Telecaster, neck humbucker

[thucydides]

Re: Telecaster, neck humbucker

My fave Tele neck pup is the DM Virtual T Neck. Warm, yet clear sounding. It sort of reminds me of the neck position minibucker in a Les Paul Deluxe that I had years ago. That comparison is based on memory, however, not a head to head trial. It is a humbuckering pup.

 

[tele4life]

Re: Telecaster, neck humbucker

I am currently rebuilding one of my tele's and I want to put a humbucker in the neck also. I have never done any wiring before so I am kind of scared. I am trying to decide which pick up for the neck. Let us know how it turns out. I may need some help wiring when it comes time.

Good Luck

 

[sstanfield]

Re: Telecaster, neck humbucker

Lew suggested a Pearly Gates when I was trying to decide what to put in my Warmoth Thinline tele. That's what I got, and it sounds great! Thanks, Lew!

 

[lupito]

Re: Telecaster, neck humbucker

I am using an antiquity HB in the neck of my tele and could not be happier.

BTW phat cats are also very cool!

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what is the material of your tele's body? isn't the Antiquity HB (A2) a little muddy on the neck position of a tele (alder, in my experience)?

i have an A5 humbucker at the neck of an ash-bodied tele and it sound pretty clear... well i have 500k pots on those and bypassed the tone pot.

 

[1ManGarageBand]

Re: Telecaster, neck humbucker

I had a JAZZn paired with the JDb in my tele for a long time: the two of them in parallel was the best sound they made, for my money. I routed the guitar to H-S-H; the PearlyGates neck makes the best sound that ever came out of this guitar. It splits to a very close approximation of a classic tele single-coil neck sound too.