I use Joe Barden pickups on my Tele, and they are the best as far as I know. They do not sound like Gibson style humbuckers, though. I went to his house with my bass player who was a friend of his. This would have been around , I guess. I was "on the road" for the very first time with a Top 40 Band.
Somehow we ended up playing a gig at a strip club in the D. I had this ancient Byrdland archtop. I think I thought I could play something like jazz because I had this guitar. Anyhow, Danny was out in the yard tearing apart his motorcycles and cars, covered with grease. He was very nice, and he fixed something on my guitar and listened to me play. I imagine I was showing off. He and his friends were all politely complementing me [probably because they knew my bass player].
I think he played something real quick, and I was like, "Hmmm, this guy plays guitar too". My friend John, who was a bit older, just said Danny was a good guitar repair guy. He didn't tell me he was a monster guitarist. He just wanted to show me to Danny. Years later, I was listening to him play on recordings and thinking, "Oh my God, this is the guy that fixed my guitar". My most recent acquisition, and likely the last guitar I will ever buy, was a 90s tele.
Its a good solid player and old enough that the wood has stabilized. I do not consider it collectible, so its a player. I think the magic of the tele is that piercing bridge pickup. My assessment is that the neck pickup is not so great, and I had a humbucker put in the neck position.
So, its very versatile at this point and satisfies my craving for an old style tele. Ruin a good thing? Well, to each their own. Danny Gatton and Roy Buchanan Have a look around at some of the numerous boutique winders and you'll find a bridge pickup to suit :D Julian Lage has a Ron Ellis 50's pickup in the bridge and it's a nice sound.
The 50's bridge pickups were straight from Steel guitars and were different form later tele bridge pickups. That's interesting information I will think about. My thinking was the piercing aspect of it, heard on many country songs, was what made it interesting to me.
I have a strat and a prs, so I have a few non-piercing colors of bridge pickup to choose from. Brent Mason YouTube M. This is what you need Short Bridge for Tele stewmac. Top Mentioned Manufacturers. Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn. Subscribe to our Newsletter. The most common is a dual humbucker setup, or what you would call an HH configuration with a humbucker at the bridge and neck position.
If you're modding a Telecaster that doesn't need two humbuckers, all of the sets we've mentioned make individual humbuckers available for purchase, either for the bridge or neck positions. We've also made some specific recommendations for bridge-only and neck-only setups lower in the article.
But first, we're recommending humbucker pairs, because it's the simplest way to make sure they'll work for any of the aforementioned configurations. We've chosen three humbucker sets to recommend for Telecaster electric guitars. Some might note the Seymour Duncan Rail humbuckers in the above photo, though we haven't listed them in our recommendations because we wanted to focus on humbuckers that have more of a vintage tone.
All three have a more classic and bluesy tone. They'll put more emphasis on your picking dynamics - more snap and "quack" from pick-to-string contact - and will handle better on clean and lower gain settings. Covered Low Output Humbucker Set. The Antiquity series by Seymour Duncan houses some of the most popular, sought-after pickups on the market. Ideal for vintage tone with some added power and modern, low-noise construction, this pair is great for upgrading an HH Telecaster while maintaining a vintage vibe, both aesthetically and audibly.
Pros of the Antiquity Set. Cons of the Antiquity Set. Uncovered Dual Coil Zebra Humbuckers. EMG's active pickups are really easy to install with a solderless system. They're also perfect for adding a more modern tone into your Telecaster, capable of handling everything from soft, bluesy leads to high-gain metal riffs.
The Super 77 retro can run the gamut of styles and genres while staving off virtually all excess noise and hum. Pros of the Super 77 Retro. Cons of the Super 77 Retro. For a Telecaster humbucker you want something that can be soft and smooth but also twangy and defined. The Vintage Blues set by Seymour Duncan does this for a more budget-friendly price tag they're cheaper than the Antiquity set and gives you some added output and head room, yet with noise reduction.
Pros of the Vintage Blues Set. Cons of the Vintage Blues Set. Humbuckers can work in Telecaster too. Flickr Commons image via JCHaywire. A lot of Telecasters will use a P90 pickup, either at both the bridge and neck or only at the neck position.
This is quickly done and the scary bit is complete. I also sand the underside of the ring to make it flat rather than slanted. With the guitar strung up, I carefully align the humbucker so the strings are passing directly over the pole screws. Masking tape holds the pickup in position as I drill pilot holes for the pickup ring screws and secure the assembly to the guitar. And if you discover that your pickups are out of phase, the easiest solution is to flip the humbucker magnet. I would never do this to a vintage Tele and even feel a twinge of guilt cutting into this fabulous guitar.
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