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.
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.
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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...
I don’t know about THE one, I have a few that are very special to me, but this one has a lot of magic and I feel like we have a very strong connection. Obviously it was made for someone else long...
I find it interesting that Allan’s hand was quite pronated. If you look he almost had to reach around his third finger with the little finger. Which is not to say that there aren’t classical...
While I can understand that meaning (to be dismissive or even disrespectful), that POV when it relates to one's own legacy is misguided (at best), if not downright ridicules.
But thanks...
Got everybody polished up this morning - haven't had a group photo in a while. Everything here cures every bit of G.A.S. that I might ever have....maybe....pretty much.....
Well if four fingers was good enough for Allan Holdsworth, it's good enough for my meagre talent.
Watch this video of Allan Holdsworth trying to do an advertisement for his signature guitar, it's...
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