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jmgruber · January 29th, 2008, 02:26 PM

Can this pickup be purchased on its own, or will I have to find someone who is selling one from a guitar? Thanks.

xjazzy · January 30th, 2008, 02:07 PM

You have to find it. Fender don't sell it alone.

boris bubbanov · January 30th, 2008, 02:14 PM

It will not be easy to find used. Two things people seem to crave from this guitar, the neck and the neck pickup. I gave up trying to get them separate and just bought all the Bajas whole I could ever use.

Bubbanov

Bluesbob · January 30th, 2008, 02:15 PM

the twisted Tele neck pup is a copy of the Hamel tall neck (?), which is supposedly similar to a pup that Don Mare is now offering. Of course, I might just as easily be totally wrong on this. But I do remember hearing (or reading) something like that somewhere.

Johnny J · January 30th, 2008, 02:18 PM

Fred Stuart will wind you the same thing upon request.

jmgruber · January 30th, 2008, 02:31 PM

Thanks for the answers.

formerlyslim · January 31st, 2008, 12:14 PM

I have both the hamel tall neck and Don's Stelly. I prefer the stelly.

spankdplank · January 31st, 2008, 03:18 PM

The Rio Grande Texas Tallboy has the longer magnet rods as on the Twisted Tele. A very bright, strat-ey sounding neck pickup, but it does not come with a chrome cover.

RapidRoy · February 21st, 2008, 05:22 PM

Twisted Tele neck pickup - I may have one for sale. This may be the wrong place to post this but I was searching to try to find the value of a set of Baja pups. I have a Baja on the way, but I am going to swap out the pups. I had a Desert Sand model but I let my son use it in a trade for a car. I now have a blonde on the way. When I had the desert sand, I was having hum issues at the church where I play so I have decided to give the Dimarzio Area T's a spin.

robrohdeszudy · February 25th, 2008, 10:41 AM

I got my baja bridge pup on Epay for $30 or 35. I let the neck pup go when it got over $50, and it went for $63. 'Course this is only one example.
--Rob

Ringo · February 25th, 2008, 10:51 AM

FWIW, I've looked at the pics of the Twisted Tele pickups that are posted on eBay, most of them I've seen do NOT have the longer magnets, I've seen a few that may have come out of Fender Custom Shop guitars, they do have the longer magnets.
I think this is another case where Fender may have actually used the real Twisted Tele pu's when they released the Baja Tele, and then later swapped to cheaper pickups.
Fender did this with the Classic Player Strats too, at first they had Custom Shop pu's, now they just have some cheaper pu's.

This is not to say that the Baja neck pu's don't sound good, but most if not all of the newer ones don't have the real Twisted Tele neck pu.
My buddy has a Baja that he got new last year, it has the shorter magnets , the neck pu sounds good but I've heard plenty of other Tele neck pu's that I liked just as well.

nasonm · February 25th, 2008, 11:01 AM

My John 5 tele was one of the earlier models and it came with the Twisted Tele. It is the best Neck pup I have ever heard in a tele.

Unkie Al · February 25th, 2008, 03:41 PM

I just got a Baja last week and i wholeheartedly agree that it is indeed the best Tele neck pickup ever made!
IMHO, YMMV.

TheBear · August 1st, 2008, 01:27 AM

I have one of the taller ones that came on a J5 but have yet to install it. It measures a 5.93k on my multimeter. This seems really low to me. Has anyone else measured this pickup?

How on earth does it stand up to the Enforcer in the J5 bridge?

RockinCarl · August 1st, 2008, 05:25 AM

Twisted Tele neck pickups are wound with 42AWG wire while "traditional" Tele neck pickups are wound with 43AWG. Although its a low reading, its about equal to a traditional 43AWG neck pickup wound to 7k.

TheBear · August 1st, 2008, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RockinCarl

Twisted Tele neck pickups are wound with 42AWG wire while "traditional" Tele neck pickups are wound with 43AWG. Although its a low reading, its about equal to a traditional 43AWG neck pickup wound to 7k.

ah, thats some good info!

Realfi · August 23rd, 2008, 07:02 AM

A couple of questions.

