Anybody Else Like Tele Bridge Pickups In A Strat?
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beaubrummels
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Re: Anybody Else Like Tele Bridge Pickups In A Strat?
Isn’t this why the twangbanger was invented? (Or am I mixing that up the other way around?)
Isn’t this why the twangbanger was invented? (Or am I mixing that up the other way around?)
beaubrummels
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Re: Anybody Else Like Tele Bridge Pickups In A Strat?
Tele pickups are a thicker almost Humbucker sound. They have a metal baseplate that I believe was originally to reduce noise, but it also changes the sound compared to normal stat pickups.
Tele pickups are a thicker almost Humbucker sound. They have a metal baseplate that I believe was originally to reduce noise, but it also changes the sound compared to normal stat pickups.
Re: Anybody Else Like Tele Bridge Pickups In A Strat?
I think the unique design of a Tele pickup provides some 'Tele-ness' in a Strat. If course the other part of the equation is the Tele bridge (it helps to play music you associate with a Tele). I think the Twang Banger does a respectable job getting that sound, though.
I think the unique design of a Tele pickup provides some 'Tele-ness' in a Strat. If course the other part of the equation is the Tele bridge (it helps to play music you associate with a Tele). I think the Twang Banger does a respectable job getting that sound, though.
dr.barlo
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Re: Anybody Else Like Tele Bridge Pickups In A Strat?
My 01 Mary Kay strat... Bought it from the bankruptcy sale of Mars for like 400 dollars way back when. Swamp ash body, very light, very resonant... And have been using it ever since.
Bridge:
Neck:
I've used a Duncan JD in the bridge for quite a while. But then a2 sorta started feeling too soft. I tried a Broadcaster and I did not click with that sucker. So ended up getting a Hamel Broadcaster (alnico 3) way back from some connections over in the TDPRI. Used it for quite a long time until it died on me. I had gotten the pickup with Ron's help back then, then he was kind enough to rewind that pickup. But sadly the rewound version also died on me. But while getting it rewound by him, I've got his 10K Broadcaster and that's what I have now. Now I hear his (Ron's) waiting list is quite long...
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My 01 Mary Kay strat... Bought it from the bankruptcy sale of Mars for like 400 dollars way back when. Swamp ash body, very light, very resonant... And have been using it ever since.
Bridge:
Neck:
I've used a Duncan JD in the bridge for quite a while. But then a2 sorta started feeling too soft. I tried a Broadcaster and I did not click with that sucker. So ended up getting a Hamel Broadcaster (alnico 3) way back from some connections over in the TDPRI. Used it for quite a long time until it died on me. I had gotten the pickup with Ron's help back then, then he was kind enough to rewind that pickup. But sadly the rewound version also died on me. But while getting it rewound by him, I've got his 10K Broadcaster and that's what I have now. Now I hear his (Ron's) waiting list is quite long...
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eclecticsynergy
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Re: Anybody Else Like Tele Bridge Pickups In A Strat?
RioGrande makes one called the Stelly that mounts in a Strat pickguard without modification.
Same 8.5K/A5 wind as the Tele bridge they call the Muy Grande, which kicks butt in one of my Teles.
I like Rios; have a few of their humbucker models too.
RioGrande makes one called the Stelly that mounts in a Strat pickguard without modification.
Same 8.5K/A5 wind as the Tele bridge they call the Muy Grande, which kicks butt in one of my Teles.
I like Rios; have a few of their humbucker models too.
Nsatke81
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Re: Anybody Else Like Tele Bridge Pickups In A Strat?
I have the Stelly in a us strat. It’s a killer pickup. It doesn’t sound exactly like a tele, but comes very close. I am also a fan of the Rios...have singles, p-90s and Hums in a couple guitars
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I have the Stelly in a us strat. It’s a killer pickup. It doesn’t sound exactly like a tele, but comes very close. I am also a fan of the Rios...have singles, p-90s and Hums in a couple guitars
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eclecticsynergy
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Re: Anybody Else Like Tele Bridge Pickups In A Strat?
