SD Humbucker pair for a Telecaster

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Fireheart7

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Hi everyone,

I would like to bear your thoughts on what Humbucker pair would you put on a Telecaster.

I would like to be able to coil split for close to telecaster tones. While the Humbucker tones are a bit more modern, mid gain to mid-high gain. Looking for versatility to play from P&W to Rock.

What would you suggest?
 
Re: SD Humbucker pair for a Telecaster

welcome to the forum!

youll never get real tele tones from split buckers. with that out of the way, there are plenty of good options. the jb/jazz set was the original buckers in a tele set. splitting buckers like the jb usually works out fairly well since you still have a decent amount of output. i have a few tele style guitars with buckers, no one will confuse the split tones for an actual tele but they work just fine live
 
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Thank you for the info!

Would you recommend a Humbucker with a steeper treble curve?
I was looking at the StagMag on the website.

Wondering if anyone has tried it on a Tele style guitar.
 
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the single coil sound of the stagmag is very good. sounds like an alnico 2 strat pup. the humbucker tones are quite different than a "normal" bucker
 
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jeremy said:
the single coil sound of the stagmag is very good. sounds like an alnico 2 strat pup. the humbucker tones are quite different than a "normal" bucker
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Awesome, different is good for this project guitar👍.
Will need to check if they can make it with a metal cover.
This for the bridge.
 
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I've never seen a Stag Mag with a cover...it would have to have 2 rows of holes.
 
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In my experience, make sure that you use standard tele-style bridge (preferably 3-piece saddles) since it's a huge factor in order to get close to tele-sounds. Different bridge designs won't get you the same twang and snarl from your bridge pickup. Stag Mag is the most obvious choice here.
 
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Mincer said:
I've never seen a Stag Mag with a cover...it would have to have 2 rows of holes.
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I've always wondered about this sort of thing - Like putting a closed cover over something like the Stagmag or P-RAILS - I want to try it!
 
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Shooweri said:
In my experience, make sure that you use standard tele-style bridge (preferably 3-piece saddles) since it's a huge factor in order to get close to tele-sounds. Different bridge designs won't get you the same twang and snarl from your bridge pickup. Stag Mag is the most obvious choice here.
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Yeah, I think the 3 piece brass saddles give it more twang, and they have a different feel too!

I've had a Pearly Gates in a thineline tele and it sounded great! I particularly like the Pearly gates in Fenders - Strats and Teles. I really want to try a 59neck with Pearly Gates bridge!
 
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