Need clean and bright Tele Neck pickup

giogolf · May 9th, 2008, 11:33 AM

Hey All,

I wanna try something different in my H1 tele. I like the pickups, but they are a bit to hot for me. I want to get a neck pick up that is a touch brighter, and clean sounding. Any suggestions? Also wanna keep the prices reasonable; I don't want to spend over $60. Thanks

Durtdog · May 9th, 2008, 12:51 PM

DiMarzio Twang King is exactly as you described.

tjalla · May 9th, 2008, 01:00 PM

A BIG +1 on the Twang King. I will work perfectly as you described.

Darrell · May 9th, 2008, 01:37 PM

Stock American Standard, between 95 and 2000. It is the brightest Fender neck pup I have played, and brighter than most any others I have tried.

giogolf · May 9th, 2008, 01:44 PM

I will check it out

pbenn · May 9th, 2008, 02:26 PM

Also the height adjustment, any pickup, really. Recently I picked up up an '00-'01 '50s Classic for a friend. Even though the rhythm pickup was terrible, almost everything else was right with this guitar.

Got it home and brought the rhythm up 1/2 turn each side. Night and day. A nice, strong, fat pickup that could probably be dialed in further with more playing.

Assuming your height screws are "hidden," try removing your pickguard and playing, for a week, while you make little adjustments.

giogolf · May 9th, 2008, 02:41 PM

You can hear a 1/2 turn difference Wow.

e-merlin · May 9th, 2008, 02:43 PM

+1 on adjusting what you've got. It's cheap and easy. All it costs is time.

Assuming that doesn't get you where you want to go, the DiMarzio Twang King is one of the best neck pickups you can buy. You'd have to spend double the money to get a better one.

Oops, just re-read your post. Raising the pickup will also increase output. Go for the Twang King!

boris bubbanov · May 9th, 2008, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by giogolf

Hey All,

I wanna try something different in my H1 tele. I like the pickups, but they are a bit to hot for me. I want to get a neck pick up that is a touch brighter, and clean sounding. Any suggestions? Also wanna keep the prices reasonable; I don't want to spend over $60. Thanks

I have recently gotten a set of the overwound Alnico 3 Highway One Upgrade ( Mid-2005 and newer) pickups in my H1 Strat dialed in, but I have had no such luck with the H1 Tele pickups, the "upgrade" ones. I do have a set of pre-upgrade ones I'm liking, however.

I will keep trying on my remaining H1 upgrade Tele, but the one I have put Bill and Becky Lawrence Keystones on is truly really nice. We're talking $ 58 per set, and sets do tend to work better especially because the Fender and the Keystone are out of polarity towards one another, the Keystone being instead compatible polarity wise with the Seymour Duncans, I think.

My order is here, most of the orders are now catching up fast. I would think the price will go up, as Cobalt has skyrocketed. Bill has a hoard of well bought Alnico slugs, but he can't keep prices down forever with the dollar falling like this.

bluescube · May 10th, 2008, 05:08 AM

GFS alnico Fatbody neck. Try it. Most awesome.

yegbert · May 10th, 2008, 06:32 AM

Fender Nocaster is another clean and bright one.

Telenator · May 10th, 2008, 06:36 AM

I really like the "Twisted Tele" neck pickup alot. Moderate output, smooth highs, and a tighter low end.

RomanS · May 10th, 2008, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by yegbert

Fender Nocaster is another clean and bright one.

+1 (almost too bright for my taste)

May 9th, 2008, 11:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
giogolf Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 143	Need clean and bright Tele Neck pickup Hey All, I wanna try something different in my H1 tele. I like the pickups, but they are a bit to hot for me. I want to get a neck pick up that is a touch brighter, and clean sounding. Any suggestions? Also wanna keep the prices reasonable; I don't want to spend over $60. Thanks

May 9th, 2008, 01:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Darrell Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 47 Posts: 2,380	Stock American Standard, between 95 and 2000. It is the brightest Fender neck pup I have played, and brighter than most any others I have tried. __________________ "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."

May 9th, 2008, 02:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
e-merlin Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 4,456	+1 on adjusting what you've got. It's cheap and easy. All it costs is time. Assuming that doesn't get you where you want to go, the DiMarzio Twang King is one of the best neck pickups you can buy. You'd have to spend double the money to get a better one. Oops, just re-read your post. Raising the pickup will also increase output. Go for the Twang King! __________________ WARNING:This post may contain items including, but not limited to, sarcasm, irony, hyperbole intended to bring humor to this discussion. Those of you who are overly sensitive or who have no sense of humor are better off ignoring this post.

May 10th, 2008, 06:36 AM	#12 (permalink)
Telenator Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 4,032	I really like the "Twisted Tele" neck pickup alot. Moderate output, smooth highs, and a tighter low end. __________________ Dogs have the right idea!

May 9th, 2008, 12:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Durtdog Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 2,801	DiMarzio Twang King is exactly as you described.

May 9th, 2008, 01:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
tjalla Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 1,409 7 Photos	A BIG +1 on the Twang King. I will work perfectly as you described.

May 9th, 2008, 01:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
giogolf Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 143	I will check it out

May 9th, 2008, 02:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
pbenn Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Age: 52 Posts: 446	Also the height adjustment, any pickup, really. Recently I picked up up an '00-'01 '50s Classic for a friend. Even though the rhythm pickup was terrible, almost everything else was right with this guitar. Got it home and brought the rhythm up 1/2 turn each side. Night and day. A nice, strong, fat pickup that could probably be dialed in further with more playing. Assuming your height screws are "hidden," try removing your pickguard and playing, for a week, while you make little adjustments.

May 9th, 2008, 02:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
giogolf Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 143	You can hear a 1/2 turn difference Wow.

May 10th, 2008, 05:08 AM	#10 (permalink)
bluescube Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Greensboro NC Age: 41 Posts: 933 6 Photos	GFS alnico Fatbody neck. Try it. Most awesome.

May 10th, 2008, 06:32 AM	#11 (permalink)
yegbert Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Clinton, Maryland (US) Age: 53 Posts: 4,176 66 Photos	Fender Nocaster is another clean and bright one.