Which mini bucker

[big jimmy]

would put in your tele guitar? Gibson, Seymour or some other brand. I have a pete florence brodacasted bridge I will pair it up with. But I have always liked the the Duncan J. Donahue bridge if there is a good match for that.

[Moggl]

The EMG 60 is an excellent Firebird-type/Mini-humbucker in a full-size casing.

[big jimmy]

I don't want to install the active system. I did have the DG-20 in a strat and liked that set up. But just exploring options here. thanks

[Nub]

I'd go with one of Chris Klein's Tele neck MiniHB's:

http://www.kleinpickups.com/p-206-te...humbucker.aspx

He also makes a cool Tele neck Firebird pickup:

http://www.kleinpickups.com/p-228-te...rd-pickup.aspx

[cacibi]

Lollar Firebird for me

[Powers]

I can't say enough good things about a Seymour Duncan SM-1 in the neck position. This comes standard on the Hot Rod '52 AVRI telecater. Check out some youtube clips of this guitar if you want to hear how it sounds in a tele.

[tgfmike]

Originally Posted by Powers

I can't say enough good things about a Seymour Duncan SM-1 in the neck position.

That's what I have. I wanted a clear, well-balanced neck pup for jazzish clean and the SM-1 does the trick.

[pdxjoel]

Allparts Mini-humbucker. Put one in my HR clone and I'm thrilled with it. The really good vintage Gibson minis were great, but it was hit-or-miss on quality. The Allparts minis are made to those specs, but are rock-solid on build quality. Wax-potted and all. I've had a few folks play it now and they've all been floored by the neck pup, before I even told them what it was.

[Robkay]

Another vote for the Allparts Mini.......there's an allparts mini test i did on utube somewhere....look under robkay15
Rob

[spankdplank]

Rio Grande Minihumbucker. No bar magnets under the bobbins. It uses 12 ALNICO rods, like two tele neck pickups mounted together as a humbucker. It also splits into a true single coil that sounds like a tele neck.

[Telephonist]

Go for the Seymour Duncan SM-1. I also have a Hot Rod Tele which comes with this PU and it´s amazing! It´s the best PU I know. It doesn´t rob treble like most (full size) humbuckers do. It´s still very twangy, but of course you can get all the bluesy and jazzy sounds out of it.

If you should go for a Gibson PU, beware that the Firebird PU without polepieces (like the Duncan SM-1) is a completeley different animal than the PU they built in the Les Paul Deluxes in the 70ies (the ones with polepieces). The polepiece version sounds much darker and hasn´t got all that treble. It´s more like a regular humbucker, whereas they put the non-polepiece PU in the Firebird in order to sound a bit "straty" and therefore to win Fender buyers.

Good luck!
Daniel

[jrfrond]

Seymour Duncan Antiquity. Haven't heard a better mini-HB yet. Sounds like a Tele PU on steroids. Have one in one of my Strats in the bridge. Super!!!

[big jimmy]

Thanks for the help. I guess I should say I play blues and some classic rock. Don't venture far from that. And like I said I really like the jerry Donahue bridge, but if you have suggestions I am listing. I am leaning toward the SM-1 simply because I think I can get one cheap and no one says anything bad about them. But the Seymour Duncan Antiquity is in the running also.