Pickups for Telecaster alder body solid ebony neck

[Randy Pears]

Today I will receive from Warmoth these two parts.
What kind of pickups would be best for a Telecaster Alder body with solid ebony neck?

It probably will be pretty punchy and bright sounding? So maybe pickups who doesn't sound to bright..? Or should that not be a to much of a problem.
I really like the sound of the APTL-3JD Jerry Donahue Model. But maybe it is to bright for this setup?

I'm playing mostly blues/country like style. I gravitate to the sound of josh smith and kirk fletcher.
Ofcourse their sound is mosty coming from their fingers and their guitars are made from diffrent wood then what I will get today.
Anyway...is there any pickup what would come close to their sound in this kind of setup? full, round, open but still punchy and bity.

Any suggestions I would really appreciate it.

Thank you

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[AlexR]

Re: Pickups for Telecaster alder body solid ebony neck

I'd go for a Jerry Donahue bridge pickup, and maybe a vintage style neck pickup.

Its going to be hard to know the precise tonal balance, but you can always tinker with volume pot K rating and cap value

 

[elelpe]

Re: Pickups for Telecaster alder body solid ebony neck

JD? Why not? It's one of the best tele bridge pickup out there and I'd say it would deliver what you want from a tele bridge pickup. I wouldn't be worried about alder and ebony thingy. What do you want from the neck pickup? If you want meatier sound and your tele has standard pickup route (so no option for P-90, mini or hb here), you can go with QP neck.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Pickups for Telecaster alder body solid ebony neck

I'd go for a Jerry Donahue bridge pickup...

Me too. In fact, I did.

If possible, I'd go for an alnico 5 Strat pickup for the neck pickup. I did that too.

But I would not go for a RW/RP neck pickup.

I'm convinced that Strats and Teles sound more resonant if I avoid using a RW/RP pickup even though I do give up humcancelling when the two pickups are combined.

Pretty much everyone agrees that 50's and 60's Teles sound better than new ones and I'm convinced that not using a RW/RP pickup is one of the reasons.

 

[Randy Pears]

Re: Pickups for Telecaster alder body solid ebony neck

Thank you guys for your posts.

The neck and vintage white body arrived yesterday in good condition. What a great neck.
So it is going to be an ebony ivory thing...tortoise pickguard would be nice.
I also came across the APTL-1/APTR-1 what, to my ear, sounded a little bit sweeter than JD..a little bit less highend.
What do you thinks guys anyone have any experience with the JD and the APTL-1/APTR-1 difference in this kind of wood high end setting?

I think it is right to say that with JD you can 't go wrong. But I'm not looking for a ice-pick sound. I like a bity sound with body.

Thank you for sharing.

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[Chocklit_Thunda]

Re: Pickups for Telecaster alder body solid ebony neck

I'm still at the solid ebony neck! �� that thing must be amazing!

 

[Randy Pears]

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[AlexR]

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Awesome! First solid ebony neck I've seen.

Ebony has an immediate attack, but it doesn't have the same presence as maple, so I don't think you'd be too different to an alder tele with 1 piece maple neck.

I had a MIM/warmoth parts tele which I fitted with a JD bridge and a twisted tele neck. The latter is a tele neck pickup that is designed to sound and react more like a typical strat neck pickup. To my ears it did what it said. I liked the tones from that combo whilst I owned that guitar.

 

[Randy Pears]

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[gordon_39422]

Re: Pickups for Telecaster alder body solid ebony neck

You can take your time and put a KILLER inlay in that headstock. If you should accidentally overcut the inlay route, ebony dust and super glue make for a near seamless touchup!