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.
Any tips on how to efficiently dial in a parametric EQ? I would like to shape my clean tone to compensate when using different amps. I have a 3 band WMD parametric EQ - the bands are interactive, ...
Like JBN said, whether this is a good price really depends on what all the stuff you can't see in the pictures is like. In the use 4000 EUR ($4400-ish) seems about right for one in good playing...
TRuly most current jazz that's actually original is fusion of. some ilk...
Probably the most useless classification in music.
I remember when I thought all fusion sounded like Tribal Tech.
Yeah a band I play in is a lot closer to fusion and we had a regular thing at a pizza place for a while. Also a great nightclub type place that had live djs before and after. So the guys would bring...
As someone who is studying this style, I can say that Freddie rarely moved on every beat.
Either 4 of the same note per bar or 2 and 2, for the most part. 4 different notes to the bar is like...
I don’t think Freddie played all that detail. A lot of the time he hangs out on one or two single notes. He’s pretty zen.
Tbh I did a big band yesterday and I’m struggling to remember the Nestico...
I think when the whole point is to scare your parents, something gets lost. How far can it go? I know a lot of parents (now in their 50s) who listened to stuff like NWA in their youth.
Maybe the...
Dialing in a parametric EQ
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