The best value pickup for the archetypal Tele twang?

[ZZB3]

I have great success with my Duncan Broadcaster and Vintage Rhythm neck pup. Have fun, Wayne

[Ricky D.]

Fender OV's are the benchmark for vintage Tele sound IMO. Why pay more?

[jjkrause84]

Originally Posted by Loobs

Bare Knuckle are ok, but I've never been blown away by any of their pickups I've heard.

That's the first time I've heard someone refer to BKP as "ok". I was pretty blown away after I got mine dialled in (set to the right height, etc.). Which ones did you try?

[robt57]

I stick with Fender PUPs for my Teles geared to that voice...

[fredcaster]

And Don Mare....

[Televised]

I don't have anything else to compare it to outside of the stock ceramics that came with my 06' MIM Tele, but the "Keystones" at any price are great PUPs! The fact that they are inexpensive is an added plus. Quiet microphonic single coils with a rich clear sound. They aren't wimpy though and sound like single coils on steroids. They had more nads than my "hotter" stock ceramics but they are clean. The Tele is an "unforgiving" guitar and the Keystones magnifies this aspect....but man is it worth it!

[Durtdog]

Originally Posted by Loobs

I am putting together a 'traditional' warmoth tele and want that true Tele twang for it. I want that tone you think of when you think 'Tele' and I want it for not a huge amount of money.

So what am I looking for, Keystones, SD Broadcaster, Fender Nocaster, SD '54 Vintage Lead, Dimarzio Virtual Vintage? Help me out.

Jeez, I think some of you got carried away, recommending some of the MOST EXPENSIVE pickups on the planet.

Any of the pickups you listed will work well. I'd just get a SD Broadcaster. It does exactly what you want in spades, and for a reasonable price tag. There's really no need to go on a magic mojo fairy dust hunt.

[robt57]

Originally Posted by Durtdog

Jeez, I think some of you got carried away, recommending some of the MOST EXPENSIVE pickups on the planet.

No sheit, LOL.

I grab the aforementioned RI MIJ Paisley/Floral sets as pulls usually for less than 25.00 at most.

[Clem]

I think a Rumpelstiltskin bridge pup works out at £51 sent to the UK (without import duty) and is cheaper than a handwound pup made in Britain... and has glowing reviews.

I'd love to know how much worse the Wilkinson WVOB Vintage Broad Bridge Pickup is at only £26.50 from Axesrus (free shipping in UK)

>>>>Once again, Wilkinson come up with the goods, creating Vintage Telecaster pickups with real guts. We feel these are in the same league as the Famous Broadcaster, but without the price tag. Perfect for Beefing up your Tele, but without losing what makes it one. A great compromise between Hard Rock Grunt and Country Twang.

Bridge =7.6k Resistance

Alnico V Flat Magnets with copper plate, awg42 Coil Wound.Hand wrapped with String

Available in Black , supplied with Screws and Springs.
Price: £26.50<<<<<

[JG806]

Originally Posted by Loobs

I am putting together a 'traditional' warmoth tele and want that true Tele twang for it. I want that tone you think of when you think 'Tele' and I want it for not a huge amount of money.

So what am I looking for, Keystones, SD Broadcaster, Fender Nocaster, SD '54 Vintage Lead, Dimarzio Virtual Vintage? Help me out.

Loobs - I recently replaced my Keystone bridge with a Dimarzio Velvet T. I am very pleased. Never "bonded" with the Keystone bridge pup. Still have the neck Keystone though and love it. I will not be changing out pickups on this guitar for a while. To me, the Keystone bridge is not what you would call a traditional Tele sound.

[musicalmartin]

I always pick Toneriders first .They sound great .So far I have used Rocksong humbuckers in a Dot ,Hot Classics in a tele and P90's in a thinline and they all sound really good tone full and meaty .You can tell how good they are the minute you install them. I prefer them to SD's in a Tele. Havnt tried a Strat set yet.

[robt57]

Just to make the point. I have Teles and Strats with low output and high output a few in between. The ones with the 6k ish
'vintage' winds on both the Tele and Strats are more configurable with all my fav pedals, and sound better dirty than the hotter stuff. Except the Pre B1 in my Pine Esquire, which despite it's very hot wound and high KI behave like a normal 6-7 PUP wioth the amp and pedals, just with a lot more snarl, and not so much compression as the usual hotter PUPs et al. YMMV

My fav Tele has the RI MIJ set just over 6k each, fav Strat 57/62s 6.2k and ALnico V mags FWIW. A little room to breath controlling them through a hot front end of all my amps..

[nickg21285]

+1 on the Tonerider pickups, I have the vintage set in my tele and the city limits set in my strat. They sound great to me, the tele has that tele twang sorted and the city limits gets me the SRV kinda sound I was after so I don't have a bad word to say about them.

[jefrs]

Originally Posted by Loobs

Tonerider? They're so cheap, to be honest I'm dubious about them...

Don't be. They are as good as anything four times their price.


They are as good or better than Gibson HB and Kent-Armstrong SC.

[jefrs]

Originally Posted by samato

80 bucks is cheap? Okay, you and I have different standards.

Toneriders are £24.

£24 or $36 is cheap for a premium pickup. There are few better that ain't 'boutique'.

http://www.dangleberrymusic.co.uk/m-...r-pickups.aspx

[jefrs]

Originally Posted by Colt W. Knight

You can find used nocasters for less than a c note.

a ton is expensive, a pony is not. The OP said cheap...

[jefrs]

Originally Posted by musicalmartin

I always pick Toneriders first .They sound great .So far I have used Rocksong humbuckers in a Dot ,Hot Classics in a tele and P90's in a thinline and they all sound really good tone full and meaty .You can tell how good they are the minute you install them. I prefer them to SD's in a Tele. Havnt tried a Strat set yet.

+1 on the Toneriders.

They're English (made in China) and N'ere Buckle cost more.

I have no connection to the company and I'm feeling a lot better now the dog has eaten two of the milkmen we keep chained up in the spare room for such emergencies ;-) thankyou for your concern.

[Tony474]

I haven't dealt with Dangleberry, but I got my Toneriders from Axesrus - www.axesrus.com/axetelep.htm - at £47.00 the pair including postage.

In fact I've done a fair bit of business with Tony and Jackie, who run a nice little company up there in Hull, and I've always been very happy with both their goods and their service.

[jefrs]

Axesrus are an excellent company but Dangleberry have some sort of tie-in with Tonerider and they stock the lot when they have them.

[robt57]

How exactly are Toneriders English if that are made in CHN ?

Like Celestions are English you mean ? ;)