I replaced my Tele's neck pickup

Blazer · May 4th, 2006, 07:19 PM

And I replaced it with a Brent Mason approved choice.

A friend of mine has a 1975 Gibson Les Paul deluxe and he has replaced the mini Humbuckers with P-90's and I could take over the mini's for a very cool price.

I never was happy with the weak and thin sounding neck pickup of my Tele and today I decided to do something about it.

I took out the router and carefully modified the body and fitted the mini Humbucker, I am satisfied with the result, it sounds really warm and woody but with enough of that twang still intact.

Twang · May 4th, 2006, 08:33 PM

Very cool Blazer.

I recently got to play a tele with a mini hb in the neck and a lefthanded (upside down) bridge it sounded great. The neck was really full and powerful. Not mushy at all.

If I wasn't so happy with my tele I'd do the same.

Altboy with Tele · May 4th, 2006, 08:39 PM

holy cow twang! that sounds like a dream axe to me! I have to admit I never liked the bridge pickup, I know, instead I fell in love with the neck pickup (not exactly in the flow of this thread) but the lefty bridge plate sounds awesome! I will, of course, try my idea of a gfs lipstick and see if I get what I want out of it, because of the chrome cover. But props to whoever leftied the bridge.

May 4th, 2006, 07:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Blazer Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,367	I replaced my Tele's neck pickup And I replaced it with a Brent Mason approved choice. A friend of mine has a 1975 Gibson Les Paul deluxe and he has replaced the mini Humbuckers with P-90's and I could take over the mini's for a very cool price. I never was happy with the weak and thin sounding neck pickup of my Tele and today I decided to do something about it. I took out the router and carefully modified the body and fitted the mini Humbucker, I am satisfied with the result, it sounds really warm and woody but with enough of that twang still intact. __________________ "I reject your reality and subsitute my own." - Adam Savage, Mythbusters

May 4th, 2006, 08:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
Twang Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Age: 44 Posts: 664	Very cool Blazer. I recently got to play a tele with a mini hb in the neck and a lefthanded (upside down) bridge it sounded great. The neck was really full and powerful. Not mushy at all. If I wasn't so happy with my tele I'd do the same. __________________ "we don't wear rhinestones because we think we're cool, we wear rhinestones because we think they're cool" - gp

May 4th, 2006, 08:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
Altboy with Tele TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 17	holy cow twang! that sounds like a dream axe to me! I have to admit I never liked the bridge pickup, I know, instead I fell in love with the neck pickup (not exactly in the flow of this thread) but the lefty bridge plate sounds awesome! I will, of course, try my idea of a gfs lipstick and see if I get what I want out of it, because of the chrome cover. But props to whoever leftied the bridge.