I have a twisted tele that came out of a CS Tele a while back that I'd like to put back in one of my guitars but I notice it has black, white and yellow wires and I can't for the life of me remember which is which! How should I wire it?

Secondly has anyone paired this pickup with either a Lollar GVCG bridge or a Budz Purebred?

OK...make it a few questions then! Does anyone happen to know what magnets were used in this pickup?

tele0053 · August 23rd, 2008, 07:38 AM

What exactly is a twisted Fender pickup?
1)the makeup?
2)the design?
3)the sound?
4)the purpose?

Jusy Wondering,
thanks

Chris Twang · August 24th, 2008, 03:42 PM

Hi,

I'm selling my Fender Baja pickups on ebay:
290255614396

Cheers, Chris

Astro1176 · August 24th, 2008, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tele0053

What exactly is a twisted Fender pickup?
1)the makeup?
2)the design?
3)the sound?
4)the purpose?

Jusy Wondering,
thanks

I'm wondering too - and I have one (well maybe, depending on this long/short magnet business).

Any pics of the long and short magnets? Also, why is it called 'twisted'?

do not be afraid · August 24th, 2008, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tele0053

What exactly is a twisted Fender pickup?
1)the makeup?
2)the design?
3)the sound?
4)the purpose?

Jusy Wondering,
thanks

well, the basic idea was to create a Telecaster neck pickup that doesn't have a lot of the common “problems” with more traditional Telecaster neck pickups, specifically: low output and a “muddy” sound. in order to get more output they used taller magnets, for both the increased magnetic strength and to make room for more wire on the bobbin, while for greater clarity they wound the pickup using larger gauge wire (for lower impedence/resistance/whatever, without losing power) and used a more transparent-sounding cover. i don't actually know how tall the magnets are (i read that they're from Jazz Bass pickups, though, if that helps), but the magnet wire is 42 gauge heavy Formvar coated (like on a Stratocaster), rather than the more traditional 43 gauge plain enamel coated, and the cover is made from chrome-plated nickel-silver, rather than the more traditional chrome-plated brass.

Realfi · August 24th, 2008, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Realfi

A couple of questions.

I have a twisted tele that came out of a CS Tele a while back that I'd like to put back in one of my guitars but I notice it has black, white and yellow wires and I can't for the life of me remember which is which! How should I wire it?

Secondly has anyone paired this pickup with either a Lollar GVCG bridge or a Budz Purebred?

OK...make it a few questions then! Does anyone happen to know what magnets were used in this pickup?

Bumping..anyone know the wiring scheme?

Injun Joe · August 24th, 2008, 09:17 PM

realfi...

Here's the diagram for the baja from fender's site... Hope it helps.

-ch

Realfi · August 24th, 2008, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Injun Joe

realfi...

Here's the diagram for the baja from fender's site... Hope it helps.

-ch

Thanks very much!

tiktok · August 25th, 2008, 12:07 AM

I just picked up a used Baja, but the previous owner had swapped out the pickups for Harmonic Designs. Included with the sale was an SD Lil 59 and a tele neck pickup which I can't identify. How could I determine if it's a Twisted Tele pup?

HOBBSTER01 · August 25th, 2008, 12:23 AM

RIO GRANDE TEXAS TALLBOY.
As close as you'll get.
I love mine.

tele0053 · August 27th, 2008, 03:42 AM

Sounds like what they were trying to do was fix all the things that make a front tele pickup so unique and cool... IMHO...
Hmmm? another case of fixing something that wasn't broken?

MatteusNova · September 1st, 2008, 11:51 AM

How does these pups compare to the BL Keystones? Are they anything alike?

ac15 · September 5th, 2008, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tele0053

Sounds like what they were trying to do was fix all the things that make a front tele pickup so unique and cool... IMHO...
Hmmm? another case of fixing something that wasn't broken?

