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.
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Certainly hope not. I've had a classic car crisis to deal with for 2 weeks so have fallen hopelessly off schedule with no chance of catching up, but I check on the thread every day...
Nice git at a nice price. Looks like a wound G on a bridge that is set for a plain G intonation. I would assume you could turn around the saddle piece.
I have a very grainy VHS video of Joe Pass's last performance in what looks like an upstairs private room of a club. John Pisano is there and Joe is clearly very frail. They start to play "Body and...
I travel with a tele in a gig bag. Have never had an issue getting it onto the plane. TSA regulation says if there’s room they can’t ask you to check it.
My ‘59 R. Hoyer “Samba” has a nut width of 1.75”. The fingerboard radius is 7.25”. I think the narrow radius of some of the German archtops give the appearance of a skinny neck. Though yes, quite a...
The crazed checking in the finish looks great. The crazed checking is caused by severe fluctuations in temperature. A common occurrence in the Bavarian region of Germany, Switzerland, etc. Warm...
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