Recommend a Telecaster bridge for good cleans and high gain

[elelpe]

I was on this quest in the past. I recommend Duncan Hot for Tele or Dimarzio Pre B-1. I still keep the latter in my Esquire.

[Rex_Rocker]

I honestly don't think the Hot Rails does very good cleans. Personally, I don't think it does high-gain all that well either, but that's just me being controversial. At least not if you like some attack and aggression to your high-gain.

[alex1fly]

The Hot stack has tempted me in the past, the A-5 bar magnet makes me want one. I wonder how similar it is to the hot stack for Strat? I know they are different but I still wonder.

Don't know but in mine it is classic hot Tele sound. Hot, thick, clear.

[jeremy]

there is a hot rails for tele, just not a cool rails. i have a strat loaded with hot rails neck and bridge. 500k volume, 250k tone, and a switch to select series/split/parallel. i think a tele hot rails bridge with series/parallel options can cover a lot of ground.

[Rex_Rocker]

For a Hot Rails Tele, I'd go for 1 Meg volume, no tone.

Seriously. My Esquire is super super super bright acoustically (it has a pine body, a maple fretboard, and brass saddles), and even my Les Paul with an X2N (one of the darkest full-size hums I've ever tried) had more sizzle and aggression.

The one thing I did like about the Hot Rails is that it is stupid hot. Like almost Black Winter/X2N hot, which was surprising to me considering it's a tiny pickup with just a little strip of Ceramic in it. Then again, I did have mine wired to just a single volume knob, no tone loading/watering it down.

[Mincer]

A Hot Rails for Tele might work with a series/parallel switch. I think a Cool Rails (if they had made one) would be too bright. I think if there was a Tele Little 78, that might be perfect.

[Ascension]

The clips with the Kiesel Retro Solo guitars running the Duncan Antiquity Tele set are jaw dropping both clean and at high gain. Guitar itself has a lot to with it as they will nuke anything the Fender Custom Shop has but--.
Here is one as an example.

[Ascension]

Another clip Kiesel artist with a RS running the Duncan Antiquities. The clips kill! BTW a Retro Solo with this set up will likely be my next guitar purchase as need a good traditional Tele tone badly and I like these guitars better than the Suhr or Fender Custom Shop guitars I have played..

[Ascension]

Great demo on both the guitar and this pickup set up from Johnny Hiland.

[chadd]

I was on this quest in the past. I recommend Duncan Hot for Tele or Dimarzio Pre B-1. I still keep the latter in my Esquire.

I use the hot for tele in my partscaster and it works pretty well.

[ArtieToo]

I think if there was a Tele Little 78, that might be perfect.

With all the modern parts and adapters available these days, you'd think there would be a Tele bridge cut for a Strat single. But I don't think I've ever seen one.

[jeremy]

mounting, angle, and shape are different. im about to install a tele bridge pup on a squier strat and i have to rout the body and pickguard to make it fit

[Mincer]

With all the modern parts and adapters available these days, you'd think there would be a Tele bridge cut for a Strat single. But I don't think I've ever seen one.

I haven't seen one either. It would be a good idea, though!

[McD]

Alnico II Pro and a pedal is what I do. I've found it's easier to start with a good clean tone and add dirt/gain via pedal or amp than it is to try and clean up a hot pickup.

[Mincer]

Alnico II Pro and a pedal is what I do. I've found it's easier to start with a good clean tone and add dirt/gain via pedal or amp than it is to try and clean up a hot pickup.

This is my approach, too.