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To be honest, I really can't tell a lot of difference. I've used HBers which I think are, mostly, muddy; custom wound Charlie Christian from Pete Biltoft which I thought was OK; regular Tele which probably does it best. Presently, I have two Teles that I built - both are chambered mahogany with 1/4" maple caps - my regular 'go-to' gigging guitar has a SD Pro Alnico in the neck and a Fender '52 in the bridge and it covers just about everything well through my Evans RE200. The other guitar is a single pickup (neck) with DiMarzio 36th Anniversary HB as recommended by our own Jim Soloway. Just recently installed it so the jury is still out but it seems to be OK with a lot of clarity. Been thinking of getting one of the Fender 50's models with the nitro finish, leaving it bone stock and getting rid of the others because, based on many years' experience, I really think a stock Tele will do anything I need to do. YMMV.
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03-07-2019 01:02 PM
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A tele neck pickup is great.
A tele with a neck humbucker is great.
A p90 in the neck position is great.
A CC pickup in the neck is great.
A tele with Dynasonics ... great.
Bigsby Pickup? Great too.
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P90.
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I'm a single coil guy for teles, but there are times I wish they'd truly make a single coil that sounds like a single coil that kills the hum.
I've been playing my tele a lot the last few days, since Ed Bickert passed away. It was getting neglected a bit, because I haven't been plugging in much. Big mistake...a good tele is really all you need.
I kinda feel with a tele-- the neck pickup is up to you. Experiment, find something you love, roll with it. I ended up loving a stock 1996 American Standard tele pickup...go figure.
The thing I don't budge on is the bridge pickup...it's gotta be a tele single coil. Gotta.
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You forgot with a strat pickup.
Originally Posted by omphalopsychos
Also great IMHO.
Haven't tried with lipstick pickups.
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Also great with a mini humbucker Originally Posted by blille
You forgot with a strat pickup. Also great IMHO.
Haven't tried with lipstick pickups.
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Single coil or P-90
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they do. Mojotone makes the quietcoil and I doubt many folks could tell the difference between it and a true single coil.
Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Recently got a G&L ASAT classic Bluesboy Tribute BingBang doodle woodle Thingumy.
It's got the AlNiCo 5 humbucker in the neck and a MFD in the bridge.
Great combo but the bridge gets microphonic through a 50 watt amp.
But I really like that humbucker.
Me other Tele (bitsa) has a CC Rider humbucker sized which is the one I go back to.
Surprisingly, apart from the s/coil hum, both guitars have the same tone with these sausage like stumblin' fingers.
By the way, Stumblin' Fingers is my Blues name.
All good stuff.
Um.......
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I thought I'd miss the humbucker in the neck of a tele but I don't. You have to play with a different mind-set I think. You will not be effective attempting to play pat martino licks on a tele, single coil neck pickup with .010 strings.
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Dimarzio Area t is noiseless and sounds like a true single coil, no problem.
After much experimentation I figured I like single coil tone in the neck the best. Gotta be noiseless though, can't gig with it otherwise.
But in the bridge, my 2nd tele has TV Jones Supertron, and it's amazing tone.
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I love dimarzio and the area pickups but they really do not sound like the single coils they replace. They have a single coil vibe to them but the mojotone pickup is much closer. Also, the area T neck pickup is bigger than the standard tele pickup and requires the pickguard to be routed and possibly the body too depending on how tight the fit is... Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive
After much experimentation I figured I like single coil tone in the neck the best. Gotta be noiseless though, can't gig with it otherwise.
But in the bridge, my 2nd tele has TV Jones Supertron, and it's amazing tone.
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one thing to keep in mind is that the quiet coils require 500k pots so you should probably replace both pickups if you do a change. I have been debating it in my tele but the guitar sounds so great as is, i'm hesitant... Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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My Hahn Model C (Jim Campilongo sig) got dropped off with a tech today to have a TV Jones Classic installed at the neck. Let's just say I'm in a Bill Frisell and Jakob Bro phase these last couple of weeks!
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Ah...that's fine. I don't need to start chasing any tone dragons, that never goes well for me. This guitar has served me well for 22 years...may as well keep going with it. Originally Posted by jzucker
Fat enough for me
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I used to like the humbucker in the neck position of the Telecaster, but now I am back to the single-coil goodness of the original style neck Telecaster pickup. It does the jazz thing to a tee.
The critical ingredient, for me, is strings. Lighter than .11-.50 gauge and you are back in Twangsville on the 'caster. .11 and .12 sets are great "tone beds."
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My Area T fitted exactly in existing pickguard, no routing was needed at all. Originally Posted by jzucker
Not arguing about how true to noisy single coils it gets, it's all subjective, but I get everything I expect from it, good enough for me.
But I'm planning to get the Mojotone P90 for another tele...
so they make a trad tele pickups noisless too? That's cool, do they require 500k or 250k pots?
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I am in the minority, but I like Fender’s Noiseless N3 pups: stacked hunbucker that almost sounds like a single coil without the noise.
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500k. I think you're right though. They are taller, not wider so depending on your tele, you might have to route out the body a bit more. They are stacked...The mojotones are side by side coils. Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive
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Fender Custom Shop Nocaster pickups are what I like in a Tele.
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Stock OEM. Don't mess with perfection. In my case, it's a Fender Tele equipped with a factory AlNico V neck pickup.
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I adore the stock tele neck pup tone, it is perfect for everything. I must admit that some gig locations cause some loud buzz that's hard to tame. I have a friend that had a deluxe copper foil shielding job done on his tele, and it is as quiet as a humbucker. I'd almost opt for that, than swap out that gorgeous sounding neck pup.
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to do it right, you have to ground the shield of the pickup . That makes it as quiet as a humbucker. Unfortunately, it also cuts high end. I live with the noise. Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo
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Originally Posted by jzucker
Well, unquestionably, grounding the neck PU shield will add capacitance to the passive high-impedance RLC circuit - which can attenuate highs at least in principle.
But for fun, could all you tele guys with a multimeter, check the resistance between the neck PU shield and the output jack cup?
You may find that “grounded” is the normal condition for this shield, and that an un-grounded shield can be a remarkably effective source of noise.
I love the SD quarter-pounder singe coil neck PU for the tele. But definitely need to do a complete shielding job on mine.
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