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.
Yes, I didn't mean to accentuate the negative in my critique, he plays well. We all have our weaknesses, and developing jazzy, stylish phrasing is a great challenge.
I really like the way Mike Stern plays, especially in a straight-ahead context like @ Vignola's but the problem I have with listening to him is that the way he uses FX makes his sound so indirect and...
"I haven't notated it and likely won't!"
I am getting pretty frustrated with music notation apps, I may resort to writing it down on music notation paper and photographing the sheets with my...
Jazz adage I learned in school: There are no mistakes, only resolutions.
i.e. if you play a "wrong" note, play a note that resolves it. Or play the "wrong" note three more times :-)
And Peter...
The examples above are rather song than blues forms. AFAIK Gershwin's I Got Rhythm comes from those forms. Those dominant chains are the same as the I Got Rhythm bridge (aka Sears Roebuck bridge).
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Two questions, if you don't mind. First, what is your asking price? Second, what is the significance of the "X" on the back of the headstock and the unusual serial # (only the first two digits are...
My point was just that I haven't seen the issues he described, but I haven't seen enough samples to rule anything out. I cannot deny that he received a defective guitar without seeing it in person. ...
Changing one part of the guitar at a time and having the sound change every single time over a period of years does prove that the materials affect it. I'm not following your blatant irrationality.
All due respect, but
is not testing. It could be, but working as a tech probably means you didn't have the leasure to test properly, varying only 1 known quantity at the time and with...
From what I can see of the bridge placement, the strings on the fingerboard and the string angle to the E strings seems good. It seems that the bridge is resting evenly on the edge of the guitar. ...
I setup my headless today with extreme light 8 gauge, 0.8mm Bass and 0.5 at the 12th fret. No relief.
Not a great sound for Jazz, but good for Fusion type sounds.
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