P/U For My Tele Bridge.....

[maya29]

Greetings.... Well, after 40 years of LP's, the last 6 yrs of Strats, now I finally have a Tele.
The p/u's are of unknown sources,, BUT i wanna get a cool Bridge pup for it.... A good buddy raves of his standard Broadcaster bridge & he is ONE FRIGGIN' TONECHASER.... I came upon a SD CUSTOM SHOP B'caster bridge pup, 9.3k, not part of the Bonnamassa family of fine products, but almost twice the price of a standard B'Caster, and almost 1/2 the price of JB's full set........

Anyone have any clues about this CS pup, and/or can recommend a stellar equivalent & funky as s*** bridge pup? Something with the soul of Gatton & Buchanan, perhaps? I dont want a DCR beast, as I love my middle position sounds!!

Many thanks in advance,
maya

 

[Mincer]

You can also check out the non-CS Jerry Donahue, which falls nicely between vintage and the hotter Tele pickups.

 

[maya29]

You can also check out the non-CS Jerry Donahue, which falls nicely between vintage and the hotter Tele pickups.

Cool,,,, I'm trying to figure out what this SD Custom Shop B'caster on ebay is,,, @ 9.3k is all about.... 160 bucks? wondering if it's one half of the Joe Bonna set at $310....?

 

[Artie]

You can also check out the non-CS Jerry Donahue, which falls nicely between vintage and the hotter Tele pickups.

The JD is the best Tele bridge pup I've ever heard and played.

 

[Mincer]

Cool,,,, I'm trying to figure out what this SD Custom Shop B'caster on ebay is,,, @ 9.3k is all about.... 160 bucks? wondering if it's one half of the Joe Bonna set at $310....?

Do you have the link to the one on ebay? I will say that many of pickups made in the Custom Shop are one-offs, and not standard sets.

 

[maya29]

Do you have the link to the one on ebay? I will say that many of pickups made in the Custom Shop are one-offs, and not standard sets.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1670113103...32CNjd7S3G&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Isn't 9+k a bit hot to expect twang, or is it a balance of setup & power?
thnx

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Why not go with SD's regular Vintage Broadcaster model?
IMO if you're going Custom Shop, you deserve something especially made to suit you.

For a bespoke Tele bridge, I'd actually be looking to Zhangbucker.
David will custom wind exactly what you want and his Tele pickups are terrific.

Or if you need something right away, maybe an in-stock model from Rio Grande.
Also very good stuff, priced around $120.

 

[beaubrummels]

I put a Broadcaster in my Tele and it's never left, for decades. Gigged it with all kinds of music. It ended my Tele tone chase for that one.

IMO A Custom Shop would be even better and worth the price as they are going off the actual recipe of specific pickups they've unwound and analyzed and putting those details into the pickup. (A stock model is an 'average' of all those model pickups they've analysed.). IME a stock model sounds like the record. A Custom Shop model sounds exactly like the record.

FYI resistance alone has little to do with twang.