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.
I think people are confusing two related, but not identical, things:
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I'd suspect that you would need a very light guitar to play in that Joe Pass position for long hours.
All of the guitar's weight seems to be held by the strap.
I'm referring to his position in...
That's mental. He's DECIDED to hate them. I don't care who makes the slabs: 2 slabs of maple capped mahogany with quality PAFs in them will not sound that different. "nails on a...
I have never played a PRS but I have to admire how that brand has found a new perspectives to an electric guitar AND achieved a wide popularity among players. I love my Les Pauls and Teles and I’m...
Now the fact that jazz lost its audience (and became the least listen to music in America) and that younger audiences exposed to "fusion" by solid jazz musicians, often wouldn't go back and check out...
Hmm, I should be careful not to put words in the mouths of these guys! Herbie was and is obviously proud of his amazing early years, and Wynton knows this as you'd suspect. Let's say it another way -...
You mean the website we're on? - .be = Belgium
Country code top-level domains (ccTLD) - Country Code domains are those an individual country uses, such as .us for the United States and .ca for...
That's a Utah local marketplace, what makes you think he'd ship it at all, let alone overseas? I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but the main point of advertising locally, e.g., on Craig's List, is so...
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