Humbucker recommendations.

[Aceman]

You may want to look into Pearly Gates vs Pearly Gates+

That's what Fender put in the Lonestar & Special Strats that had Pearly Gates in them. A little different than a regular PG.

Where did you find examples of PG's with Texas Specials???

[Explorer84]

JB and strats, however, is always a good match, and they work better with 250K pots than other HBs

Wouldn’t the 250K make it really bright?

[Explorer84]

You may want to look into Pearly Gates vs Pearly Gates+

That's what Fender put in the Lonestar & Special Strats that had Pearly Gates in them. A little different than a regular PG.

Where did you find examples of PG's with Texas Specials???

They installed the Pearly Gates+ on the Special? I’ll definitely check that out.
I found a few samples on YouTube. I just typed in Pearly Gate with Texas Special and had a few examples pop up. Most of them were with overdrive/distortion but that is what I was looking for.

[Aceman]

Duncan Wound an A5 version of the Pearly Gates for Fender between 98 and maybe 2002 or something? At some point they either went to regular PG's or Fender branded somethings. Not a Fender guy so not sure on the details.

[jeremy]

Wouldn’t the 250K make it really bright?

a 250k pot will sound less bright than a 500k pot.

[Explorer84]

You're right. I had no idea what I was thinking at the time!