Your all time favourite pickup?

octatonic · May 15th, 2008, 04:45 PM

What is your all time favourite pickup?

Tele Single
Strat Single
Humbucker (Vintage)
Humbucker (Modern/Hot)
P90's
Jazzmaster
Jaguar
Firebird
Minibucker
Other

(This was meant to be a poll, but I seem to have bollocksed it up.)

RomanS · May 15th, 2008, 05:43 PM

None from the list - a CC-type in the neck position!

River · May 15th, 2008, 07:34 PM

SD Antiquity P90 in bridge position. Best of all worlds.

andrenighthound · May 15th, 2008, 07:42 PM

sd antiquity firebird neck is my current favorite...(it's TOO hard for me to pick an all time favorite because i love so many pickup sounds! the SD firebird is nice n warm but has lots of treble and not muddy at all.

i guess my all time favorite is a p90. (not an extra hot or an overwound) yes i'm a sucker for the p-90 tone.

my favorite 3: strat neck (vintage), firebird neck (vintage '63 gibson style) , p-90 bridge (PRS overseas pups which are slightly under-wound).

tazzboy · May 15th, 2008, 09:30 PM

For Humbuckers Tim Shaw PAF and Jason Lollars Impireal (sp?) pickups.
For Single Coil on Stratocaster Custom Shop 69

rhh7 · May 15th, 2008, 09:52 PM

My first partscaster, which is in progress will have a humbucker sized, nickle covered P90 in the neck, and a quarter-pounder style fat pole in the bridge.

RocksOff · May 16th, 2008, 12:05 AM

gibson Firebird bridge
closely followed by Don Mare Graf Airship Studio Bridge

nasonm · May 16th, 2008, 09:02 AM

Fender Twisted Tele Neck Pickup

2nd place is anything Filtertron-y

Wardpike · May 16th, 2008, 11:07 AM

Bridge position: Seymour Duncan BG pickup that came with my 59 Esquire CS relic.

Neck positon: Tom Holmes company low output HB tapped. That ones's actually my fave pup of all time. Normal - PAF, tapped - vintage tele.

Unreal tone!

aunchaki · May 16th, 2008, 11:31 AM

Here's my choices:
1) vintage Tele bridge
2) vintage Strat neck
3) vintage PAF

e-merlin · May 16th, 2008, 11:45 AM

'69 Chevy Shortbed Stepside! Oh, you meant guitar pickups.

I'm torn between the twang of a Tele bridge pickup and the smoothness of a P-90. Or the raunchy snarl of the Gotoh P-90s Peavey got ahold of for their P-90 Firenzas.

woodman · May 16th, 2008, 12:00 PM

the Don Mare single-coil vintage winds are hard to beat in my book.

TelZilla · May 16th, 2008, 12:02 PM

Nocaster bridge Pup. Kickass...

Mike Bruce · May 16th, 2008, 12:05 PM

So, come here often?

Have we met before, perhaps in a wet dream?

Oh pickups, not pickup lines! Lots of them stock, usually in old Teles and Strats. A buddy has a nice Strat with Bardens I really dig, and Lollars turn my crank bid time. It really depends on other factors somewhat for me, though there are some Duncans which would sound good in anything, and I especially like the SD Tele pickups.

Mike Bruce

Dave_O · May 17th, 2008, 03:58 AM

I put DiMarzio TwangKings in my MIJ 52RI, as I liked the sound of the original pups, but wanted a little more oomph everywhere. They do the trick for me.
I like the SD P90's for that extra snarl.
Strat pups.... not really qualified for that one.
HB's.... as above, but I played a Gatton sig with Bardens quite a few years back, and loved 'em. Maybe later...

user45 · May 17th, 2008, 07:38 AM

I really like the mini-HB PU in my Ibanez GB-10.

One day I'd like to put together a telecaster with a gibson mini-HB in the neck position. I currently have a JB in the neck of one of my tele's, but it's just not as phat and thick sounding as the mini-HB's I've heard in other partscasters using Gibson mini-HB's.

I have an old '82 / '52 RI that the stock PU's are very nice sounding, the neck PU is very warm and has that bell like ring, while the bridge PU is very twangy.

maestrovert · May 17th, 2008, 08:37 AM

EMG-T P-ups, are my all time faves, n' that goes double for the neck P-up !
They're clean, ultra quiet & most definitely Tele twangalicious !

jes' m.h.o., y.m.m.v.

TeleBrew · May 17th, 2008, 10:51 AM

I may be boring, but I really like the stock bridge pickup on my American Tele. It's versatile enough for pretty much every thing I need to do, along with a few pedals.

