CFlopy2015
TDPRI Member
Hi,
II have my pickups made at QPickups, so I have exactly what I'm looking for (https://qpickups.com/qshop/)
II have my pickups made at QPickups, so I have exactly what I'm looking for (https://qpickups.com/qshop/)
What's your favourite Tele Pickups?
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TwinReverb
Tele-Meister
Monty's pickups from the UK ('53 set, Danish Pete set, 68 set), Fred Stuart, Jason Lollar. I especially like the Monty's. They have got something special.
Darklight01
NEW MEMBER!
Joe Barden neck
Oil City '49 Bridge
Oil City '49 Bridge
John_Jones
TDPRI Member
The bridge pickup. Definitely the bridge.
I bought one of those much lauded and inexpensive Harley Benton Teles; s TE-52 to upgrade as a project. Something that came as a big shock to me was the cheap Roswell pickups. I had a mind to rip them out and throw something decent in there, but when I heard them, I couldn't do it. They were everything I was looking for.. Except obviously I was listening, not looking.
I bought one of those much lauded and inexpensive Harley Benton Teles; s TE-52 to upgrade as a project. Something that came as a big shock to me was the cheap Roswell pickups. I had a mind to rip them out and throw something decent in there, but when I heard them, I couldn't do it. They were everything I was looking for.. Except obviously I was listening, not looking.
Dwightcarr11
TDPRI Member
In my first tele I have a set of lollars (special in the neck, 52 in the bridge) now but out of all the pickups I've tried the fender twisted tele's were my favorite. I also have the isbell signature tele now which has a tweaked set of twisted teles that are even better than the original.
Fendereedo
Doctor of Teleocity
PV 64s
telecastasaurus
TDPRI Member
I have their Noisefrees and I love them.
Holiday Set Noisefree T L200TN, L298TL
L200TN and L298TL L200TN: For tele neck replacement the L-200TN is quite different. While the L-280 reproduces a very linear harmonic spectrum, the L-200, with some dips in the lower midrange and some nice peaks in the upper midrange, gives you a more "Stratty" sound without losing that...
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dlaroe
Tele-Meister
I keep coming back to Keystones, even after a set of CS Nocasters. They have a balance between clarity and rudeness that I seem to miss sometimes in the Micro-coils. I do use additional capacitors to get different sounds in both pickups but the Keystones are less clean in a good way. The Micro-coils do work better with long cable runs and questionable pedal boards that leave the Keystones a little muddy.
Instead of the Lawrence 5-way mine has #5 with 10% less low end on both pickups in series and #4's in-phase with an additional small cap to ground so it's both pickups cutting a little bass and treble, fat and midrangey.
Fuller
TDPRI Member
I got my hands on a 1952 reissue set from the fender custom shop, a Josefina Campos set. Awesome for what you expect from a tele…
Two other fun builds - 1) esquire style, single pickup - Seymour Duncan, “Lil’ 59”. 2) HHS, custom built from Kent Armstrong’s Vermont shop.
Drastically different sounds!
Two other fun builds - 1) esquire style, single pickup - Seymour Duncan, “Lil’ 59”. 2) HHS, custom built from Kent Armstrong’s Vermont shop.
Drastically different sounds!
robinrockus
TDPRI Member
I have a Fender 69 reissue in the neck position and a 62 reissue in the bridge of my build. The bridge pu is staggered. They sound terrific to me.Hello Everyone,
Very interested to hear what people's favourite pickups are in a Tele?
Preferably single coils, the way god intended them
I'll go first.
My favourites are a set of Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups (fender.com) in my Partscaster, they sound incredible. The bridge is unmistakeable (twangy) tele but they also have a bit of a Strat vide on the Neck PU. There're wind quite hot, which I really like. I've wired them with a 4-way switch where the 2 position is Neck/Bridge in parallel and position 3 is Neck/Bridge is series. Having both pickups in series sound really Humbuckerish.
Guitarman420
TDPRI Member
I have these in one of many teles I own. In my 50 plus years of playing, I've amassed many guitars and pickups. These are what I think sounds best.
Analog Man Jim Weider Big-T Telecaster neck pickup
Analog Man Jim Weider Big-T Telecaster neck pickup
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Cleantone
TDPRI Member
Bootstrap Original Recipe neck and Palo Duro bridge. Amazing value for the money.
Terrygh1949
Tele-Meister
Seymour Duncan, DiMarzio. Either one is excellent.Hello Everyone,
Very interested to hear what people's favourite pickups are in a Tele?
Preferably single coils, the way god intended them
I'll go first.
My favourites are a set of Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups (fender.com) in my Partscaster, they sound incredible. The bridge is unmistakeable (twangy) tele but they also have a bit of a Strat vide on the Neck PU. There're wind quite hot, which I really like. I've wired them with a 4-way switch where the 2 position is Neck/Bridge in parallel and position 3 is Neck/Bridge is series. Having both pickups in series sound really Humbuckerish.
Aren't they the 58's? I thought they did sell them.
EddieK
TDPRI Member
Budz Purebred
pipthepilot
Tele-Meister
Fender do sell Vintage 58s but not sure if they are the same as in the JP Teles.
It would be interesting to know if they were?
gentrywhite
TDPRI Member
I have to put a vote for Tonerider AlNiCo II Blues. Very sweet and mellow, but hot enough to bark when called for. Especially with a 4-way switch, it’s Jekyll and Hyde.
