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.
That's good to hear.
I'm guessing that the Gibson Exec knows more about this than a Gibson Garage sales dude ... I hope
It would be fun to go back there and look into custom ordering an...
Our blues for the week is Misterioso by Monk. It's a 6th sequence over a blues. Our key for the week is Bb, same key as the original tune.
Nice version with Milt Jackson being feisty.
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Interesting, but keeping my eyes open wouldn't help me not to lose my flow - my whole body gets blasted into another time dimension and it takes me a couple of seconds to come back! ... :nightmare:
I like amps made with electronic components that can found in catalogues. The interiors of both my Hiwatt thing and my Fender thing were assembled, not made. They are hand wired. They do not contain...
This gives me an excuse to post these again. My first Fender, a '65 Jaguar, and the only Fender I ever gigged. Bought it for surf, wound up using it for this 1966-'68:
and this 1969-1972,...
JGO Virtual 'Bluez' Jam (Round 2) - Misterioso
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