pickup info

[jacoblcarroll]

so i have a bone stock brand new tele. got it two weeks ago. its mexican and i can't put it down. what a blast it is. i see many with different pickups and such. just wondering the differences and if i want to customize mine more, what should i get and why, and where should i get them. thanks

[Ricky D.]

If you love it the way it is, I suggest that you keep it that way for a while. If you want it to sound different, come back in and tell us how you want it to sound compared to how it sounds now. Plenty of good advice here.

[Mark Davis]

There are literally thousands of perfectly good stock pickups in parts drawers that people never even took the time to adjust them to the correct heights for their style and amp.

I used to think all my stock Fenders needed aftermarket pickups till I bought a bunch of them and realized the difference they made was so slight it wasnt even worth the trouble just turning the amp knob up or down 1 number made as much or more difference as did different strings.

So for quite some time now since 2004 I havent changed a thing on any of my guitars except the strings.

[English Mike]

Originally Posted by jacoblcarroll

so i have a bone stock brand new tele. got it two weeks ago. its mexican and i can't put it down. what a blast it is. i see many with different pickups and such. just wondering the differences and if i want to customize mine more, what should i get and why, and where should i get them. thanks

There are so many pickups to chose from and it really depends on what kind of sound you are going for, and what style of music you play.

Personally, I put custom shop Nocaster pickps in my Nashville Tele and I absolutely love them. They just sound incredible. I mod most of my guitars to a more vintage spec, but I play EVERYTHING on my tele, and I can honestly say that thy are the best sounding pickups I have ever used.

[kate033]

I would recommend keeping the guitar stock (with exception of strings) and playing the heck out of it as is for awhile. Once you've had it for awhile you will have a better feel for what, if anything, you might want to change. There's nothing that "needs" to be changed right away, and after playing it longer, you'll know which way you want to go as far as pickups, etc.