Having said that, I'm really digging the Chandler Super 60 in the bridge position of new my partscaster.

GuitarJonz · May 17th, 2008, 12:06 PM

If I'm only allowed one, it would be a Barden

If the commissioners of the lovely desert island would let me bring another, it would be this:

nic'o'caster · May 17th, 2008, 12:22 PM

Stuart Black Guard Tele set
Lollar Blonde Strat set
DeArmond 2000 set
Lollar Tele Special bridge
Twang King neck and middle
Jerry Jones lipsticks
Harmonic Design vintage+ Tele neck

no P90 and no HB in my book !

JamonHamon · May 17th, 2008, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woodman

the Don Mare single-coil vintage winds are hard to beat in my book.

+1
You should check out Dons new "The Tweed Monster" Pickup
I can finally get a fantastic response from my tweed amps
with no farts and nice tight bass response and full harmonic tweed sound

with so many people buying Tweed Deluxes the Tweed Monster is the go to pickup

lclyman · May 18th, 2008, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woodman

the Don Mare single-coil vintage winds are hard to beat in my book.

Another + 1 for Don Mare's superb pickups..

I have them in all 3 of my teles...

lupowitz · May 18th, 2008, 03:55 PM

Tele neck with 0,047 cap on the tone pot.

Tim Armstrong · May 18th, 2008, 04:11 PM

I like this one:

How did a pickup truck from the year I graduated from high school become an antique???

Cheers, Tim

JimiBryant · May 18th, 2008, 04:31 PM

P90s are my all-time favorites.

Tele295 · May 18th, 2008, 09:25 PM

Gimme da Chuck! +1 on the Charlie Christian

May 15th, 2008, 04:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
octatonic Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2007 Location: London Posts: 1,256	Your all time favourite pickup? What is your all time favourite pickup? Tele Single Strat Single Humbucker (Vintage) Humbucker (Modern/Hot) P90's Jazzmaster Jaguar Firebird Minibucker Other (This was meant to be a poll, but I seem to have bollocksed it up.) __________________ “Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.” - Henry David Thoreau.

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RomanS Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Vienna, Austria Age: 36 Posts: 2,535 14 Photos	None from the list - a CC-type in the neck position! __________________ http://www.pbase.com/romans http://www.myspace.com/romans212

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andrenighthound Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bronx NY Age: 32 Posts: 184	sd antiquity firebird neck is my current favorite...(it's TOO hard for me to pick an all time favorite because i love so many pickup sounds! the SD firebird is nice n warm but has lots of treble and not muddy at all. i guess my all time favorite is a p90. (not an extra hot or an overwound) yes i'm a sucker for the p-90 tone. my favorite 3: strat neck (vintage), firebird neck (vintage '63 gibson style) , p-90 bridge (PRS overseas pups which are slightly under-wound). __________________ "Blues in a doggy bag, is what I got to eat!" www.andreandthenighthounds.com Last edited by andrenighthound : May 15th, 2008 at 08:39 PM.

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tazzboy Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2005 Location: Eugene, Oregon Age: 31 Posts: 2,475	For Humbuckers Tim Shaw PAF and Jason Lollars Impireal (sp?) pickups. For Single Coil on Stratocaster Custom Shop 69 __________________ tazzboy Guitar: 1982 Gibson Les Paul Standard AMP: 59 Bassman Reissue. EFFECTS: 2 Boss TR-2 Tremolo, Boss CE-2 Chorus, and Boss DM-3 Echo Delay.

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rhh7 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 253 4 Photos	P90 tone My first partscaster, which is in progress will have a humbucker sized, nickle covered P90 in the neck, and a quarter-pounder style fat pole in the bridge.

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River TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Crestone, CO USA Age: 53 Posts: 61	SD Antiquity P90 in bridge position. Best of all worlds.

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RocksOff Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Joplin, MO Posts: 130	gibson Firebird bridge closely followed by Don Mare Graf Airship Studio Bridge __________________ It's only rock 'n roll, but i like it...like it... yes, i do.

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nasonm Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bangor, Maine Age: 30 Posts: 1,535 16 Photos	Fender Twisted Tele Neck Pickup 2nd place is anything Filtertron-y __________________ "i have learned to just grit my teeth, change the subject, consider their deep total ignorance, fondle the thumb picks in my pocket and go on my way" - bender-freak It's been lonely in the saddle since my horse died

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Wardpike Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland Age: 43 Posts: 583	Bridge position: Seymour Duncan BG pickup that came with my 59 Esquire CS relic. Neck positon: Tom Holmes company low output HB tapped. That ones's actually my fave pup of all time. Normal - PAF, tapped - vintage tele. Unreal tone!

