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.
Another consideration is some producers sped up recordings during mastering to give the song more energy.
I've noticed some recordings are slowed down.
He clearly borrows from Chet and Doc, who borrowed from Merle. Merle grew up in Muhlenberg County and was influenced by black and white musicians in the area.
The syncopation and walking bass line...
I played a little clarinet and bass clarinet in high school and currently play in bands with horns.
Just like guitar fingerboards are not perfectly in tune, there are no perfect horn designs.
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Of course I agree with you. I was making the point that it’s illogical to have any instrument intentionally out of tune with the rest. If all start at the same point, only the horns will drift and...
No F'in idea....
Christian hit the nail on the head ..we have to get out of our own heads when we are playing and just be in the moment ( which is of course easier with material that you are...
My Routine FWIW
(Based on a video from Tina Jackel)
Learning to Play Over Tunes
1. Chunks - Learn groupings of changes to see them as one whole part
2. ...
Maybe it’s an illusion because of the many edges and reflections in the pics. But the bass side screw appears to me to be off axis. It looks like it’s not perpendicular to the tailpiece. If it’s...
Interestingly enough I listened again through better speakers and I thought the tone was actually quite good.
Through my phone it was painfully bright. So some of the comments you might be getting...
Joe Pass did pretty good with his fingernails.
I really liked your All Blues. Like Jimmy Page playing all blues. Check out the Kenny Burrell one someone posted. Kenny Burrell is my go to now when...
Guitar purchases Reverb - EMG pickups
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