Yah, I love the Muy Grande Tele set. Have a TallBreed hybrid humbucker too; two true singlecoils on one baseplate. Sounds perfect split, though the series tone is pluckier than I really like for a humbucker.
Also have a TX/BBQ set that came stock in a McNaught - they aren't going anywhere. Good stuff.
Yah, I love the Muy Grande Tele set. Have a TallBreed hybrid humbucker too; two true singlecoils on one baseplate. Sounds perfect split, though the series tone is pluckier than I really like for a humbucker.
Also have a TX/BBQ set that came stock in a McNaught - they aren't going anywhere. Good stuff.
Nsatke81
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Re: Anybody Else Like Tele Bridge Pickups In A Strat?
I have the genuine Texas and bbq set in a 98 jackson sls.i have some tall boy hum buckets laying around unused. I got a big bastard set in an epi les Paul which slays after a fret leveling and a tall boy, talllboy rwrp stelly set in a us strat. I really like the way they respond. It’s a real thick tone but still musical and not lacking in dynamics.
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I have the genuine Texas and bbq set in a 98 jackson sls.i have some tall boy hum buckets laying around unused. I got a big bastard set in an epi les Paul which slays after a fret leveling and a tall boy, talllboy rwrp stelly set in a us strat. I really like the way they respond. It’s a real thick tone but still musical and not lacking in dynamics.
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Re: Anybody Else Like Tele Bridge Pickups In A Strat?
I can see the rationale for it. I like my strat to be stratty, and my tele to be a tele, and I'm fortunate enough to have both. What I like about tele bridge pickups by design (and I have a tex-mex set, so this isn't like some special custom thing, all proper tele pickups should behave this way), is how responsive and chameleon-like they are. when the vol and tone are on full, it's a brittle twanger. and when the vol and tone are rolled off a bit and you crank your amp volume/gain and set the tone accordingly, it'll get fat. FAT. like gibson-esque territory. Not that strat single-coils don't have range, but they don't do what a tele bridge will do. In many ways, it's more versatile than a strat single or a humbucker.
Having said that, a tele isn't my favorite guitar to play, so I can see putting one in a strat and letting the strat single coils shine in what they do (when I use a traditional strat, the bride pickup is the least-used position), use the tele bridge for it's goods, and you've got a very versatile guitar.
I can see the rationale for it. I like my strat to be stratty, and my tele to be a tele, and I'm fortunate enough to have both. What I like about tele bridge pickups by design (and I have a tex-mex set, so this isn't like some special custom thing, all proper tele pickups should behave this way), is how responsive and chameleon-like they are. when the vol and tone are on full, it's a brittle twanger. and when the vol and tone are rolled off a bit and you crank your amp volume/gain and set the tone accordingly, it'll get fat. FAT. like gibson-esque territory. Not that strat single-coils don't have range, but they don't do what a tele bridge will do. In many ways, it's more versatile than a strat single or a humbucker.
Having said that, a tele isn't my favorite guitar to play, so I can see putting one in a strat and letting the strat single coils shine in what they do (when I use a traditional strat, the bride pickup is the least-used position), use the tele bridge for it's goods, and you've got a very versatile guitar.
dr.barlo
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dr.barlo
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Re: Anybody Else Like Tele Bridge Pickups In A Strat?
For the record, it's Hamel's. Ron just rewound the thing...
I simply dunno. So in both instances (after Hamel wound it back when) it died within a year or so. Not right away. So I thought maybe an issue with rust. Because it's gotta be something that kills the pickup slowly you know.
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For the record, it's Hamel's. Ron just rewound the thing...
I simply dunno. So in both instances (after Hamel wound it back when) it died within a year or so. Not right away. So I thought maybe an issue with rust. Because it's gotta be something that kills the pickup slowly you know.
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