neck pickup

Hey folks! Found this amazing diagram from Joe (Moosie) Would love to try this on a partscaster tele I’m putting together but with a p90 neck. My question is: I know I need to put 500k pots in there and a resistor hooked to pos 1-4 (right?), but how would I go about soldering a resistor to 4...

I have a Nash TC-72 with the Lollar Regal wide-field pickup in the neck position. It sounds pretty good with in the middle position with the volume biased towards the bridge, but by itself, it's too dark and woolly and I can rarely use it buy itself. I've been researching alternatives and I'm...

Hi guys and gals, I'm usually over in amp world, but I've been unwinding and winding some pickups lately. A few of you saw my post on that 1983-84? Telecaster bridge pickup rewind on Slowepoke my Arduino winder last year. Anyway, I'm now working on a 59 Jazzmaster. Both pickups have shorted...

Hello, I recently got bitten by the Jazzmaster bug, and I especially have an indescribable love for their neck pickups. It's had me wondering if the swimming pool neck pickup routes on MIM Telecaster standards are big enough to fit a JM neck pickup, because I've thought about putting one in my...

My Squier Tele has a set of Wilde Keystones - the bridge pickup is fantastic but the neck could use a bit more midrange 'slice' and a lot more volume. I've tried fiddling with the pickup heights to no avail. I'm considering a Cavalier She-Wolf for the neck position, can anyone chime in (no pun...

Hello! I have a 2016 rosewood tele that I would like to use exclusively for jazz. I am thinking about replacing the neck pickup and adding a capacitor. I would like to stick with single coil so I don't need to perform any routing of the body or the pickguard. There are a few pickups that folks...

I've looked all over for this post topic, as well as read each forum's description (EDIT: Maybe Tech Talk?), and I can't think of where else to post this, so mods, do your thing if you have to, and I apologize. I'll stick to single coils, because it's more pronounced; and let's just say we're...

I recently took my telecaster apart to thoroughly clean and polish it, after putting it back together the neck pickup is silent. I've owned it for 20 years and have never thoroughly cleaned it like this before. Unfortunately, I did not test the guitar right before taking it apart, the last time...

I love the sound of a regular Tele neck pickup. I've tried P-90s, humbucker sized P-90s, Strat pickups, and Strat-flavored Tele pickups and the standard Fender is my favorite. That said, I'm always looking to get some extra versatility from my guitar. Are there any humbuckers that have a split...

I'm planning a thinline tele build around a P-180 (the soap bar sized version of the Novak JM 180) and am not sure what to pair it with in the neck. I want something good for clean rhythm, cowboy chord strumming, bs-ing acoustic parts, clean tone: somthing that's neutral, open, articulate...

I currently have a tele with a great bridge pickup, and I’m interested in putting a humbucker in the neck. Before I do something crazy, I’d like to hear what your favorite neck humbuckers are - or if you prefer P90s/lipstick pups!

I bought this guitar online and it showed up with the neck pickup not working. If I press down on it it might work for a little while. I don't have the money to get it fixed or replace it right now. Does anyone know of a DIY remedy?

Hi all, I was doing a scratch plate change on my partscaster which has CS Texas Specials in it. I've been using this guitar for years with zero issue with the wiring, but as I was changing the scratch plater, I managed to knock off the yellow wire off the neck pickup. I re-soldered the yellow...

Hi, I have a Baja Tele which has a Twisted Tele neck pickup. It doesn't sound like a traditional neck pickup to me. I'm thinking of getting a Lollar Tele neck pickup, as I'm happy with the Lollar Dirty Blackface set in my Strat. Out of the options - '52, Vintage, Special - which, in your...

Hi.. So, got an SG standard with '61' buckers in it. Had it c. 2 years and am now going to set it up for slide & finger playing, probably with 11s. Not a massive fan of humbuckers and like playing the neck pickup. So, thinking of putting a P90 in the neck slot. Anyone any experience/advice on...

Today I got an interesting Christmas present, in the form of a neck pickup for a Tele. It measures 7.4 and has the pole pieces sticking out in the back. No other markings exist on the pickup. Would anyone happen to know which one it might be?

I've been using the Bare Knuckle flat 50 set for a while now and I like the bridge but I find myself wanting the neck pickup to be a bit hotter and overall more versatile. I've been considering having it routed for a P-90 or possibly a wide-range HB, or I might just go with a twisted tele. I...

Hi all ! I'm still new to the Tele world, but I have a question. When playing on the neck position, I find the trebble to be really (too) quiet, comparing to the middle or bridge position with same tone settings. Is it expected from a Tele/electric ? I mean sure, I *could* tweak the EQ on my...

I need advice from humbucker guru's please from people more knowleged than I. Firstly, I play jazz style and only I need or want the neck humbucker sound. I have just installed a neck humbucker in my Tele with the stock 3 way switch and 250k pots left in. I don't use the bridge pickup at all...

When I use the neck pickup on my AO ‘50s, all I can think about is Diana Krall’s Love Scenes.

I was always into strat neck sounds, but I don't have one, and I'm not in the best financial situation to buy a new guitar. I'm opting towards getting a strat sounding Tele neck Pup, mostly because mine is pretty flubby and doesn't sound all that great. I'm looking towards Fender's Twisted Tele...

Hi all - I have a Fender 51 Custom Shop Nocaster neck pickup, which I like very much. I recently took it out of a partscaster and measured it before packing it away. When I measure at the ends of the leads, I get a DCR starting off at about 11k and climbing all the way up to about 13.7k. The...

Newbie. I have a home made tele body, I purchased a Seymour Duncan neck pickup with a pick guard that has the pick up mounting holes. The pick ups came with rubber tubing and wood screws. The pick up mounting board base is made of a fiberboard type material. I managed to strip the hole in the...

After attempting to remove the cover of my stock neck pickup on my Squier Affinity, it broke (big surprise). Never liked the way it sounded anyway, so I'm not bummed. I bought a Phat Cat P90 last night, and was wondering how it would sound with a Twang King and a 4 way switch? Anyone have a...

Hi everyone, I have a Tele American Pro 2016, I like it but I'm not mad about the neck pickup. It sounds a bit thin and dull to me. Looking for something a bit richer and fatter but still punchy and clear, and that goes well with the standard v-mod bridge pickup (I don’t see any reason for...