Humbucker For A Tele

gubble

I've just purchased a Vintage V62 tele. Very impressed with it and going to be using it as my main gigging guitar. With this in mind i'm thinking about fitting a humbucker in the rear. I don't want to spoil the look of the guitar or have to modify it so i'm thinking a single coil sized humbucker for the tele would be best.

Any reccomendations?

Also going to put a black pickguard on it 

octatonic

Depends- it is always a compromise.

There are no single coil sized pickups that sound the same as a humbucker.

All of the stacks and rails pretty much suck IMHO.

The soul of a Tele really is down to that back pickup- in the last 20 years of playing Tele's I've come to accept that and mostly put in beefy singles rather than try to get it to be something that it is not.

I have a Harmonic Designs Super 90 which is essentially a P90 style in a Tele single coil casing that sounds great with gain, preserves the tone of a Tele but sounds more ROCK!

http://www.harmonicdesign.net/allpages/teles.html

Otherwise Barden do a great modern T rails type pickup.

Go for 'modern', not the Gatton.

http://jbepickups.com/t-styles/

grungebob

Duncan 1/4 pounder would work well too

JackGriffiths

Depends what you're after exactly - I'd suggest the DiMarzio Area Hot T if you want traditional Tele tone with a little more bulk, body, output and the ability to get 'PAF'-ish. If you want something in the more typical Humbucker tonal range, try the Chopper T.

siraxeman

plenty vids demo'ing pups on youtube. I'd not discount the single coil size buckers...i know how effective they are in one of my Strats! The JB Jnr and lil 59 both sound great in the bridge position on a Strat so why not in a Tele? My Tele i've vowed will remain a true and real Tele so will retain a bridge single coil forever. If I want a bucker guitar i've got plenty of them on other guitars! To me a Tele is a twang machine so I won't ruin that. Hot single coils are a good idea if your not dead set on a bucker...Texas Specials or as suggested a Duncan QP. Also mr Ash of this parish could make summat to your desired specs/tonality to!

monquixote

Don't do it.

Get a hot single

marktheharp

I have a vintage v62 Tele as well!
had a seymour 1/4 pounder already in the bridge fitted when I got it.the seymour is a quality sounding pickup .have another Tele with hot rail in bridge and the 1/4 pounder is just so much thicker sounding clean and dirty.
It retains the Tele twang but add dirt and it's a beast!
Added Wilkinson p90 in the neck to my v62. Great sounding guitar and great neck. Very impressed .
So much so , that I am going to pick another up and use all the parts to make a telemaster
don't know where your based but I'm
in Leeds ,more than welcome to try it?
Cheers Mark .

gubble

Thanks for the advice guys.

Used to be in Leeds Mark but now down south. Glad to hear someone else is using a V62.

I'll have a look online at some reviews and then take the punt for a new pickup. Going to keep the single coil in the front as i think it sounds great.

shaunyshaun1234

I will be removing a Seymour Duncan lil'59 from the bridge pos on my tele this weekend if its of any interest to you? Black one!

gubble

Yes for sure !

Let me know how much you would like for it

shaunyshaun1234

I'll pm you now mate!!

TTony

Oil City Diesel Tap.

http://www.oilcitypickups.co.uk/teletap.html

Does what it says in the blurb.

Loobs

Keep a single coil in there.