pickups in the merle tele.
i must admit im curious.

Darrell · February 11th, 2008, 08:12 PM

I am partial to SD's in mine.

I rotate either Antiquity II, Alnico II pro, or 54.

jussishow · February 12th, 2008, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirtyolbanjoman

what model Callaham or Glendale bridge will fit the nashville?
and can you put brass saddles on it? and what mods are needed to accomadate the b-bender.
thanks

Both Callaham and Glendale have bridge for the American Standard Tele !
Glendale : Glendale bridge

Saddles are available in all sorts of interesting materials, including brass : Glendale saddles

The only thing You have to do is to drill a hole/cut a "notch" in the bridge for the B-string !

And the same goes Callaham ! Callaham

And please don't ask which one is better !

Based on a number of 'Callaham vs Glendale' discussions the conclusion is that they're both better ...

helle_man · February 12th, 2008, 12:22 PM

I've never replaced a pickup on a G&L. I like the Z coils, large MFD's and S-500 PU's the best. But all of them sound good to me. And I'm not saying that because I'm an endorsee.

I know I stand the chance of people throwing things at me for saying this, but the longer I play guitar, the less stock I put in the importance of guitar pickups. As long as the PU isn't microphonic or defective (breaks in the coil somewhere) then I'm a happy camper. Sure, I like quiet PU's too, that's why I use Z coils. But I'll adjust to any situation.

I feel like you could set me down on a desert island with any guitar or pickup combination with a decent amp or POD, and as long as it had a B-Bender on the guitar, I'd be able to adjust and still get "my sound".

IMHO, with all the cool amps and effects out there, any guitar can sound good these days.

OK, you can start throwing things now.

asatfan · February 12th, 2008, 12:47 PM

I agree with Will. I've never spent any time or money changing pickups...with the exception of replacing after market pickups that were in one of my old asats I purchased, with the "right" original pickups I found on ebay.

I remember an old article I read about a guitar thing where Albert Lee and Eddie Van Halen jamed together at some event. At some point, Eddie wanted to try out Alberts rig, and Albert played Eddies. The upshot was, Albert still sounded like Albert, and Eddie sounded like Eddie.....

Now amps and accessories, that's another story!

Ten Brooks · February 12th, 2008, 08:22 PM

Don Mare's

Rick Towne · February 13th, 2008, 09:33 PM

-'89 ASAT Glaser B with stock ASAT in bridge in Esquire setup
-'92 ASAT Classic Glaser B/G with Duncan Jerry Donahue in bridge and Duncan SSL-2 in neck and middle, and Bill Bores adaptation for use of G&L 6 saddle ashtray bridge
-'93 ASAT Classic Parsons B by Bill Bores with same pickups as above ASAT Classic
-2001 Zion '50 Parsons B by Music One Workshop with Brian Friend long throw mod with same pickups

BrianF · February 13th, 2008, 11:29 PM

1) 94 Clarence White Signature Tele (w/ Long Throw PW modded by me): Hamel 56 Tele Bridge and 54 Strat neck

2) Allparts Partscaster #1 - (Steelbender PW Short Throw installed by me) Lace Sensor Tele pickups

3) Allparts Partscaster #2 - (HipshotAluminum PG B bender modded to Long Throw installed by me) Texas Tele bridge Nocaster neck

4) Epi Casino (Higgins Peg B Bender) P90 pickups

golfnut · February 14th, 2008, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by helle_man

I've never replaced a pickup on a G&L. I like the Z coils, large MFD's and S-500 PU's the best. But all of them sound good to me. And I'm not saying that because I'm an endorsee.

I know I stand the chance of people throwing things at me for saying this, but the longer I play guitar, the less stock I put in the importance of guitar pickups. As long as the PU isn't microphonic or defective (breaks in the coil somewhere) then I'm a happy camper. Sure, I like quiet PU's too, that's why I use Z coils. But I'll adjust to any situation.

I feel like you could set me down on a desert island with any guitar or pickup combination with a decent amp or POD, and as long as it had a B-Bender on the guitar, I'd be able to adjust and still get "my sound".

IMHO, with all the cool amps and effects out there, any guitar can sound good these days.

OK, you can start throwing things now.

