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Post by dandeurloo on Apr 30, 2014 21:22:54 GMT -6
Who's got one and upgraded pickups? I'm thinking the Texas Specials or Vintage Noiseless. Talk to me!
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Post by Johnkenn on Apr 30, 2014 21:43:31 GMT -6
Texas Specials are always great...Lollars are great too...
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Post by geoff738 on May 1, 2014 13:03:05 GMT -6
I love my Fred Stuarts. He's a former Fender Custom shop guy. Spendy though. Just a little bit mid-forward but with good snap and no ice pick. Great for rock stuff but not the ones if you want Bakersfield twang. Mine are in a partscaster with Musikraft neck and body (I think - might've been Guitar Mill body) and Glendale hardware. Best guitar I own.
Cheers,
Geoff
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Post by matt on May 2, 2014 8:34:08 GMT -6
So I wonder how it is the the RGO community always seems to know what I'm thinking about. Crazy. I am considering this for my '52 American Vintage, and there's many choices. Looking for maximum twaaaang.
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Post by jeromemason on May 3, 2014 13:35:51 GMT -6
Mojotone Broadcasters............ I promise those are some of the closest I've ever heard to vintage. I have them in my custom Tele and they are near perfect. You'll have a little noise, they are single coil, but not much, it's actually pretty impressive how faithful they sound with not much noise. I think they run about $160 a set.
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Post by geoff738 on May 3, 2014 14:21:19 GMT -6
Mojotone Broadcasters............ I promise those are some of the closest I've ever heard to vintage. I have them in my custom Tele and they are near perfect. You'll have a little noise, they are single coil, but not much, it's actually pretty impressive how faithful they sound with not much noise. I think they run about $160 a set. And if you do a RWRP set with a four way switch you get one position that is in effect humbucking. I'm pretty much a single coil guy and the hum doesn't bug me that much, but I know it drives some people crazy. Lots of folks winding great Tele pickups these days. Off the top of my head Stuart, Ron Ellis, Don Mare, Allen, Lollar, Fralin, Peter Florance/Voodoo, and the list goes on. Duncan, Fender. Haven't heard the Mojotones. FWIW I have Teles with Stuarts, Ellis, Mare, Zhangliqun and one with Wolfetones (but those are P90s). They're all really different though so hard to compare. One set is going after Broadcaster specs, another is after the Blackguard early 50s thing, another is a triple tapped Esquire, another is really overwound and kinda P90ish in the bridge. Lots of good options. Cheers, Geoff |
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Post by dandeurloo on May 3, 2014 22:00:24 GMT -6
I just want the most awesome genirc/classic tele tone. Nothing to crazy. Just the great tele tone that made tele's famous.
Are Lollars or Texas specials what I should be looking for? Any other options in that vein.
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Post by geoff738 on May 4, 2014 10:25:06 GMT -6
I just want the most awesome genirc/classic tele tone. Nothing to crazy. Just the great tele tone that made tele's famous. Are Lollars or Texas specials what I should be looking for? Any other options in that vein. Yeah. Lollars are good. I don't know the Texas specials. Then its a matter of which direction you want to go. 60s spec are brighter/ twangier/ Bakersfield leaning. Early 50s blackguard tend to be a bit more ballsy, but still classic Tele tones. (Again, the Stuarts just rule for this, IMO, but are probably a little more pricy than even the Lollars). And Broadcaster winds are more overwound and bring up the mids further - think Keef. Honestly, you can't go wrong with Lollars. Just make sure you're getting a set that best matches the Tele tone you're after. Cheers, Geoff |
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Post by geoff738 on May 4, 2014 12:35:36 GMT -6
One other thing to consider. Do you like the Tele neck pickup? I actually like it, but I know many don't. A few folks out there - including Lollar I think, wind a neck pickup that's more Stratty. Dunno if that would be more useful to you, but thought I'd at least throw it out there.
Cheers,
Geoff
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Post by jimwilliams on Jun 26, 2014 10:46:05 GMT -6
I replaced all of my Telecaster neck pickups with Japanese $20 jobs from Allparts. Those are alnico 5, wound to 5.5k ohms allowing for an extended top end more like a Strat. Stock neck pickups are wound to 7 k ohms DC resistance, a darker tone than a Strat pickup. Remove the metal cover for more tops, I wrap the exposed coils with adhesive copper foil tape to avoid buzz noise.
Broadcaster or very early Tele designs used Alnico II magnets, slighly less strong and far less bite or resonant peak. If you want classic tele spank, use stock Fender style bridge pickups wound not over 6 k ohms, DC resistance. Those place the resonant peak at around 10k hz.
Nearly all of the aftermarket pickups are overwound to increase output and midrange response. That also lowers the pickup's resonant peak in frequency, that tends to add an ice pick top end because of the resonant peak is lowered into the upper midrange.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2014 21:25:10 GMT -6
Make sure you get underwound, I personally really like the Texas Specials in my tele. My next move is a Cabronita with a Bareknuckle Half Note 90 in it.
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Post by jimwilliams on Jun 28, 2014 11:52:39 GMT -6
Fender texas specials are also overwound designs. Best to use a VTM to check. Vintage Tele bridge pickups measure 6k ohms, DC resistance. Neck pickups measure 7k ohms, DC resistance. If you measure more than that, they are not vintage/classic windings.
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