How about a "Pearly Gates for tele" bridge with a mini neck?

[Curly]

I love my mahogany thinline.
It has the Antiquity II Mini with polepieces in the neck, and I get some great jazzy tones, but it can also snarl.

However, I have a regular tele bridge pickup, and balancing the two is an issue -- the bridge sounds weaker by comparison, and I have to roll the tone off a lot when I switch.

I'm using 250 pots with a .02 cap -- I don't mind those values with the neck, and I think a humbucking type tele bridge will balance better.

I got a Lil '59 recently, but I haven't tried it yet, and after searching, it seems that people have mixed feelings.
So, I'm also considering the custom shop "Pearly Gates for tele". I'd prefer to go that route rather than a rail or stack type pickup.

Anyway, I'm wondering what folks think of this combo -- the Pearly tele bridge with the mini neck.

 

[Sanford]

Re: How about a "Pearly Gates for tele" bridge with a mini neck?

Try the '59 first since you already have one.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: How about a "Pearly Gates for tele" bridge with a mini neck?

+1

Another thing to consider is that the PG for Tele is intended for an Ash or Alder bodied guitar. At least, with the L'il '59, you should get enough midrange to compensate for the hollow Mahogany body.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: How about a "Pearly Gates for tele" bridge with a mini neck?

I've never tried the PG for tele, but the PGb and PG+ get along swimmingly with a SM-1n that I have in an Epi Alleykat.

 

[hamerfan]

Re: How about a "Pearly Gates for tele" bridge with a mini neck?

I have the same problem with a tele: Broadcaster pickup in the Bridge, P90 in the neck. I tone the P90 down with an 500k resistor combined with a 100 pF cap in parallel. This makes the P90 lower in volume but retains the highs (otherwise mud city). It works and its cheap but maybe its not the bees knees.