Naaah, the original Tele neck pickups can have some issues, most notably, muddy tone or at least not as sparkling as they could be. I think that's why people like the Twisted Tele pups. That's also why I'm not crazy about the Stuart Blackguard neck pup. While I'm sure it's true to blackguard Tele specs, it's a bit too dark for my tastes. Personally, I prefer the Harmonic Designs "Chromotone" pickup for vintage sound with added sparkle and punch. I think it'll do everything the twisted Tele neck pup does and maybe more, so it may be good for those of you who can't find those Twisted Tele pups. For a loud, clear, full, Tele pickup, the Harmonic Design "Vintage Plus" is great too, but it's way louder and not as traditional sounding as the "Chromotone" and won't mix as well (volumewise) with vintage output Tele bridge pups. Bottom line is, check out Harmonic Design Tele neck pups if you're looking for a neck pup with added sparkle.

J-man · September 6th, 2008, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tele0053

Sounds like what they were trying to do was fix all the things that make a front tele pickup so unique and cool... IMHO...
Hmmm? another case of fixing something that wasn't broken?

I never really got on with traditional sounding Tele neck pickups - for me the Twisted Tele sounds like they took the best bits of the Strat neck pickup and a Tele neck pickup and blended them perfectly.

robt57 · September 6th, 2008, 10:58 PM

What is the output of these?

Ciao

What magnets are used??

TheBear · September 6th, 2008, 11:32 PM

Hello

I have a couple. One is 5.73 and the other is 5.99. I've read on here that these act like a higher output pickup then they actually are because of the thinner gauge wire and taller magnets.

do not be afraid · September 7th, 2008, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tele0053

Sounds like what they were trying to do was fix all the things that make a front tele pickup so unique and cool... IMHO...
Hmmm? another case of fixing something that wasn't broken?

Quote:

Originally Posted by ac15

Naaah, the original Tele neck pickups can have some issues, most notably, muddy tone or at least not as sparkling as they could be. I think that's why people like the Twisted Tele pups. That's also why I'm not crazy about the Stuart Blackguard neck pup. While I'm sure it's true to blackguard Tele specs, it's a bit too dark for my tastes.

well, i can kind of see both points of view: i love the classic Telecaster neck pickup tone for what it is, and that combination of a real dark neck pickup with a real bright bridge pickup is part of what makes a Telecaster a Telecaster (and why i don't mind so much when people replace the stock neck pickups for humbuckers, or P-90s, or whatever), but sometimes i'll wish i could get more clarity out of that neck pickup — so i pick up my Stratocaster!

Quote:

Originally Posted by robt57

What is the output of these? What magnets are used??

they use over-sized (taller) AlNiCo 5 magnets, and as far as i can tell most seem to read out at just under 6k on an OHM meter.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBear

Hello

I have a couple. One is 5.73 and the other is 5.99. I've read on here that these act like a higher output pickup then they actually are because of the thinner gauge wire and taller magnets.

actually it's the larger gauge wire, but, yeah, they should have a higher output than a typical Telecaster neck pickup, even though they have a lower resistance (which has nothing to do with output, despite what most people seem to think!)

Justjammin · October 5th, 2008, 10:20 PM

I'm just about to finish my thinline partscaster, all that I needed were some sweet PU's, I have a 86 MIJ 62RI that has the tele tone for sure.

So after reading this thread, I picked up a twisted tele neck PU and now I'm looking for it's mate for the bridge PU. I know that this is a subjective and highly contrversal topic, but if you had one what you think it's mate should be.

ASH MIM Thinline, Deluxe Nashville Maple Neck, 250k pot .047Cap. Present PU are a 69 RI neck PU MIM, and a Hot Alnico, these just gotta go

Realfi · October 7th, 2008, 02:04 AM

I've got the Twisted Tele/Broadcaster mix in my Copper Tele..the Twisted Tele is a very stratty neck tone compared to most Tele neck pickups...I really like it.

My fave bridge pickup though is still the GVCG Lollar A3 in my Blonde Tele.

Justjammin · October 7th, 2008, 10:43 PM

I'm thinking that an HD 54 for the bridge position will be a great mate for the Twisted Tele PU.
I've looked at tha Baja Wiring for the twisted tele PU in one of the above posts *bangs head* that doesn't look like the standard 3way switch setup that I have.

