New Tele Pickups - Which are these?

[bluewaterpig]

I'm in a great search to find my perfect Tele tone and I finally have the money to buy a nice set of pickups.

I want the roundest, bulbiest, bell like tone possible, similar to John Scofield in this video.

Listen after about 60 seconds when he actually plays over the loop...


Any suggestions to what he might be using, or something known to get similar results would be great. Thanks.

[Mark Davis]

Most of that is John himself his picking style where he is hittlng the strings closer to the bridge then moving towards the middle.

The rest is his amp and his amp settings.

Any good Tele could do that its not the pickups.

I can show you clips of guys playing stock Teles that sound just like that.

[bluewaterpig]

Well I agree with you, but I'm just generally asking for suggestions on good pickups that are known to get those types of bell tones.

[martin82]

Dimarzio Twang Kings

[madmark]

Don Mare....

[bluewaterpig]

I'm thinking about going with Fender '51 Nocaster pickups. Anybody every tried them?

[Mark Davis]

Originally Posted by bluewaterpig

Well I agree with you, but I'm just generally asking for suggestions on good pickups that are known to get those types of bell tones.

What you will get is a different answer from everyone cause what everyone has in their guitar is what they think sounds best.

Here are all the Tele pickups I have used that can get that tone.

Stay in about the 6-7.5k range or what most people call low output pickups

52ri OV
Nocasters
SD Broadcaster
SD Antiquity
Fralin Vintage
60's MIM Classic
Peter Florance Voodoo
2010 Squier Classic Vibe Custom

[bluewaterpig]

Yea I'm glad people are saying most Tele's can do something similar. I know there's a certain twangy sound that Tele's are known for and I just want to take that sound to it's absolute fullest and "glassiest" if that makes sense.

So the Nocasters are a good idea? Don't they come with weird wiring?

[fezz parka]

I'm not sure what's in that guitar, but for the kind of clarity you have to go for a handwound A5 or A3 that's lightly and carefully potted. Overly potted pickups sound dull. Mare, Ron Ellis, Owen Duffy, and a host of others can nail this sound. My Oildales will do it as well.

[TC6969]

I'm with the rest of the guys who say that sound is in the fingers and the amp.

What pickups are you using now?

[bluewaterpig]

I just have a Mexican Tele. I'm upgrading the neck and the pickups.

[WickedGTR]

Any suggestions to what he might be using, or something known to get similar results would be great. Thanks.

It sounds like a stock tele with regular Fender pickups.

He's using his thumb.

How you strike the strings can change your sound more than changing your pickups.