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.
Whether true or not and of course I bow to your knowledge, here are two picks both from 1971 of Joe playing and or looking at a D'Aquisto Excel. The Picture on the cover of the 'solos' book looks to...
For those who would like to create introductions to their chord melodies, I've attached a copy of the first chapter of John Valerio's book which deals with composing introductions to songs that start...
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Michael is an artist - in the real sense. I have worked on his builds for a long time - these pieces are both NOS builds that were for shows or installations.
had a great...
Gilad Hekselman plays a Moffa Lorraine.
https://youtu.be/PEwmcptx6ns?si=FRQWj-BTnMyotqMp
I like the fiddle edges on the Moffa Lorraine. It reminds me of fiddle edged dobros.
Despite what I may have implied above I actually avoid all woods that may be a future source of annoyance. I can already foresee the hassle it'd be to get a certificate for an instrument built in...
Thx. Yours sounds good too. I don't think putting it in minor is a gimmick. It's an overdone tune so this changes it up. And I think it works well with the melody.
Nice. Looks like my collection except that I have two Ibanez guitars, a hollow and a semi-hollow.
I have a Martin steel string acoustic and a Hanika PF54 nylon string.
There's also an 8 string...
GOOD CHOICE -- GARY ZIMNICKI
Some examples of Gary's labor of love from his exhibit at Woodstock October 2022 -- I love his guitars!
Purple Heart hardwood binding is beautiful on that superbly...
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