Telecaster CVC - Pick ups

[acocuzzo]

I'm thinking about changing the Alnico V pickups on my CVC to Fender noiseless...is it worth it, what are the differences?

[pondcaster]

I own both and fwiw, I like the CV's A5s better.

Not that the VNs aren't nice, they definitely are. Not quite the twang.

Just one man's opinion...

[soulman969]

I think you can only judge for yourself whether or not you like them. Personally I don't care for them and never have cared for any of Fender's noiseless pickups. They just don't have that old vintage tonality to me.

I might make a suggestion to you though. I just put Wilde Keystones in my CVC with a 4-way switch. No only do you get hum cancelling in the B/N Parallel and Series positions but they are about the quietest single coil pickups you're likely to find.

Very transparent uncolored vintage kind of tonality, not too expensive and a great match for this guitar. Just another suggestion you may want to check into. You can read a lot about them here. They're very a very popular upgrade.

[Jazzerstang]

I've never liked vintage noiseless. There's something very off and sterile about them. I would use OVs if I were changing any pickups, but CV pickups are pretty cool and unique.

[acocuzzo]

Thank you all for the feed back. I'll have to listen a bit more closely to the vintage noisless, but will also look into the Wilde Keystones as well.

Again, thank you for the advise & support!

[PrimeA71]

Acocuzzo, I've been debating about going the noiseless route as well. I have a CVC and though I dig the stock pickups, I'm just fed up with the hum. I have a Gotoh 6 saddle bridge arriving monday and I'd like to have both the new bridge & p-ups all put on at once, but still haven't decided. I'm really digging those new Zexcoil's that just came out but also considered Bill Lawrence L48t & possibly L280N. I don't want anything hot, vintage output is prefered. I'm gonna look more into the Keystones too. I hear nothing but great things and if they truly reduce noise to a managable level, I'll just wait and have everything put on at once.

[musicmatty]

[QUOTE=acocuzzo;4130862]I'm thinking about changing the Alnico V pickups on my CVC to Fender noiseless...is it worth it, what are the differences?[/QUOTE]


Your post doesn't really say much with regards to what you don't like about your stock pups and the sound you are looking for

[forgivenick]

Seems like since I have turned my amp up louder and my guitar vol pot down I get a lot less noise out of the noisy tele pups. Anyone else?