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Dear All. Long time consumer of the forum. First post.
I have a Fender black top baritone telecaster modified with a Texas Customs Smooth Play Bridge to be more like a real tele. (It is a great marriage. Covers the humbucker hole fully.) My main problem is that I would like to use this guitar both for spaghetti western and metal (since I don't have a 7 string). Right now it has a custom made underwound tele pickup with longer than normal pole pieces (by Dreamsongs Pickups di Alberto Arcangeli) and it serves one of these two purposes great.
I was wondering, does anyone have any experience with the tele humbuckers? When split, are they like a normal (vintage) tele pickup? Most ideal situation would be to put one of these tele humbuckers in the bridge. Use it as a humbucker rocking out and split it when I need a vintage tele sound. But how close will I get (and which gets closer - say the custom shop perly gates with its alnico magnet sound more like a vintage pickup when split)? There is very little being said about what these pickups are like when split despite it being an obvious question (especially for tele): does it sound like a vintage tele when used in single coil mode?
Alternatively, I understand the BG1400 has a nice big fat sound that could rock pretty well. Can it be tapped in a way that approximates a lower output vintage tele sound?
I would like to hear people's thoughts. Thanks.
I have a Fender black top baritone telecaster modified with a Texas Customs Smooth Play Bridge to be more like a real tele. (It is a great marriage. Covers the humbucker hole fully.) My main problem is that I would like to use this guitar both for spaghetti western and metal (since I don't have a 7 string). Right now it has a custom made underwound tele pickup with longer than normal pole pieces (by Dreamsongs Pickups di Alberto Arcangeli) and it serves one of these two purposes great.
I was wondering, does anyone have any experience with the tele humbuckers? When split, are they like a normal (vintage) tele pickup? Most ideal situation would be to put one of these tele humbuckers in the bridge. Use it as a humbucker rocking out and split it when I need a vintage tele sound. But how close will I get (and which gets closer - say the custom shop perly gates with its alnico magnet sound more like a vintage pickup when split)? There is very little being said about what these pickups are like when split despite it being an obvious question (especially for tele): does it sound like a vintage tele when used in single coil mode?
Alternatively, I understand the BG1400 has a nice big fat sound that could rock pretty well. Can it be tapped in a way that approximates a lower output vintage tele sound?
I would like to hear people's thoughts. Thanks.
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