Tele bridge pickup identificaton, aggressive raw tele pickup for clear metal

[kace]

Hi

1. Please see attachments - it looks like 54 pickup to me but I am not sure. I cant find my meter to check the resistance

Never owned tele before, so I am going to try some other pickups just to see how it changes sound in tele.
But first I'd like to know which one I have and I hope somebody could help me with that.


2. I want to try some other pickup - a little beefier/bigger sounding with good note sparation for metal.
By metal I mean aggresive, raw angry sound, not dark thick full of gain one.

What I like about current pickup: it is very tight, aggressive, raw.
What I don't like: a little too middy/trebly, when alternating bass E/D strings - note separation is just ok, it is better with humbuckers (notes are beefier still separated).

I am just a crazy gear collectioner, here is some sample:

So I just like simple aggressive riffs, so if you know pickup which might make it even better then I'd be grateful for recommendations

I liked 52 sample on the website, dirty setting the best LOL - sounds loud, bassy yet clear.
Though I wonder - if my pickup is 54 (it sounds warm on dirty samples), then I guess I also need something quite to avoid harsh sound.
From high gainers it seems that quarter pounder has nice clean lows though highs seem flat

I didn't like Jim Root Tele with EMGs though, I prefer mid-hot pickups with heavy picking/more gain, so definitely not EMG's - sounded too boxy and harsh.


BTW. Is there any particular reason to have exposed pickup wires? I never seen such thing, I think they might be at least covered with some wax or sth for protection (rather against user error than air etc)

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Re: Tele bridge pickup identificaton, aggressive raw tele pickup for clear metal

I'd agree that it's an STL-1, based on the pole stagger. The 'R' is the initial of the person who wound it.

The pu is wax potted, then wrapped in cotton thread - it's a vintage correct thing.

If you're interested in the QP, making it tappable would give you access to lower output sounds.

 

[treyhaislip]

Re: Tele bridge pickup identificaton, aggressive raw tele pickup for clear metal

I don't think of Teles for the Metal genre BUT...I would recommend a SD Hotrails (high output with incredible harmonics, some say it is a warmer pickup which will be great for your issues with the high trebles...great way to make your Tele rock) or a Bill Lawrence L48T (superbly clear and articulate.)