I would assume that the yellow and black wiring would remain the same, it's the green wire that's throwing me off. Any thoughts?

nigelcummings · November 1st, 2008, 01:13 AM

I have a chimy, twangy 60s style pickup in the bridge position, and a stock Am. Std. neck pickup. The 60s pickup is quite a bit more trebly than the stock Am. Std. bridge pup.

Either way, there's a wonderful control on Teles called the Tone knob.

I often have the bridge pup selected and have rolled the tone knob back to 50%-65% and there's plenty of tone. But then when I flick to the neck pickup it sounds muddy.

My 1 second fix?

Roll the tone knob back open again. Clears up the sound great. Open'er right up and it'll sound close to that compressed, snarling and shimmering Strat neck pup sound.

Just my two cents

Hiwhat · November 1st, 2008, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ac15

Naaah, the original Tele neck pickups can have some issues, most notably, muddy tone or at least not as sparkling as they could be. I think that's why people like the Twisted Tele pups.

I had the same problems with my CIJ `71 Tele. A DiMarzio Twang King neck pu - recommended by so many guys on this forum, thanks! - did the trick.
All the clarity of a strat pu, yet warmer and not as hi-fi sounding and with a more singing midrange. The best thing - it`s cheap and readily available! The bridge pu is a Nocaster, a great combination IMO.

cowie86 · November 4th, 2008, 10:19 AM

Does anyone know if you can get a set that sound like the twisted/broadcaster set that you get in the Baja? Even if you've gotta buy them individually?

Cheers

Mitch Roberts · February 9th, 2009, 01:48 PM

While you guys are contemplating the Baja pickups, I'll offer an observation made by me and my Tele playing buddies. The Baja tone circuit sucks tone right out of the pickups (weaker and thinner). The Baja pickups will sound even better when wired in a typical Tele circuit.

January 29th, 2008, 02:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
jmgruber TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Graham, WA Age: 31 Posts: 57	Twisted Tele Neck Pickup Can this pickup be purchased on its own, or will I have to find someone who is selling one from a guitar? Thanks.

January 30th, 2008, 02:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
xjazzy Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portugal Age: 29 Posts: 1,706 6 Photos	You have to find it. Fender don't sell it alone. __________________ Still got the Twang! myspace.com/jpmartins

January 30th, 2008, 02:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bluesbob Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: East Suffolk L.I. Posts: 1,244 20 Photos	I heard... the twisted Tele neck pup is a copy of the Hamel tall neck (?), which is supposedly similar to a pup that Don Mare is now offering. Of course, I might just as easily be totally wrong on this. But I do remember hearing (or reading) something like that somewhere. __________________ What, me worry?

February 25th, 2008, 10:51 AM	#11 (permalink)
Ringo Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Memphis TN Posts: 2,080	re Twisted Tele neck pu's FWIW, I've looked at the pics of the Twisted Tele pickups that are posted on eBay, most of them I've seen do NOT have the longer magnets, I've seen a few that may have come out of Fender Custom Shop guitars, they do have the longer magnets. I think this is another case where Fender may have actually used the real Twisted Tele pu's when they released the Baja Tele, and then later swapped to cheaper pickups. Fender did this with the Classic Player Strats too, at first they had Custom Shop pu's, now they just have some cheaper pu's. This is not to say that the Baja neck pu's don't sound good, but most if not all of the newer ones don't have the real Twisted Tele neck pu. My buddy has a Baja that he got new last year, it has the shorter magnets , the neck pu sounds good but I've heard plenty of other Tele neck pu's that I liked just as well.

February 25th, 2008, 11:01 AM	#12 (permalink)
nasonm Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bangor, Maine Age: 32 Posts: 2,088 16 Photos	My John 5 tele was one of the earlier models and it came with the Twisted Tele. It is the best Neck pup I have ever heard in a tele. __________________ "i have learned to just grit my teeth, change the subject, consider their deep total ignorance, fondle the thumb picks in my pocket and go on my way" - bender-freak It's been lonely in the saddle since my horse died

January 30th, 2008, 02:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 15,212	It will not be easy to find used. Two things people seem to crave from this guitar, the neck and the neck pickup. I gave up trying to get them separate and just bought all the Bajas whole I could ever use. Bubbanov

January 30th, 2008, 02:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Johnny J TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Westbrook Maine Age: 41 Posts: 95	Fred Stuart will wind you the same thing upon request.

