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.
I have no real opinion on nails or no nails as working in gastronomy forces me keeping my nails short anyway but through the website of our Rob MacKillop I learned that is also a picking technique...
Hey, I’m in Sac. Welcome to the Boards. I actually sold my L5C to someone on these boards. Good luck with the sale. I’m sure it won’t last long.
Always happy to connect with local jazz guitar...
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Should it be in the original post? I see the video, followed by the text "Lead sheet from my Monk fake book." That's it –except for Last edited by Bobby...
I have not noticed it being any brighter that a regular Strat. The EMG "tone" controls are a bit different, as are the stock G&L controls. There definitely is a single coil sort of sound but no hum...
There are some nice pianos on craigslist now that I'm itching for since they are cheap! There's a Yamaha for $400 and a Kawai for $1900. The Yamaha is only $400! Arg! I would want to try my hand at...
The guitars are in the light Les Paul range. I just weighed my two Comanches.
The "bowling ball" finish guitar has an ebony board also. You can see the weights. The guitar balances well with a...
So is a tele a great guitar for jazz once you've modded it?
BTW this is a tongue in cheek question and for amusement purposes only.
I don't want anyone to become to passionate or emotional.
Rich Severson’s top 5 guitars.
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