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  • Need help for SD Metal pickups on Tele !

    Hello !

    I just bought a Michael kelly 1954 black wash satin, and I would like to replace the original pickups which are rockfield, because I don't like them at all.

    But I'm so demanding, that I don't know at all what pickups to get that would balance, harmonize and marry with the wood of the guitar, that's why I'm posting this message, to get some advice and help

    I have a style based on melodic metalcore, death metal, periphery style, August Burns red, Veil Of Maya, Napoleon, Wage War, Novelists, Monuments, Architects, Haunted Shores, While She Sleeps

    The sound I'm looking for in a bridge pickup is above all a clarity and an extreme and precise distinction of the notes, that it is sharp, with a lot of gain, depth, while doing well in clean too

    For the neck pickup sound, I'm really looking for a sound like yngwie malmsteem and takayoshi ohmura's, which is very precise again, note distinction, which knows how to handle the gain at a high level

    The Specs of the guitar :

    Top: quilted maple
    Body: Alder
    Construction: Bolt-On neck
    Neck: Maple
    Fingerboard: Macassar Ebony
    Saddle material: Bone
    Fork: 647.7 mm / 25.5 in
    Headstock Type: Dual Action
    Electronics: Master volume - master tone (push/pull coil plug) - 3-position switch
    Neck Pickup: MK Traditional Single Coil
    Bridge Pickup: Rockfield® SWC Humbucker Pickup
    Neck Profile: Modern C
    Number of frets: 22 Medium Jumbo

    Thank you in advance for any advice and/or help you can give me!

    Happy Christmas and New Year's Eve!
    Last edited by Dragaenerys; 12-26-2022, 12:27 PM.

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    For the neck YJM neck, made for Yngwie as for the bridge the Omega, esp since you listed Periphary as a sound influence. It was designed for Mark Holcomb
    Last edited by Hsb; 12-26-2022, 12:35 PM.
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    • #3
      tele style neck pup, dont know if a strat pup will fit the rout?

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      • #4
        Originally posted by jeremy View Post
        tele style neck pup, dont know if a strat pup will fit the rout?
        Yeah that's the problem..

        I'm afraid that the YJM pickups don't fit in the neck pickup cavity of the telecaster.

        Wouldn't there be a pickup that is similar to this YJM ?

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        • #5
          For that kind of music, get the right rrouting, bridge and pickguard, and get a Pegasus/Sentient or Black Winter set. No Tele pickups are made for this.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Mincer View Post
            For that kind of music, get the right rrouting, bridge and pickguard, and get a Pegasus/Sentient or Black Winter set. No Tele pickups are made for this.
            Agree with Mincer. Single coil sized humbuckers will not satisfy that tone pallette...maybe BKP Cobra??

            How handy are you with a router? Not sure if its like a traditional Tele, I have easily modded many teles over the years for double humbucker. New bridge and pickguard and pickups. Boom!

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            • #7
              Hi & Thanks You for answered !

              I looked at the omega bridge pickups and the pegasus bridge, but I can't decide, which one is clearer, more accurate and aggressive with lots of depth?
              Wouldn't the alnico V magnet be weaker than the ceramic?

              I would really like to keep the neck single coil pickups to keep that telecaster sound but with a lot of bass roundness and supporting the high gain, I'm interested in the SD quarter pounder, wouldn't it do the trick as a neoclassical solo in the style I'm looking for?

              Because transforming the single coil neck into a humbucker, I admit, I don't know how to do it, it would be expensive with the installation of additional pickups...

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              • #8
                Well not exactly metal, but Tom morello get’s a great neck tone out of his Tele.
                BKP cobraT bridge could do it, yes but with a humbucker rout you have more options.
                rout the neck too. Doesn’t hurt with the pickguard if you don’t use it…

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Dragaenerys View Post
                  Hi & Thanks You for answered !

                  I looked at the omega bridge pickups and the pegasus bridge, but I can't decide, which one is clearer, more accurate and aggressive with lots of depth?
                  Wouldn't the alnico V magnet be weaker than the ceramic?

                  I would really like to keep the neck single coil pickups to keep that telecaster sound but with a lot of bass roundness and supporting the high gain, I'm interested in the SD quarter pounder, wouldn't it do the trick as a neoclassical solo in the style I'm looking for?

                  Because transforming the single coil neck into a humbucker, I admit, I don't know how to do it, it would be expensive with the installation of additional pickups...
                  I think the Quarter Pound is too thick sounding for what you want. The Omega will cut more, with less bass than the Pegasus. The Pegasus will chug better, with a more scooped EQ. As far as how to do it, the wiring is simple, we could walk you through that. But you'd have to get a bridge to accommodate a humbucker, and route the wood to fit it in there.
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                  • #10
                    I am not sure what your setup is as with Axe FX III my noise canceling is amazing. However, if I was using a real rig, there would be no way I could play a real Tele single coil live for high gain music. Everyone would hate me. I know Dimarzio Areas are dead quiet and sound good - havent tried Duncans version.

                    I am a huge fan of Lace Sensors for that humbuckerish tone in a single coil package...if I was forced to do work with a Tele I'd go Lace Red in bridge and blue in neck. I am sure we're loads of help lol

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                    • #11
                      I'd highly recommend a ceramic Pegasus as bridge humbucker for heavy music.

                      For that matter, Pegasus A8, A6, A4, and A2 all sound great to my ears. I actually hate it with the stock A5, but that PUP is a great wind__PRESENT
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                      • #12
                        Hi everybody,

                        thanks you very much all for the tips and advice, I'm very glad to read all of these, actually I had a lot of thought about pickups, so I made my choice, I actually gonna take a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound in neck but in Bridge position I actually still don't know what to pair with it, a Pegasus would be enough for my style and my guitar wood ? Or is there any other "better" pickups according the wood and my music style ?

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                        • #13
                          Oh, it's a Tele with a bridge humbucker?

                          I'd look at the Omega.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Dragaenerys View Post
                            Hi everybody,

                            thanks you very much all for the tips and advice, I'm very glad to read all of these, actually I had a lot of thought about pickups, so I made my choice, I actually gonna take a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound in neck but in Bridge position I actually still don't know what to pair with it, a Pegasus would be enough for my style and my guitar wood ? Or is there any other "better" pickups according the wood and my music style ?
                            The Pegasus is a great choice. Another option, if you like a different EQ with more mids, is the Black Winter. Just choose what you like, or what your guitar needs.
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                            • #15
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                              Good evening to all and happy new year!

                              #Rex_Rocker: wouldn't the omega pickup sound too high pitched with the guitar wood?

                              #Mincer : I'm really looking for a lot of growl in the bass, and a lot of low midrange I think, with a lot of definition, and also, especially to compensate for the lack of it in the alder guitar, maple quilted neck erable / ebony macassar fingerboard, I think that's what would be missing because otherwise it would be too clear, if I took a pickup focused on the treble.

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