Mike Simpson
Doctor of Teleocity
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Pickups for Tele Thinline
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Mike Simpson
Doctor of Teleocity
Why not just say what amp it is?
mistermikev
Tele-Afflicted
I really like my texas tele w 4way in a thinline mahog/flamed maple. not crazy about tex spec in my alter/flamed maple strat. take that for what it's worth. love my seymour broadcaster (2 coil) in a mahog/quilt maple thinline but very bright/thin.
Tonetele
Doctor of Teleocity
I'm not about to suggest a brand as you have not mentioned budget.
My only preference is a Widerange style in the neck and a single coil in the bridge.
My only preference is a Widerange style in the neck and a single coil in the bridge.
juxtapolice
Tele-Holic
I have lollars 52 set, a 4 way switch and brass saddles on mine, fat and twangy with good punch but still clear and defined
Yeah, sure wish I could put the Widerange in the neck.
Easily willing to spend the $$ if it's worth it
Hope you can recommend some pickups
Thanks in advance
eallen
Friend of Leo's
Bill Lawrence Microcoils with a 4-way switch. Great versitility for rock and blues. Have used them in more tele and thinline builds than any other.
Amazing pups designed by the best that just happen to be affordable. www.wildepickups.com.
Amazing pups designed by the best that just happen to be affordable. www.wildepickups.com.
Dixon in Korea
Tele-Meister
I’m also a fan of the Wilde, though I have the noise-free stacked humbuckers (which still like single coils). I’ve got a L-290T in the bridge and a L-202TN (which is a more Stratty sound) in the neck position of my Thinline ‘69 RI.
The ‘69 RI Thinlines have 1 meg tone and volume pots stock, which results in a thin, too trebly tone. If you’re replacing pickups, replace the controls with 250K pots. You’ll be glad you did. It makes a bigger difference than the pickup swap.
The ‘69 RI Thinlines have 1 meg tone and volume pots stock, which results in a thin, too trebly tone. If you’re replacing pickups, replace the controls with 250K pots. You’ll be glad you did. It makes a bigger difference than the pickup swap.
Random1643
Tele-Afflicted
I know you're wanting to keep the focus on "..standard single coil Tele size pickups." Never-the-less I gotta plug Bill Lawrence/Wilde L-90s. A few years ago I locked in via layaway on a real deal '72 Thinline. The orig owner had swapped out the orig WRHs for a pair of 70s-era L-90s. Just amazing pickups in that guitar. Turned out the neck was twisted and I couldn't afford the post-neck-fix guitar, but that put me on a quest to obtain a 2018 L-90 neck p/u and a 1977 L-90XL bridge p/u for a Gretsch Thinline. (I still think about that Tele; I know where it is.)
Tonetele
Doctor of Teleocity
@ES 330 Have you looked at Guitar Fetish? They sell a Widerange type ( 9-10 Ohms) for $29.95 USD but you need a quickplug to install, or, look on Ebay. There are lots of Bridge single coils out there also. Just trying to help. I'd rather have a Widerange with all the wires and work it from there, but that's just me.
Wilde in the bridge would be good or a Tonerider Hot Classic which is up there in resistance and output. See Tonerider.com for a staggered bridge. I just put one in one of my Teles and am very impressed with it. JMHO
Wilde in the bridge would be good or a Tonerider Hot Classic which is up there in resistance and output. See Tonerider.com for a staggered bridge. I just put one in one of my Teles and am very impressed with it. JMHO
You're making me want to route the guitar for widerange.
Which Wilde in the bridge ??
I'll checkout Tonerider
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lollar Royal T in neck will give you a nice bluesy strat tone...love em.
J St. in bridge is also a sweet sound.
J St. in bridge is also a sweet sound.
htwheelz67
Tele-Meister
I run a dimarzio tone zone t in my mahogany thinline and its FAT, I also run 500k pots, treble bleed and series/split/parallel switch it can twang and rock heavy.
JeffBlue
Friend of Leo's
I would recommend Seymour Duncan Antiquities or Vintage and Antiquity,Broadcaster, Nocaster or maybe Jerry Donahue in the bridge.
Considering SD Alnico II pro
Zepfan
Doctor of Teleocity
Electrical tape some foam around the pickup sides and bottom under the top of the guitar if you can or just stuff some foam under the pickups and that will stop the squeal.
htwheelz67
Tele-Meister
They only make it as a bridge pickup, I use the gfs fatbody in the neck(one of the best tele neck pups), actually if you don't mind SC vs HB the gfs fatbody 10k is a great hot tele pup at a great price I had that in my thin line prior. My top "rockin" tele bridge pup is the duncan bg-1400 the tz tele is close but the bg-1400 takes the cake. I have one in a classic vibe and it's a monster. Also I have to recommend wilde or older Bill Lawrence pickups, I have a modern player deluxe thin line that just never sounded good no matter what pickups I put in it, I had a set of vintage l550 and l560 sitting around for years so I popped them in, I already had 500k vols, series/parallel switches, tbx tone controls and treble bleed from the last set. Those pickups turned that guitar into the Holy grail of tele's, they are crystal clear,fat,hot yet clean up perfectly I measured them and they are about the same as a l500xl and l500l in ohms and henries but in a p90 package. That guitar sounds better than any of my 5 Les pauls, I have ordered some L90's to try in a Les paul because of this. BTW if anyone has any l550 or l560 pickups (not BL USA) please contact me.
