Re: i never like teles but saw this
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 9:09 pm
I love Tele's, always have, but not for that twang, but for the big warm punch they can deliver. I have always loved Tele's, but have had a very hard time finding one that "works" because many of the modern ones have that icepick tone.
I have found a few very warm bridge pickups that still give you the "thats a tele" tone, but with some good raw power. My fav is the Antiquity 1955 Lead with the staggered pole pieces. Its a fantastic warm punchy pickup that can still give you that twang when you need it, but without the ice pick top end that older SD and modern Fender pickups give you.
I also like the SD Quarter Pounder, and the Jerry Donahue as well.
For a neck pickup, nothing has beat Fenders "Twisted Tele" pickup. I love that thing in my Tele! So warm and full, but clear and articulate. Its the tone I think of when someone says "Tele neck position".
Its too bad the Antiquity and the Twisted are so low gain pups tho... I'll probably buy another tele to throw a set of Quarter Pounders in, and then build my HH Tele.
Can't have enough Tele's.
P.S. The EMG pickups for Tele are surpassingly pleasing to the ear, unlike the humbuckers they offer.
I have found a few very warm bridge pickups that still give you the "thats a tele" tone, but with some good raw power. My fav is the Antiquity 1955 Lead with the staggered pole pieces. Its a fantastic warm punchy pickup that can still give you that twang when you need it, but without the ice pick top end that older SD and modern Fender pickups give you.
I also like the SD Quarter Pounder, and the Jerry Donahue as well.
For a neck pickup, nothing has beat Fenders "Twisted Tele" pickup. I love that thing in my Tele! So warm and full, but clear and articulate. Its the tone I think of when someone says "Tele neck position".
Its too bad the Antiquity and the Twisted are so low gain pups tho... I'll probably buy another tele to throw a set of Quarter Pounders in, and then build my HH Tele.
Can't have enough Tele's.
P.S. The EMG pickups for Tele are surpassingly pleasing to the ear, unlike the humbuckers they offer.