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.
Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?
You know very well why it doesn't sound jazzy! Your guitar is not set up for a jazz tone and you're playing it like an acoustic....
Yeah, I love keys. I think I'm fortunate that my ability lies there, piano really. I had to quit guitar (and bass) because of a finger injury. I had a Hammond XK-5 digital organ rig. It was both too...
In simple terms, your playing doesn't swing, it's like you're playing classical music, a Bach chorale or something. Your technique is adequate, your tone is too bright and chimey, as Bobby said, I'm...
You sound like a really good player, you have a lot of stuff already worked out. I can see why you're frustrated, as you've put in the work but it's not sounding like you want it to. Here's my 2...
"However also try to record Jeff's version as that is what this study group is about."
I don't plan to change it much, on paper anyway, just add some alternate voicings and/or chord fingerings. I...
Fully understandable for horns to tune to 442. I play only bigband and IMHO it makes no sense when a conductor insists that my guitar and the bass are to be tuned to 442 whilst the E piano is 440,...
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No, that's definitely not only due to your technique. I can think of 3 problems. It sounds like there could be some tone suck going on in your signal chain, you've dialed...
Sorry to hear the details Clem. Clearly worse than it sounded at first. Something drizzled on the neck that can't be wiped off.. what the heck is up with that? Let us know when you figure out what...
"Just because a Negro plays Jazz, it doesn't necessarily make him a man"... Surely Tristano could not have meant this in a racist way. Without knowing the context, we can twist this to mean anything....
Glad you kept that one, Jack, I remember you thinking about selling it a while back (recognize the cool fingerboard).
I love my GB10, just wish it was the size of a 175. ( I'm 6'4".) Might have...
Shows what looks to be an authentic Sadowsky serial number on the back of the headstock (I have one).... thus, I think the photo is of a legit Jim Hall, which means the real guitar they are offering...
Me too.....4 gigs in a row starting tomorrow thru Sunday. I recorded something yesterday, just the piece as written but didn't want to share it as it sounded crap. I'll get to it soon tho.
Sorry I'm new, please move this to the correct thread or I can remake it elsewhere if this isn't the right place for my question.
Here's some vid of me playing guitar:
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Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the...
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