Neck pickup

unclenine · July 4th, 2008, 12:29 AM

hi guys.

i just bought my first tele, and it comes with the texas special pickups. now i would like to change both pickups to get a more fat and heavier sound. can someone plz give me ideas what should i get for the neck pickup ??

bridge pickup - seymour duncan hot rails or little '59

neck pickup - ???

also is it possible to have a lace sensor in the neck position ??

thanks~

ed.

carlos · July 6th, 2008, 09:49 AM

Hi and welcome!
I wouldn't change the texas special neck. To me it's a great sounding pickup. It's powerful but still retains the sparkle. Maybe you should try any of the bridge choices you're thinking about with your Txs neck and see what happens.

unclenine · July 6th, 2008, 12:15 PM

thanks for replying carlos~
yea i'll try to replace the stock bridge pu with the SD little '59 first, see how it goes..

July 4th, 2008, 12:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
unclenine NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 2	Neck pickup hi guys. i just bought my first tele, and it comes with the texas special pickups. now i would like to change both pickups to get a more fat and heavier sound. can someone plz give me ideas what should i get for the neck pickup ?? bridge pickup - seymour duncan hot rails or little '59 neck pickup - ??? also is it possible to have a lace sensor in the neck position ?? thanks~ ed.

July 6th, 2008, 09:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
carlos Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: en la cantina Posts: 131	Hi and welcome! I wouldn't change the texas special neck. To me it's a great sounding pickup. It's powerful but still retains the sparkle. Maybe you should try any of the bridge choices you're thinking about with your Txs neck and see what happens.

July 6th, 2008, 12:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
unclenine NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 2	thanks for replying carlos~ yea i'll try to replace the stock bridge pu with the SD little '59 first, see how it goes..