Humbuckers in Tele style guitars.

[SquireCat]

https://gbmedia.azureedge.net/userc...2_uv5ukp3co_ss.jpg?maxheight=500&maxwidth=500 I'm planning on buying this TE-202 LTD guitar, and i was wondering, are tele humbuckers different from standard humbuckers? if so, where can i buy one? I can only find standards.

PS. im new to guitars btw *blush*

 

[TVFV]

Re: Humbuckers in Tele style guitars.

No. There is the Wide Range Humbucker but those cost an arm and a leg for an accurate reproduction.

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[Diminished Triad]

Re: Humbuckers in Tele style guitars.

No. There is the Wide Range Humbucker but those cost an arm and a leg for an accurate reproduction.

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I believe Seymour Duncan's "Seth Lover" is the equivalent of Fender's Wide Range Humbucker.....

 

[SquireCat]

Re: Humbuckers in Tele style guitars.

So i cant get a new humbucker? i could get a mini humbucker like the seymour duncan little '59 or the hotrails? or i could go full BLASPHEMY and get the http://www.dimarzio.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/product_pickup/dp318bk.jpg

 

[SquireCat]

Re: Humbuckers in Tele style guitars.

ALSO forgot to mention this originally, but i am interested in a humbucker that can play metal.

 

[SquireCat]

Re: Humbuckers in Tele style guitars.

Would a blackout neck pickup work?

 

[TVFV]

Re: Humbuckers in Tele style guitars.

I believe Seymour Duncan's "Seth Lover" is the equivalent of Fender's Wide Range Humbucker.....

Those are based on the original Gibson Pafs. Seth Lover did design the original WRHB but the Seth Lover pickup is something different.

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[TVFV]

Re: Humbuckers in Tele style guitars.

For metal there is the Hot Rails for telecaster. You can put a regular humbucker in the neck slot and use the hot rails for the bridge.

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[stratguy23]

Re: Humbuckers in Tele style guitars.

The LTD guitar you linked to has a standard-sized humbucker in the neck position.

"Tele-ness" will not affect that pickup's performance. "Tele-ness" comes from the traditional recipe of brass saddles and the metal bridge surrounding the bridge pickup, which typically has a base plate.

Because of the power of the neck position, even a vintage output humbucker there will do fine for metal. I would lean towards lower output there b/c standard-sized neck humbuckers in Teles can overpower Tele bridge pickups due to wider aperture of the humbucker and inherent power of the neck position. In normal HH guitars used for metal, you'll often see high output bridge pickups like the JB and Custom paired with vintage output neck pickups like the Jazz and 59.

I would agree with the above recommendation of the Hot Rails as the best SD Tele bridge pickup for metal. A good neck humbucker match would be the Invader neck. I currently run that pair in a Tele-type guitar, and they match up well.

 

[AlexR]

Re: Humbuckers in Tele style guitars.

I believe Seymour Duncan's "Seth Lover" is the equivalent of Fender's Wide Range Humbucker.....

No, Fair to say every aspect that could be different is different.

The Seth Lover is a repro of Seth's first creation, the PAF.

OP - the sort of humbucker in the neck position is just the same as any Gibson style humbucker. Practically every 6-string Duncan humbucker is modeled on those dimensions.