humbucker to match tele single in neck ?

[cheameup]

heya

so my cole clark tele knock off got frankensteined into metal machine for the past few years with 2 humbuckers ,500k pots etc

I am in the process of turning it back into a tele . new 250k pots and all . I am putting a fender no-caster single coil in the neck in which I got cheap . the bridge is humbucker route so I am weighing up either getting a lower output bucker that with 250 pots will match the neck tone wise or getting a new bridge . rather not drop the cash on a new bridge right now


the tone for this guitar I want to be vintage clean sounds , which is really out of my knowledge zone when it comes to pick up choices . will the humbucker work ? any bucker tips would be looked into

I have a jazz neck lying around. as a trial I was thinking of putting that in the bridge for now to see how it goes . dumb idea ?

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: humbucker to match tele single in neck ?

yeah the jazz will be fine. Excellent even. There are other pickups that would be cool too, but none of them would necessarily be "better". The jazz also has the advantage or being bright and not hot, so it is a good choice to go with a tele nocaster bridge. Heck...throw in a push pull coil split and you are golden.
Try using 500k pots all round, and then adding a 510k resistor to the nocaster pickup so that it sounds like it is running thru a 250k pot.

question...will a real single coil tele bridge plate cover the humbucker hole? If so, It is worth the investment. They make a big difference to the twang sound. I know they are not cheap, but the intonated 3 saddle bridges from both gotoh and joe barden are beautifully engineered and much nicer sounding, feeling and less feedback prone than their fender counterparts. They trays are flatter and smoother and vibrate less than fender ones. Gotoh, for the vintage tone because of its thinner ashtray for more twang, and barden because it is thicker and has a deeper modern tone. Both are excellent.