January 30th, 2008, 02:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
jmgruber TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Graham, WA Age: 31 Posts: 57	Thanks for the answers.

January 31st, 2008, 12:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
formerlyslim TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kansas City Posts: 35	I have both the hamel tall neck and Don's Stelly. I prefer the stelly.

January 31st, 2008, 03:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
spankdplank Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston, Tx. Posts: 1,022 28 Photos	The Rio Grande Texas Tallboy has the longer magnet rods as on the Twisted Tele. A very bright, strat-ey sounding neck pickup, but it does not come with a chrome cover.

February 21st, 2008, 05:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
RapidRoy TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cleveland, TN Age: 51 Posts: 12	Twisted Tele neck pickup - I may have one for sale. This may be the wrong place to post this but I was searching to try to find the value of a set of Baja pups. I have a Baja on the way, but I am going to swap out the pups. I had a Desert Sand model but I let my son use it in a trade for a car. I now have a blonde on the way. When I had the desert sand, I was having hum issues at the church where I play so I have decided to give the Dimarzio Area T's a spin.

February 25th, 2008, 10:41 AM	#10 (permalink)
robrohdeszudy Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA Age: 38 Posts: 263	I got my baja bridge pup on Epay for $30 or 35. I let the neck pup go when it got over $50, and it went for $63. 'Course this is only one example. --Rob

February 25th, 2008, 03:41 PM	#13 (permalink)
Unkie Al Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denmark Age: 42 Posts: 740 26 Photos	I just got a Baja last week and i wholeheartedly agree that it is indeed the best Tele neck pickup ever made! IMHO, YMMV. __________________ My girlfriend always laughs during sex - no matter what she's reading. -- Steve Jobs

August 1st, 2008, 01:27 AM	#14 (permalink)
TheBear Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Posts: 590	anyone ever tested one of these on a multimeter? I have one of the taller ones that came on a J5 but have yet to install it. It measures a 5.93k on my multimeter. This seems really low to me. Has anyone else measured this pickup? How on earth does it stand up to the Enforcer in the J5 bridge?

August 1st, 2008, 05:25 AM	#15 (permalink)
RockinCarl Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,495	Twisted Tele neck pickups are wound with 42AWG wire while "traditional" Tele neck pickups are wound with 43AWG. Although its a low reading, its about equal to a traditional 43AWG neck pickup wound to 7k.

August 23rd, 2008, 07:02 AM	#17 (permalink)
Realfi TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 24	A couple of questions. I have a twisted tele that came out of a CS Tele a while back that I'd like to put back in one of my guitars but I notice it has black, white and yellow wires and I can't for the life of me remember which is which! How should I wire it? Secondly has anyone paired this pickup with either a Lollar GVCG bridge or a Budz Purebred? OK...make it a few questions then! Does anyone happen to know what magnets were used in this pickup?

August 23rd, 2008, 07:38 AM	#18 (permalink)
tele0053 Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Wash. DC. Humble Home of the Blackguard Posts: 886	What exactly is a twisted Fender pickup? 1)the makeup? 2)the design? 3)the sound? 4)the purpose? Jusy Wondering, thanks

August 24th, 2008, 03:42 PM	#19 (permalink)
Chris Twang TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Vienna Posts: 40	Selling my Baja pickups Hi, I'm selling my Fender Baja pickups on ebay: 290255614396 Cheers, Chris __________________ ~ God made me funky ~

August 25th, 2008, 12:07 AM	#25 (permalink)
tiktok Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 6,095	I just picked up a used Baja, but the previous owner had swapped out the pickups for Harmonic Designs. Included with the sale was an SD Lil 59 and a tele neck pickup which I can't identify. How could I determine if it's a Twisted Tele pup? __________________ "I like a tune. I like a tune and a singer and a solo, and now more of the tune."--Ian McLagan http://www.myspace.com/travishartnett Pearce Amps Info Page

August 25th, 2008, 12:23 AM	#26 (permalink)
HOBBSTER01 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: North GA. Age: 47 Posts: 1,625 4 Photos	RIO GRANDE TEXAS TALLBOY. As close as you'll get. I love mine. __________________ The Hobbster

August 27th, 2008, 03:42 AM	#27 (permalink)
tele0053 Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Wash. DC. Humble Home of the Blackguard Posts: 886	Sounds like what they were trying to do was fix all the things that make a front tele pickup so unique and cool... IMHO... Hmmm? another case of fixing something that wasn't broken?

