telecasters: neck humbucker vs. neck lipstick tube
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Lewguitar
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Re: telecasters: neck humbucker vs. neck lipstick tube
I think a neck humbucker overpowers a bridge single coil so I like the stock Tele neck pickup best.
I like the tone of a stock Tele neck pickup combined with the stock bridhe pickups for playing chimey rythym stuff.
Lew
I think a neck humbucker overpowers a bridge single coil so I like the stock Tele neck pickup best.
I like the tone of a stock Tele neck pickup combined with the stock bridhe pickups for playing chimey rythym stuff.
Lew
Sprinter
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Re: telecasters: neck humbucker vs. neck lipstick tube
I prefer a humbucker. My choice would be a Seymour Duncan, Seth Lover or a Gibson minihumbucker. A buddy of mine played old school country for years with a tele that had a DiMarzio, Super Distortion in the neck position.
Sprinter
I prefer a humbucker. My choice would be a Seymour Duncan, Seth Lover or a Gibson minihumbucker. A buddy of mine played old school country for years with a tele that had a DiMarzio, Super Distortion in the neck position.
Sprinter
joelap
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Re: telecasters: neck humbucker vs. neck lipstick tube
I'd vote for a stock tele neck pickup, but a humbucker with the option to be split into a single might be better for versatility, but its hard to beat the tone of a tele bridge and tele neck pickup together for certain applications.
I'd vote for a stock tele neck pickup, but a humbucker with the option to be split into a single might be better for versatility, but its hard to beat the tone of a tele bridge and tele neck pickup together for certain applications.
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firebirdVII
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Re: telecasters: neck humbucker vs. neck lipstick tube
The best clean sounds I've ever heard were out of a tele. It was the perfect combination of full and smooth, just perfect, didn't even get shrill with a slide, just got glassy. Not the same as rolling the tone off, more subtle.
At any rate, that's a tough call, I won't even vote because it's too tough.
joelap said:
The best clean sounds I've ever heard were out of a tele. It was the perfect combination of full and smooth, just perfect, didn't even get shrill with a slide, just got glassy. Not the same as rolling the tone off, more subtle.
At any rate, that's a tough call, I won't even vote because it's too tough.
Jeroen
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Re: telecasters: neck humbucker vs. neck lipstick tube
Mind you the Tele neck singlecoil is NOT a lipstick tube! It's just a 6-pole singlecoil with a chrome cover. This is what a Tele pickup looks like underneath that cover:
A lipstick pickups has an alnico bar magnet and coil wrapped in brown vinyl tape (the original Danelectro ones). The pickup guts were placed inside surplus, chrome plated, lipstick tubes, kinda like pictured here:
Mind you the Tele neck singlecoil is NOT a lipstick tube! It's just a 6-pole singlecoil with a chrome cover. This is what a Tele pickup looks like underneath that cover:
A lipstick pickups has an alnico bar magnet and coil wrapped in brown vinyl tape (the original Danelectro ones). The pickup guts were placed inside surplus, chrome plated, lipstick tubes, kinda like pictured here:
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Lewguitar
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Re: telecasters: neck humbucker vs. neck lipstick tube
It's weak and a little muffled, IMO, but all Teles sound differant, even with the same model pickups.
But combined with the bridge pickup a stock Tele neck pickup gets a beautiful full chimey tone for rythym and chords.
I like a Tele neck pickup that's just a little clearer, hotter and brighter than a stock one.
Lew
Jazz Rock said:
It's weak and a little muffled, IMO, but all Teles sound differant, even with the same model pickups.
But combined with the bridge pickup a stock Tele neck pickup gets a beautiful full chimey tone for rythym and chords.
I like a Tele neck pickup that's just a little clearer, hotter and brighter than a stock one.
Lew
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Lewguitar
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Re: telecasters: neck humbucker vs. neck lipstick tube
Oh yeah! :laugh2: I used Fralin Blues Specials for a long time and that's a neck pickup with no cover and the tone and output of a vintage Strat neck pickup.
These days I've been using Joe Barden pickups in one Tele and a Barden bridge pickup with a Duncan Surfer Strat or Classic Stack Plus neck pickup in my other Tele.
Lew
Jeroen said:Have you ever tried a Tele neck pickup without the chrome cover? You might be in for a little treat
Oh yeah! :laugh2: I used Fralin Blues Specials for a long time and that's a neck pickup with no cover and the tone and output of a vintage Strat neck pickup.
These days I've been using Joe Barden pickups in one Tele and a Barden bridge pickup with a Duncan Surfer Strat or Classic Stack Plus neck pickup in my other Tele.
Lew
dani
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Re: telecasters: neck humbucker vs. neck lipstick tube
love a neck bucker for warm and smooth lead while the output of even a vintage style pickup will overpower that of a tele bridge unless its wound hotter but you'll lose the organic feel and tone.
nothing beats the in-between position of a tele bridge and neck for rhythm work. the chime is to die for. but the tone of a tele neck on its own is not in the same league as a bucker.
that said, how about a neck bucker that will sound as close as a neck single when split and will produce the same chime as that of a tele bridge and tele/strat neck combined?
or maybe a tele bridge and neck wired in series with a 4-way switch to approximate a bucker will work better?
love a neck bucker for warm and smooth lead while the output of even a vintage style pickup will overpower that of a tele bridge unless its wound hotter but you'll lose the organic feel and tone.
nothing beats the in-between position of a tele bridge and neck for rhythm work. the chime is to die for. but the tone of a tele neck on its own is not in the same league as a bucker.
that said, how about a neck bucker that will sound as close as a neck single when split and will produce the same chime as that of a tele bridge and tele/strat neck combined?
or maybe a tele bridge and neck wired in series with a 4-way switch to approximate a bucker will work better?
