Best stratty-sounding neck pickup for a tele?

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StuartMac290StuartMac290 Frets: 1428
I want to swap out the neck pickup on a Tele that's been high-strung, because the stock Tele one that's in there just now lacks sparkle in this application, and I really want a good strat pickup instead. Ideas?
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  • DrBobDrBob Frets: 2998
    Oil City Californian
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  • interstellarinterstellar Frets: 486
    lollar royal T, or Klein equivalent
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  • lovestrat74lovestrat74 Frets: 2489
    Twisted Tele
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  • flying_pieflying_pie Frets: 1806
    Get a new pickguard with the space to fit a Strat neck pickup instead a Tele pickup
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  • robinbowesrobinbowes Frets: 3021
    Get a new pickguard with the space to fit a Strat neck pickup instead a Tele pickup
    This.
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  • p90foolp90fool Frets: 31368
    Get a new pickguard with the space to fit a Strat neck pickup instead a Tele pickup
    Yep, did that to mine, it balances much better with the bridge pickup.




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  • StuartMac290StuartMac290 Frets: 1428
    Any off the shelf replacement pickguards around that do this?
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  • AlegreeAlegree Frets: 665
    tFB Trader
    You can get dead on Strat tones out of Tele neck pickups if you have the right one.
    Alegree pickups & guitar supplies - www.alegree.co.uk
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  • OilCityPickupsOilCityPickups Frets: 9984
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    Alegree said:
    You can get dead on Strat tones out of Tele neck pickups if you have the right one.
    Quite so
    Professional pickup winder, horse-testpilot and recovering Chocolate Hobnob addict.
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  • StuartMac290StuartMac290 Frets: 1428
    Alegree said:
    You can get dead on Strat tones out of Tele neck pickups if you have the right one.
    The right one being...?
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  • AlegreeAlegree Frets: 665
    tFB Trader
    Alegree said:
    You can get dead on Strat tones out of Tele neck pickups if you have the right one.
    The right one being...?
    Anything that's uncovered, 42 AWG and has long magnets.
    The right one being whatever your taste leads you too.
    Alegree pickups & guitar supplies - www.alegree.co.uk
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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10337
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • chris78chris78 Frets: 9166
    Twisted Tele
    This
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