Best telecaster bridge pickup?

Started by kirky, September 22, 2013, 01:45:19 AM

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kirky

Gotta squier classic vibe and thinking of changing it up.

Chovie D

I changed my chinese p-90's out for some expensive lollars and they sound exactly the same.
on the other hand, i changed the crappy minibuckers in my 72 SG out for lollars and it was an amazing improvement.
my point is maybe stay with whats in there?

there is a telecaster forum that would have this question answered far better than I can .
Its a pretty good forum actually.
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/index.php


showdown

The GFS Professional series Tele pickups are cheap and sound really good. Or check eBay for Fender Nocasters or Texas Specials.

Baltar

I second that. I've never had one bad GFS pup.
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Instant Dan

- Fender CS Texas Specials

- Dimarzio choppers

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Jake

The consensus from Tele people on the web is that the Squier CV pickups are already not only good, but better than many stock pickups and a lot of replacement pups.

http://tidywords.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/tonerider-pickups-vs-squier-classic-vibe-pickups/

But I guess the question is what is the pickup lacking that you'd like to get in a new one? That could help narrow it down in terms of a recommendation.
poop.

mulekicker

What Jake said. It used to be that when u picked up a Squier anything or a mim you'd want to swap pickups, but those cv's sound good. I had a Lindy Fralin steel pole bridge pickup in a tele awhile back and loved it, but dont swap em out cause u think you have to. Only if you think they're lacking something.

Ancient

If you want silent but still retaining the tele twang the GFS Neovin series are awesome. I used one in the bridge of my 72 Tele custom and loved it, even in drop A# it had clarity and bite, plus it sounded amazing with high gain.

harm.on.x

Quote from: Instant Dan on September 23, 2013, 10:00:03 AM
- Dimarzio choppers

+1. It's not a traditional Tele sounding pickup though. I love mine. It has the fatness of a humbucker with the note definition of a single coil. And no hum!

kirky

I went ahead and got a gfs neovin "power rock" bridge pickup. Haven't installed it yet. I haven't had the time yet and I'm kinda digging the stock pickup more. Should I tear into it or return it? Anyone tried the same pickup? I've been reading some very mixed reviews and I'm having second thoughts....Ancient?