IMHO the Wilde/Bill and Becky Lawrence L280 noiseless pick ups are the best drop-in replacements for the sake of fat tone and clarity.
The Dimarzio Area T pickups are a close second. They might get you closer to the classic Ed Bickert pre-PAF tone, if that's what you're looking for, than the Wildes. Having used both extensively, I prefer the Wilde pickups.
Both of those have a bit of humbucker compression; if you really like the true single coil sound, the Wilde Microcoil pickups for the Telecaster are outstanding. While they are a true single coil, they pick up less noise due to the smaller coil not offering as much antenna. There are two versions, one with I presume a ceramic bar magnet and one with alnico polepiece magnets; I prefer the sound of the ceramics (the alnicos are a little too Stratty for my tastes).
In my case, I have found that I like adding a resistor in parallel between the hot output of the bridge pickup and ground to sweeten/round off the highs just a little bit and make it less spiky. There are wiring diagrams on the Wilde website and also Lindy Fralin's website has a very nice page on this. Basically, this makes the bridge pickup think it is seeing a lower resistance pot, say 100K, while the neck pick up thinks it's seeing 250K. Folks who belong to the icepick school of Telecaster bridge pickups would probably hate it.
Thought I would share. Aerodyne Telecaster. Stock pickup replaced with CC in P-90 case and upgraded bridge pickup. Both by Pete Biloft at Vintage Vibe pickups.
The examples above are rather song than blues forms. AFAIK Gershwin's I Got Rhythm comes from those forms. Those dominant chains are the same as the I Got Rhythm bridge (aka Sears Roebuck bridge).
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Two questions, if you don't mind. First, what is your asking price? Second, what is the significance of the "X" on the back of the headstock and the unusual serial # (only the first two digits are...
My point was just that I haven't seen the issues he described, but I haven't seen enough samples to rule anything out. I cannot deny that he received a defective guitar without seeing it in person. ...
Changing one part of the guitar at a time and having the sound change every single time over a period of years does prove that the materials affect it. I'm not following your blatant irrationality.
All due respect, but
is not testing. It could be, but working as a tech probably means you didn't have the leasure to test properly, varying only 1 known quantity at the time and with...
From what I can see of the bridge placement, the strings on the fingerboard and the string angle to the E strings seems good. It seems that the bridge is resting evenly on the edge of the guitar. ...
I setup my headless today with extreme light 8 gauge, 0.8mm Bass and 0.5 at the 12th fret. No relief.
Not a great sound for Jazz, but good for Fusion type sounds.
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^ Thx for dropping in. Sounds good!
On all the recordings on the head, Monk leaves the chords open, not really playing or defining much other than a root or 5th, which you did say earlier. No, he...
Even top classical guitarists make mistakes when performing. At some point one has to let go otherwise no one would be out there making music. Guitar is too unpredictable of an instrument anyways
But again, woods do not have fixed values of density and stiffness, they have a range of values depending on the specimen. Let's say that the range for mahogany and maple overlap, and you have...
Your discussion of L5C vs L5CES reminds me of an alleged L5C that was on the market locally a few years ago during the glory days of Gibson's Crimson series archtops.
Rainbow guitars had at least...
Guitar purchases Reverb - EMG pickups
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