Anyone tried the pearly gates for tele?

[jeremy]

This the new Pearly Gates for tele in my tele thinline. It is coupled with Benson in the neck position. Tone is limited by a fixed push pull volume with the second volume for the Fishman accoustic. The PG performs well, giving a decent bark, limited by high threshold of my Blues Deluxe. The neck has higher output than the PG so needs adjusting when you change. So I get 3 distinctiv

tell me about the neck pup? the lil pg should have plenty of output, how far from the strings is it?

 

[CK71]

I also have a lil PG in a tele and love it. It can bark and is fairly versatile. I have used it with a full sized 59 and a full sized PG in the neck. It balances EQ wise well with each but is a little under powered so it needs to be close to the strings. Prior to the lil PG I had a lil 59 in the guitar. The lil 59 is louder and has a lot more mids. I like the lil PG better than the lil 59 mainly because I could get better clean tones. I having been doing some pickup swaps and plan to switch the lil PG to a tele with a twisted tele in the neck. I bet that will balance volume and tone wise really well.

 

[SeymourTerry]

The Benson neck pickup is higher output than the new PG tele which is medium. I may try moving it closer to see if that changes things. Still, I get that tele high frequency bite with a milder pearly gates bark while the Fishman piezo gives a quality acoustic tone. The new design of this PG tele is a tad larger than the usual bridge pickup so cavity installation is a struggle. Interesting to hear other users efforts.