Strat bridge like Tele

[fournij]

Hi

I'm looking for a Strat bridge remplacement pickup. I putted a SD Hot Rail but it's sound to close to a Les Paul. I want something close to the Telecaster's bridge sound.

Does anyone have suggestions ? Seymour Duncan or other...

Of course it should fits into a normal single coil slot...

Thanks to all

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

There's only one: the Duncan Twangbanger. It's a fabulous bridge pickup and rapidly becoming my favorite hot Stratocaster bridge pickup.

It's one of the strongest single coil Strat pickups if not THE strongest I've ever used and it has a tone that's similar to the Duncan AntiquityI Tele lead pickup. Not quite as fat but it's a Strat size pickup not a Tele size pickup.

It gets closer to the tone of a vintage early 50's Tele pickup than anything else I've tried.

It has a metal baseplate too, just like vintage Tele bridge pickup.

 

[flank]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

+1 in all aspects, coolest strat bridge replacement

 

[itbepopples]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

what is the eqing like on the twangbanger? im guessing lots of treble and not much bass or mids?

 

[flank]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

growly mids, and adequate bass......treble is actual perfect for me, no icepick at all for a strat bridge pickup.......overall thick sound full volume, roll vol back and the mids go away a bit and the pickup gets real sweet and tele like..........all the way it up it reminds me alot of Zep I with any overdrive

 

[mrid]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

all the way it up it reminds me alot of Zep I with any overdrive

Definitely. I also hear some early EVH, as odd as that may sound.

 

[flank]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

the EVH thing actually came to my mind as i was playing it the other day........seriously

the custom shop EVH humbucker does kind of have similar specs as the TB, despite the obvious difference in type of pickup, but i can see that comparison

 

[dr.barlo]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

Or better yet, try this.

B

 

[Butch Snyder]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

Or better yet, try this.

B

Yep, that would work Dr. B....

You can basically take most any Strat pickup and attach a baseplate underneath it. I have done it with a number of pickups. Lindy FRalin does it. My EBMM Albert Lee guitar had a baseplate underneath the bridge pickup and it sounded just like an APTL-1 Alnico II Pro Tele bridge pickup. It was, in fact, an APS-2. You do need to make sure that the baseplate is tight to the bottom of the pickup. It can make the pickup squeal if it'snot.

 

[dr.barlo]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

Yep, that would work Dr. B....

You can basically take most any Strat pickup and attach a baseplate underneath it. I have done it with a number of pickups. Lindy FRalin does it. My EBMM Albert Lee guitar had a baseplate underneath the bridge pickup and it sounded just like an APTL-1 Alnico II Pro Tele bridge pickup. It was, in fact, an APS-2. You do need to make sure that the baseplate is tight to the bottom of the pickup. It can make the pickup squeal if it'snot.

Right on! In fact I think a rio grande stelly (muy grande tele lead to fit a strat bridge position) with a fralin baseplate does a real good job. Still the fralin blues sp tele lead in my MK white strat does a better job, I'd say.

B

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

Yep, that would work Dr. B....

You can basically take most any Strat pickup and attach a baseplate underneath it. I have done it with a number of pickups. Lindy FRalin does it. My EBMM Albert Lee guitar had a baseplate underneath the bridge pickup and it sounded just like an APTL-1 Alnico II Pro Tele bridge pickup. It was, in fact, an APS-2. You do need to make sure that the baseplate is tight to the bottom of the pickup. It can make the pickup squeal if it'snot.

You guys know I use and love some of Lindy's pickups. Still, the Duncan Twangbanger is something differant and putting a Fralin Baseplate on one of Lindy's Strat bridge pickups, like the Vintage Hot or Blues Special, will not give you the same thing as a Duncan Twangbanger.

The tone of the Twangbanger is deeper, thicker, ballsier and has more output and pushes my amp harder than just about any other Strat bridge pickup I've tried.

Also, the Twangbanger is an alnico 2 pickup...Lindy never uses alnico 2.