I am slowly coming to agree with you on this. I have spent the last 20 years always searching for that elusive dream tone. I have always changed pickups to aid in that search. A few months ago I put the stock bridge back in my Tele and have been experimenting with boutique effect pedals (as well as less effect pedals) and some higher quality amps from Mesa boogie and Dr Z. I find I'm much closer to the tones I've yearned for than changing pickups. About the only pickup I may experiment with just out of curiosity are the Kinmans. Other than that I may just stay stock.

mysteryrain · February 15th, 2008, 09:51 AM

Quote on Jussishow!
on my Fender Nashville Bender, 1 month ago I put the Callaham bridge (my Callaham vs. Glendale choice was very simple because Glendale was out of stock), criogenic FRALIN pu's from Callaham, and a hot Seymour Duncan in the middle.
Big improvement in sound, sustain and tone. Strongly suggested...

On Tele Bender 2 P/W by Bill Bores I have haeussel pu's, kind of euro Bardens, very hot..

Tele Bender 3 P/W #83 Rice Custom is on the way, with Lollar pu's,

CIAO

teledude66 · February 16th, 2008, 09:55 AM

Lindy Fralin on both mine

96 MIA P/G bender with a 5 way switch

86 MIJ 62 Custom RI with a Hellebender

moonshiner · February 28th, 2008, 01:00 PM

I have a Fender Hamel-era broadcaster pickup which came with 90's Nashvilles in the bridge and a custom wound OC Duff in the neck which was orignially a TS (A5) which has been wound with Strat neck pickup specs.

Steven · March 13th, 2008, 06:08 AM

Bridge Nocaster, middle SD Classic Stack, neck Nocaster.

Erikr · March 13th, 2008, 06:32 PM

I recently put a Lindy Fralin blues special in the bridge of my nashville special tele. Very happy with it!!

jmiles · March 15th, 2008, 04:36 PM

My Dbl Bndr guitar is a Dano Guitarlin. Lots and lots of frets for Hugheyland, and a Dano in the neck slot, and , surprisingly, a Dano in the bridge slot.

samgrogers1 · March 23rd, 2008, 11:24 PM

Van Zandt true vintage in neck and bridge, mine was originally a 2 pickup 99 Parsons Green, the guy before me routed it out and put in 2 custom shop strats and left the original bridge. I played it a while but just didn't ever sound like a true tele, I bought the Van Zandt in the bridge off a guy who claims it was and old one wound by George Van Zandt before he died, if you know anything about that, I'm just your basic old bar room player, but I love the thing.

PhilGerard · March 31st, 2008, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhilGerard

Bender 1 - P/W Long throw (Brian F installed) Fender Jerry Donohue Tele - Stock neck Strat PU: Seymour Duncan JD Custom Shop bridge tele PU.

Bender 2 - P/W Short Throw by Music One - G&L ASAT Classic - stock PUs

Bender 3 - Joe Glaser - SUHR T Classic - Suhr neck humbucker; Middle Suhr Strat; Bridge - Suhr Tele. Tone contol is a blend knob.

Phil

Bender 1 Update - Red Fender JD Tele now sports Bardens front and rear!
Phil

February 10th, 2008, 04:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
dirtyolbanjoman TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: west virginia Age: 30 Posts: 19	what pickups R in yr b-bender? ok, i bought a new fender nashville p/g b-bender this week and i love the guitar but the pickups seem to be a little one size fits all. i mean they sound ok. but thay are not quite classic country enough for me. what do you guys have in your b-benders?

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jussishow Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Norway. Age: 37 Posts: 530 16 Photos	Bridge : Fender hot vintage from my HW1 texas Middle : Stock, with added phaseswitch for those "Johnny Cash @ San Quentin" type sounds ! :-) Neck : SD five two I tried a SD Broadcaster in the bridge pos., but that got far to bright for me ... Edit : Forgot to mention that I've wired the bridge and the neck pickups as a "normal" telecaster with a three way switch, and the middle pickup using a separate three way "mini toggle switch" (in phase - off - out of phase) __________________ B-bender, HW1 Texas & CS Thinline relic ... :-) + a bunch of other stringed instruments ... Pictures (family album...) in gallery

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PhilGerard TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 31	Bender 1 - P/W Long throw (Brian F installed) Fender Jerry Donohue Tele - Stock neck Strat PU: Seymour Duncan JD Custom Shop bridge tele PU. Bender 2 - P/W Short Throw by Music One - G&L ASAT Classic - stock PUs Bender 3 - Joe Glaser - SUHR T Classic - Suhr neck humbucker; Middle Suhr Strat; Bridge - Suhr Tele. Tone contol is a blend knob. Phil Last edited by PhilGerard; February 14th, 2008 at 09:53 AM.

