what compliments a hot rail

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in a basswood tele, with the rail in the bridge, what neck pickup compliments it well, as in is mean sounding, usable on its own, and will give a nice mid position

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You need a fairly hot pickup with a lot of attack. Choices in Duncans are few ... best bet would be a QP Rhythm.

Have you thought of a humbucker or a mini-humbucker?

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file out your body cavity and your pickguard and squeeze either a HRn or a CR in there.

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I have a Dimarzio HS-2 in the middle and a Hot Rail in the bridge position of an alder Strat-- wired in parallel, you achieve a nice "Dire Straits" tone in the second position when clean; and it's rather throaty when using gain.

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haha i don't want dire straights tone, i want mean tone, with mids that makes little kids cry

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haha i don't want dire straights tone, i want mean tone, with mids that makes little kids cry

Humbucker!

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haha i don't want dire straights tone, i want mean tone, with mids that makes little kids cry

I realized that today just before I read your response... In my experience, the ol' SD Invader is capable of making grown men weep. Something comparable with that clean seering tone may work when wired in series for a fat, but not muddy, sound. Do you need a single coil construction or a full size 'bucker?

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for tele neck pups id sway the qp is as good as youre gonna get.
i think a custom minihumbucker would work great if you dont mind a little work

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if the results were promissing enough i wouldn't mind a little work. actually my first instinct was to just say screw the neck pickup, put tape over the hole, and stick to the hot rail, so i'm still wondering if thats the best option or not

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if the results were promissing enough i wouldn't mind a little work. actually my first instinct was to just say screw the neck pickup, put tape over the hole, and stick to the hot rail, so i'm still wondering if thats the best option or not

Think about this Tele (Albert Collins style)

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who's albert collins?

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who's albert collins?

Some dude with a $2,000 Fender Tele named after him.