And Doc, I wish you'd stop posting the picture of your Tele-Strater! :smack: After seeing that pic last time, I thought I made one just like it...but mine doesn't look nearly as cool! :laugh2: I forgot the tortoise pickguard...I had mine made mint green. Now I see what I did wrong. :smack:

Lew

 

[fournij]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

Thanks to all of you, I guest I will try it...

Last question :
Does it Hum Canceling ? Because I will use it with a High Gain amp...

What is your noise and hum experienced with this pickup ?

thanks again

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

Thanks to all of you, I guest I will try it...

Last question :
Does it Hum Canceling ? Because I will use it with a High Gain amp...

What is your noise and hum experienced with this pickup ?

thanks again

It is humcancelling if combined with a middle pickup that is RW/RP relative to the Twangbanger. Like a APS-1 or APS-2 RW/RP. Otherwise: no. The Twangbanger is a single coil and will behave like any other single coil. It is not a humbucker.

 

[fournij]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

Did someone tried the "Lace Sensor Burgundy" ?

 

[Guitar Toad]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

You guys sure glow when talking about the TwangBanger. You may have talked me into one. Even though I was thinking about going with the Lil '59 or JBJr

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

You guys sure glow when talking about the TwangBanger. You may have talked me into one. Even though I was thinking about going with the Lil '59 or JBJr

I've used them all at one time or another in the bridge position of the exact same guitar: my '88 MIJ '57 RI Strat. The Twangbanger is my favorite.

 

[fournij]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

One of my friend suggest me the Duckbuckers ... What is your opinion ?

As I see by your feedback and the reviews, the twangbanger should be the better choise...

I play alternative garage rock (DIRTY !!!), I have already a Les Paul for big fat sound and I'm looking for something close to the Telecaster bridge sound on my Stratocaster. I realy realy like the mid pickup of my americain strat (noiseless pickup), and my strat as well.
I use a Mesa Dual Rect, in vintage and modern mode (no full gain, I like to hear the real sound of my guitar).

With these new inputs, do you have any comments ?

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

One of my friend suggest me the Duckbuckers ... What is your opinion ?

As I see by your feedback and the reviews, the twangbanger should be the better choise...

I play alternative garage rock (DIRTY !!!), I have already a Les Paul for big fat sound and I'm looking for something close to the Telecaster bridge sound on my Stratocaster. I realy realy like the mid pickup of my americain strat (noiseless pickup), and my strat as well.
I use a Mesa Dual Rect, in vintage and modern mode (no full gain, I like to hear the real sound of my guitar).

With these new inputs, do you have any comments ?

The Duckbuckers are neck and middle pickups, and not generally used as a bridge pickup. They are like the Vintage Rails pickups only with adjustable polepieces.

Jennifer Batten uses the Duckbuckers with a JB JR. bridge pickup.

I'd rather have a set of APS-2's and a Twangbanger...wait a minute. I do! :laugh2:

Or at least I did up until a week or so ago. My nephew fell in love with my Strat with that set so I gave it to him. But I'll be putting together another one.

 

[Kelsey]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

I have the Twangbanger in a Strat, and I agree that it's a great Strat bridge pickup, but I don't think it really sounds like a good Tele bridge pickup. Although it has a Tele flavor and a great tone, it's definitely still a Strat pickup.

I am beginning to think that the key features that give the Tele bridge pickup it's characteristic tone are the particular gemoetry of the pickup (a bigger coil than a Strat pup, but a smaller coil than a P90) and the fact that it is mounted to a rigid metal bridge plate rather than a plastic pickguard. I no longer think the baseplate is the key, as indicated by the lack of a baseplate on some great Tele lead pups like the STL-2, as well as the different tone that a Strat pup with baseplate has relative to a Tele lead pup. And although the particular metal material of which the bridge and saddles are made will affect the tone to some degree, a Tele still sounds like some variety of Tele despite variations in the metals used.

 

[fournij]

Re: Strat bridge like Tele

I finally bought a Twang Banger but I got microphonic high feedback, it's impossible to turn the amp up...

I have a noise suppressor, but when I'm playing a lot of high feedback append.

Did someone tried the wax ? Or any suggestions...

I think that the copperplated baseplate must be free of vibration to cure the problem.

Am I wrong ?