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dirtyolbanjoman TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: west virginia Age: 30 Posts: 19	what model Callaham or Glendale bridge will fit the nashville? and can you put brass saddles on it? and what mods are needed to accomadate the b-bender. thanks

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getbent Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 10,588 37 Photos	I use nocasters. __________________ 'never pet a burning dog'

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dirtyolbanjoman TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: west virginia Age: 30 Posts: 19	texas tele p/u set has anyone tried the fender texas telecaster pickup set? i have been eye balling them on ebay. the sellers state these are the pickups in the merle tele. i must admit im curious.

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Darrell Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 48 Posts: 2,528	I am partial to SD's in mine. I rotate either Antiquity II, Alnico II pro, or 54. __________________ "Yeap, I like the American Standard Telecaster, I can even live with one a them PCB amps, and I even use one a them mul-tie-effects things too."

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helle_man Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 139	I guess I'm spoiled.... I've never replaced a pickup on a G&L. I like the Z coils, large MFD's and S-500 PU's the best. But all of them sound good to me. And I'm not saying that because I'm an endorsee. I know I stand the chance of people throwing things at me for saying this, but the longer I play guitar, the less stock I put in the importance of guitar pickups. As long as the PU isn't microphonic or defective (breaks in the coil somewhere) then I'm a happy camper. Sure, I like quiet PU's too, that's why I use Z coils. But I'll adjust to any situation. I feel like you could set me down on a desert island with any guitar or pickup combination with a decent amp or POD, and as long as it had a B-Bender on the guitar, I'd be able to adjust and still get "my sound". IMHO, with all the cool amps and effects out there, any guitar can sound good these days. OK, you can start throwing things now. __________________ Will Ray says - "More Guitars, Less War".

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asatfan Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: IN Age: 53 Posts: 216	I agree with Will. I've never spent any time or money changing pickups...with the exception of replacing after market pickups that were in one of my old asats I purchased, with the "right" original pickups I found on ebay. I remember an old article I read about a guitar thing where Albert Lee and Eddie Van Halen jamed together at some event. At some point, Eddie wanted to try out Alberts rig, and Albert played Eddies. The upshot was, Albert still sounded like Albert, and Eddie sounded like Eddie..... Now amps and accessories, that's another story!

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Rick Towne Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Woodland Hills, CA Posts: 825	Four lefties.. -'89 ASAT Glaser B with stock ASAT in bridge in Esquire setup -'92 ASAT Classic Glaser B/G with Duncan Jerry Donahue in bridge and Duncan SSL-2 in neck and middle, and Bill Bores adaptation for use of G&L 6 saddle ashtray bridge -'93 ASAT Classic Parsons B by Bill Bores with same pickups as above ASAT Classic -2001 Zion '50 Parsons B by Music One Workshop with Brian Friend long throw mod with same pickups

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mysteryrain TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Italy Posts: 45	Quote on Jussishow! on my Fender Nashville Bender, 1 month ago I put the Callaham bridge (my Callaham vs. Glendale choice was very simple because Glendale was out of stock), criogenic FRALIN pu's from Callaham, and a hot Seymour Duncan in the middle. Big improvement in sound, sustain and tone. Strongly suggested... On Tele Bender 2 P/W by Bill Bores I have haeussel pu's, kind of euro Bardens, very hot.. Tele Bender 3 P/W #83 Rice Custom is on the way, with Lollar pu's, CIAO

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teledude66 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lawndale,N.C. Age: 42 Posts: 2,752 20 Photos	Lindy Fralin on both mine 96 MIA P/G bender with a 5 way switch 86 MIJ 62 Custom RI with a Hellebender __________________ The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.

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Erikr TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Norway Age: 26 Posts: 13	I recently put a Lindy Fralin blues special in the bridge of my nashville special tele. Very happy with it!!

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jmiles Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: ohio Posts: 165	My Dbl Bndr guitar is a Dano Guitarlin. Lots and lots of frets for Hugheyland, and a Dano in the neck slot, and , surprisingly, a Dano in the bridge slot.

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samgrogers1 NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Wills Point,Texas Age: 54 Posts: 4	Van Zandt true vintage in neck and bridge, mine was originally a 2 pickup 99 Parsons Green, the guy before me routed it out and put in 2 custom shop strats and left the original bridge. I played it a while but just didn't ever sound like a true tele, I bought the Van Zandt in the bridge off a guy who claims it was and old one wound by George Van Zandt before he died, if you know anything about that, I'm just your basic old bar room player, but I love the thing.