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aunchaki Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Western New York Posts: 1,092 16 Photos	Here's my choices: 1) vintage Tele bridge 2) vintage Strat neck 3) vintage PAF __________________ Two Teles, One Strat, Two Acoustics (6 & 12 strings), Two Mandolins (4 & 8 strings), One Bass (5 strings)

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e-merlin Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 5,547	'69 Chevy Shortbed Stepside! Oh, you meant guitar pickups. I'm torn between the twang of a Tele bridge pickup and the smoothness of a P-90. Or the raunchy snarl of the Gotoh P-90s Peavey got ahold of for their P-90 Firenzas. __________________ 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.

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woodman Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mint Hill, NC Age: 62 Posts: 5,222	the Don Mare single-coil vintage winds are hard to beat in my book. __________________ Truth is stranger than fact ... www.myspace.com/woodymitchellmusic BAND PAGES: www.myspace.com/stragglerswing (Stragglers - Western Swing) www.myspace.com/loafersgloryband (Loafers Glory - '70s country-rock)

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TelZilla Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cleveburg, USA Age: 38 Posts: 1,489 6 Photos	Nocaster bridge Pup. Kickass... __________________ Thanks,Nick You are what you is You is what you am A cow don't make ham -Zappa

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Mike Bruce Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Goderich Posts: 102	So, come here often? Have we met before, perhaps in a wet dream? Oh pickups, not pickup lines! Lots of them stock, usually in old Teles and Strats. A buddy has a nice Strat with Bardens I really dig, and Lollars turn my crank bid time. It really depends on other factors somewhat for me, though there are some Duncans which would sound good in anything, and I especially like the SD Tele pickups. Mike Bruce

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Dave_O Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 479 6 Photos	I put DiMarzio TwangKings in my MIJ 52RI, as I liked the sound of the original pups, but wanted a little more oomph everywhere. They do the trick for me. I like the SD P90's for that extra snarl. Strat pups.... not really qualified for that one. HB's.... as above, but I played a Gatton sig with Bardens quite a few years back, and loved 'em. Maybe later... __________________ The Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods www.myspace.com/hardwayband www.myspace.com/mojobros2mantrio http://www.soundclick.com/davemilesandthehardway ... and preface everything I say with IMO,FWIW... and WTF

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user45 TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Richmond, VA Age: 44 Posts: 23	I really like the mini-HB PU in my Ibanez GB-10. One day I'd like to put together a telecaster with a gibson mini-HB in the neck position. I currently have a JB in the neck of one of my tele's, but it's just not as phat and thick sounding as the mini-HB's I've heard in other partscasters using Gibson mini-HB's. I have an old '82 / '52 RI that the stock PU's are very nice sounding, the neck PU is very warm and has that bell like ring, while the bridge PU is very twangy.

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maestrovert Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Branch Mi. Posts: 5,828	EMG-T P-ups, are my all time faves, n' that goes double for the neck P-up ! They're clean, ultra quiet & most definitely Tele twangalicious ! jes' m.h.o., y.m.m.v. __________________ Sing the Song Bro' Play on Drummer www.godonthe.net

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TeleBrew Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kittredge, Colorado Age: 36 Posts: 783	I may be boring, but I really like the stock bridge pickup on my American Tele. It's versatile enough for pretty much every thing I need to do, along with a few pedals. Having said that, I'm really digging the Chandler Super 60 in the bridge position of new my partscaster. __________________ "Where do you fit in pthtttpt magazine?" - Pete Townshend

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GuitarJonz Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Central Mass. Posts: 2,622 7 Photos	If I'm only allowed one, it would be a Barden If the commissioners of the lovely desert island would let me bring another, it would be this: Last edited by GuitarJonz : May 17th, 2008 at 03:58 PM.

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nic'o'caster Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: SwLd Age: 41 Posts: 286	Stuart Black Guard Tele set Lollar Blonde Strat set DeArmond 2000 set Lollar Tele Special bridge Twang King neck and middle Jerry Jones lipsticks Harmonic Design vintage+ Tele neck no P90 and no HB in my book !

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lupowitz Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hungary Posts: 322	Tele neck with 0,047 cap on the tone pot.

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Tim Armstrong Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Berlin, Maryland, USA Age: 49 Posts: 7,501	I like this one: How did a pickup truck from the year I graduated from high school become an antique??? Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

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JimiBryant Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Chicago that toddlin' town Age: 46 Posts: 1,199	P90s are my all-time favorites. __________________ I am very proud of the fact that I'm so humble!

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Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tiger Town Posts: 3,106 14 Photos	Gimme da Chuck! +1 on the Charlie Christian __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?