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Fender Vintage Noisless Tele set
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Mon November 10, 2008
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8.0
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These pickups are hotly debated in a lot of threads. I just thought I would offer a review because I am neither a traditionalist gear wise, or as technically gifted as a great deal of the members are on here. I can really just offer what I hear. I put the pickups in a 2003 American Series Ash Tele.
They aren't bad sounding pickups, but they are definitely different sounding. I think a key mistake they make is calling them 'vintage noiseless', rather then just 'noiseless' because I don't really hear much vintage sounding about them.
They have an incredibly clear tone. The highs are really emphasized, but not to the point of being ice picky. They also don't seem to have much bass to my ears, which is something I don't like about them. They just don't have much growl. And they actually don't seem to have much twang either.
One thing they ARE great for is playing with gain though. They manage to give you a Tele sound while keeping quiet even using high gain. So for a lot of live applications, they would be a good choice. They would likely be a better choice then a single coil sized humbucker if you wanted a noiseless option that still gives a single coil sound.
Overall I'd have to agree with the people who say the pickups do lack some tone. They are just a very 'neutral' sounding pickup. If do play some heavy music at times, and I will say these would be nice to have in a second Tele (if I had one) just for those situations.
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Fender Vintage Noiseless Telecaster
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musicmatty
Registered: August 2008
Location: Germantown Maryland
Posts: 98
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Review Date: Mon September 29, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Great Sounding pups
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These days, there are many different sounding Tele pickups..some with raised pole pieces..some that are not..some are wound one way and some are wound another??
Who knows what the origianl should sound like..I wasn't around in the 1950s..so I couldn't tell ya.
What I can tell ya is this...these pups sound a lot like the James Burton Pups of the 1970s with Elvis..nice tones..not to harsh or extra growl like the Texas Specials..but I love these pups for Blues and pretty much everything...they do it all...without being to extreme ...Your playin skills is what makes the difference here of what they can really do.
MusicMatty
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Bobcaster
Registered: November 2008
Location: Fort Worth
Posts: 3
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Review Date: Mon November 10, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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Good all round Tele sound and very quiet
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Cons:
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Lack the bite for Country lead picking
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Came installed on my used MIM Esquire by previous owner, yes it's routed for a neck PU. Heard a lot of negatives but I was surprised at how clear and quiet they sound. Very good for modern Christian Rock like Hill Song. I wanted more in the Twang department for Country music and swapped them for Fralin's but I'm going to build a Tele and use them. To good to get rid of.
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