Fender pickup help..

[Rabs]

Howdy all...

 

As you may know im now doing a Fenderish Teleish sort of build..

 

Im coming to the point where im thinking about pickups for it and trying to resist going with what I know which will be a humbucker if not two (or a P90).. But one of the things I want is something a bit different in this guitar but have no idea about the world of Fender/single coils pups....

 

So ive had a look around and these seem pretty good.. (I think if theres one thing worth spending money on its the pickups, but compared to Gibsons they are cheap)...

 

So what do you reckon.. Are they a good choice? Any alternate pickup suggestions?? (Searcy :))

 

Cheers.

[Twang Gang]

To show loyalty to fellow forum members you probably should go with Searcy. But the Texas specials are pretty cool - a little hotter and grittier than the stock Fender pups in an inexpensive Strat. Another good one for Fender/Strat tone are the lace sensors (not as noisy as the stock pups).

 

How did the first door guitar turn out? I kind of lost track of that thread after it went on for like 10 mos or something and now I just see you're on to the second one.

[Greybeard]

One of my friends just put Seymour Duncan Hot Rails in his strat and they are really fat and chunky sounding. They are hot and clear on the clear channel but push the distortion channel very well too. This was a recent change and made a significant difference in his guitar over the stock fender pickups.

[Rabs]

To show loyalty to fellow forum members you probably should go with Searcy. But the Texas specials are pretty cool - a little hotter and grittier than the stock Fender pups in an inexpensive Strat. Another good one for Fender/Strat tone are the lace sensors (not as noisy as the stock pups).

 

How did the first door guitar turn out? I kind of lost track of that thread after it went on for like 10 mos or something and now I just see you're on to the second one.

LOL cheers for the advice...

 

And yeah that's still going. Im kinda stuck on the neck at the moment while I work out how to accurately measure the fret spacing.. Once that's done it should go pretty quick.. I discovered some more left over wood from a second door I took apart so decided as I have a fair amount of the bits and bobs you need to make two why not.. So am going Fender(ish) this time but it will have a more Gibson neck (cos I don't like Fender necks :)).

[Rabs]

One of my friends just put Seymour Duncan Hot Rails in his strat and they are really fat and chunky sounding. They are hot and clear on the clear channel but push the distortion channel very well too. This was a recent change and made a significant difference in his guitar over the stock fender pickups.

Ok cheers I will go check those out

[Greg Jacob]

I put a DiMarzio Area '61 in the neck of my Tele (with a Tone Zone in the bridge). The sounds is AWESOME! Makes me want to get the whole Area setup for a strat.

[surfpup]

I'd suggest you check out GFS (Guitar Fetish) pickups. I have replaced quite a few Fender and Duncan pickups in my Fender guitars with these. They are great sounding and very reasonable.

[Rabs]

I'd suggest you check out GFS (Guitar Fetish) pickups. I have replaced quite a few Fender and Duncan pickups in my Fender guitars with these. They are great sounding and very reasonable.

Will do sir... Cheers

[Dave F]

I had a tele bender with the Texas Specials and I did not like it, but I was looking for that vintage tele sound.

I now have one of the selects and I like it so much I sold off all my other solid bodies (two strats, a tele and LP Custom).

I'm not sure exactly what the pickups are but here's what they call them -

Fender® Select Tele Single Coil Pickup (Bridge)

Neck Pickup: Fender® Select Tele Single Coil Pickup (Neck)

I seem to use the No-Load Tone Control all the time. I just love the sound and playability.

[Rabs]

I had a tele bender with the Texas Specials and I did not like it, but I was looking for that vintage tele sound.

I now have one of the selects and I like it so much I sold off all my other solid bodies (two strats, a tele and LP Custom).

I'm not sure exactly what the pickups are but here's what they call them -

Fender® Select Tele Single Coil Pickup (Bridge)

Neck Pickup: Fender® Select Tele Single Coil Pickup (Neck)

I seem to use the No-Load Tone Control all the time. I just love the sound and playability.

Ok great.. thank you..

 

I will look into those too and any other suggestions..

[Kaiser Bill]

I recently bought a set of Vintage Fender replacement pups when I restored my '69 Tele. They are great.

[ZenKen]

I don't know if you can buy them outright but the "Twisted Tele" neck pickup is an interesting one. It uses the larger Strat bobbin to get more winds than a traditional Tele neck pup. Kinda bridges the gap between Tele and Strat.

 

So I suppose if you want a true Tele neck pup stay away from this one but I have one in one of my Teles and it is an interesting option. B)

[Searcy]

You have a guitar with quality factory pickups. You will have a guitar with high end boutique pickups when your Door#1 is done. I think you should try the GFS and see what the other end of the spectrum is all about. They are good sounding pickups for the most part.

[Rabs]

You have a guitar with quality factory pickups. You will have a guitar with high end boutique pickups when your Door#1 is done. I think you should try the GFS and see what the other end of the spectrum is all about. They are good sounding pickups for the most part.

Hmm.. well ive had a look and the issue is that for two pups plus p&p and worse, random import tax costs, im not sure if its worth it.. I can get the Fender ones for £90 which will probably cost the same as the GFS ones by the time ive paid for everything.. Hmm decisions decisions

 

There are a slew of cheap options for me to try over here like Wilkinson and some indi makers.. But I have no real way of knowing if they are even worth trying or not... May just go with the Fender ones.

[krock]

Im a fan of the broadcaster twisted tele pickups they put in the baja tele. I think the 51 nocaster set and lindy fralin standard t are both also very good

[Rabs]

Im a fan of the broadcaster twisted tele pickups they put in the baja tele. I think the 52 nocaster set and lindy fralin standard t are both also very good

Cheers.....Actually that's a good point.. Of all the Teles ive tried the two that impressed me the most were the Baja and Thinline models... So maybe I should go for the same set up as one of those?

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[krock]

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Godspeed!

 

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Great pickup suggestion

[zebrafirebird]

For years I played an old Gibson Melodymaker that had been refinished in lake placid blue with pearl pickguard. I put a Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Tele Rhythm pick up in it and absolutely loved it. Now I'm building a gibson-ish tele using the same rhythm p-up. My bridge p-up was a Seymour Duncan Twang Banger, and it sounded good. My new build will have a Suhr tele bridge p-up. You may really want to consider adding a phase reversal switch on one of the p-ups. It makes for some nice rhythm tones and with the right p-ups can also give you a good little boost when you switch to the bridge for a solo.

[krock]

For years I played an old Gibson Melodymaker that had been refinished in lake placid blue with pearl pickguard. I put a Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Tele Rhythm pick up in it and absolutely loved it. Now I'm building a gibson-ish tele using the same rhythm p-up. My bridge p-up was a Seymour Duncan Twang Banger, and it sounded good. My new build will have a Suhr tele bridge p-up. You may really want to consider adding a phase reversal switch on one of the p-ups. It makes for some nice rhythm tones and with the right p-ups can also give you a good little boost when you switch to the bridge for a solo.

 

You need to document the build on this forum, many of us enjoy looking at them