September 1st, 2008, 11:51 AM	#28 (permalink)
MatteusNova Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sweden, Svipjóð Posts: 317 3 Photos	How does these pups compare to the BL Keystones? Are they anything alike? __________________ Telecaster is my thang, cuss it got that twang...

September 6th, 2008, 10:58 PM	#31 (permalink)
robt57 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lost Yankee in Nashville Age: 52 Posts: 5,862 22 Photos	What is the output of these? Ciao What magnets are used?? __________________ Leo's Great, Leo's Good, let us thank him for our... Twang! Last edited by robt57; September 6th, 2008 at 11:42 PM.

September 6th, 2008, 11:32 PM	#32 (permalink)
TheBear Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Posts: 590	Hello I have a couple. One is 5.73 and the other is 5.99. I've read on here that these act like a higher output pickup then they actually are because of the thinner gauge wire and taller magnets.

October 5th, 2008, 10:20 PM	#34 (permalink)
Justjammin TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: California Posts: 77	I'm just about to finish my thinline partscaster, all that I needed were some sweet PU's, I have a 86 MIJ 62RI that has the tele tone for sure. So after reading this thread, I picked up a twisted tele neck PU and now I'm looking for it's mate for the bridge PU. I know that this is a subjective and highly contrversal topic, but if you had one what you think it's mate should be. ASH MIM Thinline, Deluxe Nashville Maple Neck, 250k pot .047Cap. Present PU are a 69 RI neck PU MIM, and a Hot Alnico, these just gotta go

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October 7th, 2008, 02:04 AM	#35 (permalink)
Realfi TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 24	I've got the Twisted Tele/Broadcaster mix in my Copper Tele..the Twisted Tele is a very stratty neck tone compared to most Tele neck pickups...I really like it. My fave bridge pickup though is still the GVCG Lollar A3 in my Blonde Tele.

October 7th, 2008, 10:43 PM	#36 (permalink)
Justjammin TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: California Posts: 77	I'm thinking that an HD 54 for the bridge position will be a great mate for the Twisted Tele PU. I've looked at tha Baja Wiring for the twisted tele PU in one of the above posts bangs head that doesn't look like the standard 3way switch setup that I have. I would assume that the yellow and black wiring would remain the same, it's the green wire that's throwing me off. Any thoughts?

November 1st, 2008, 01:13 AM	#37 (permalink)
nigelcummings TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Hamilton Posts: 54	I have a chimy, twangy 60s style pickup in the bridge position, and a stock Am. Std. neck pickup. The 60s pickup is quite a bit more trebly than the stock Am. Std. bridge pup. Either way, there's a wonderful control on Teles called the Tone knob. I often have the bridge pup selected and have rolled the tone knob back to 50%-65% and there's plenty of tone. But then when I flick to the neck pickup it sounds muddy. My 1 second fix? Roll the tone knob back open again. Clears up the sound great. Open'er right up and it'll sound close to that compressed, snarling and shimmering Strat neck pup sound. Just my two cents __________________ 2002 Fender Telecaster American Std. Series / Sunburst / Maple fretbrd.

November 4th, 2008, 10:19 AM	#39 (permalink)
cowie86 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UK Age: 23 Posts: 154	I'd like one of these too... Does anyone know if you can get a set that sound like the twisted/broadcaster set that you get in the Baja? Even if you've gotta buy them individually? Cheers

February 9th, 2009, 01:48 PM	#40 (permalink)
Mitch Roberts Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: CT Posts: 491	While you guys are contemplating the Baja pickups, I'll offer an observation made by me and my Tele playing buddies. The Baja tone circuit sucks tone right out of the pickups (weaker and thinner). The Baja pickups will sound even better when wired in a typical Tele circuit. __________________ I think, therefore I jam.