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Pickup advice - Telecaster

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  • Jimbro66Jimbro66 Frets: 2419
    Just about every aftermarket bridge pickup has now been suggested but none of us know what music the OP plays or through what amp. Using the JD Tele possibly suggests a Jerry devotee (brave man) or maybe a country player? Knowing music/playing style and amp used might narrow down the options....
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  • impmannimpmann Frets: 12649
    Jimbro66 said:
    Just about every aftermarket bridge pickup has now been suggested but none of us know what music the OP plays or through what amp. Using the JD Tele possibly suggests a Jerry devotee (brave man) or maybe a country player? Knowing music/playing style and amp used might narrow down the options....
    The chap from Coldplay used a JD Tele for most of the first two albums... *not* a Jerry devotee, to my knowledge. ;-) Just sayin...
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  • Jimbro66Jimbro66 Frets: 2419
    impmann said:
    Jimbro66 said:
    Just about every aftermarket bridge pickup has now been suggested but none of us know what music the OP plays or through what amp. Using the JD Tele possibly suggests a Jerry devotee (brave man) or maybe a country player? Knowing music/playing style and amp used might narrow down the options....
    The chap from Coldplay used a JD Tele for most of the first two albums... *not* a Jerry devotee, to my knowledge. ;-) Just sayin...
    Just guessin...... ;)
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  • DanDan Frets: 440
    Really pleased with a set of Fender Broadcasters on my tele. Both neck and bridge are really useable. Recommended if you could get these cheap.
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  • scarry67scarry67 Frets: 143
    Clarence White, Peter Buck, Graham Coxon are all players I admire. I'd love to be able to imitate JD but it's past my humble ability. The pickups sound a bit thin given how nicely the guitar resonates unplugged so I'm imagining something slightly hotter is what I may require. 
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  • impmannimpmann Frets: 12649
    scarry67 said:
    Clarence White, Peter Buck, Graham Coxon are all players I admire. I'd love to be able to imitate JD but it's past my humble ability. The pickups sound a bit thin given how nicely the guitar resonates unplugged so I'm imagining something slightly hotter is what I may require. 
    Sounds like a Broadcaster type pickup would fit the bill - either the Mojo or SD would be my reccomendations.
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  • ab2017ab2017 Frets: 20
    impmann said:
    Jimbro66 said:
    Just about every aftermarket bridge pickup has now been suggested but none of us know what music the OP plays or through what amp. Using the JD Tele possibly suggests a Jerry devotee (brave man) or maybe a country player? Knowing music/playing style and amp used might narrow down the options....
    The chap from Coldplay used a JD Tele for most of the first two albums... *not* a Jerry devotee, to my knowledge. ;-) Just sayin...
    That's enough of a reason to avoid that pickup haha. Coldshite.
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  • HootsmonHootsmon Frets: 15927
    edited February 2018
    I have no experience of after matket Mojo PUPs but I do have lots with Bare knuckle.......are they in the same ballpark of build quality and tone as the BKs?
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  • impmannimpmann Frets: 12649
    hootsmon said:
    I have no experience of after matket Mojo PUPs but I do have lots with Bare knuckle.......are they in the same ballpark of build quality and tone as the BKs?
    At least the equal
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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10337
    edited February 2018
    impmann said:
    hootsmon said:
    I have no experience of after matket Mojo PUPs but I do have lots with Bare knuckle.......are they in the same ballpark of build quality and tone as the BKs?
    At least the equal
    having had BK strat pickups and mojo I would say BK arent even in the same league. 

    BK seem all about marketing and less about delivery (IMO and all that other jazz)
    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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  • HootsmonHootsmon Frets: 15927
    edited February 2018

    Been and googled the Mojo Broadcaster bridge PUP because of glowing reports......was the original Broadcaster PUP really this hot waaaaaay back?

    and how do you guys match up the neck PUP with such a hot companion?

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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 71963
    BK seem all about marketing and less about delivery (IMO and all that other jazz)
    The Bareknuckles I've fitted, and heard in other guitars, have all been good.

    I agree slightly about the unnecessary extra packaging/strings/guff you get with them, but the pickups are excellent.

    No need to put down one company to praise another.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • Jimbro66Jimbro66 Frets: 2419
    All this stuff is very subjective and how a pickup sounds depends on the guitar, the amp and the player. There is no 'best'. In my experience the pickups from all established small specialist makers are a cut above the manufacturers' stock items but some here praise the custom shop pickups so even that statement is arguable.

     Doug and Pat did their video review of Telecasters which would have been an ideal opportunity to directly compare the sounds of guitars from the fifties, sixties and recent reissues. However, they didn't use the same amp for every guitar so no direct comparisons could be made. Worse still, for me at least, they put some of them through that bloody awful Vox they love so dearly and ended up producing a generic heavily overdriven rock sound. Could have been any guitar.
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  • impmannimpmann Frets: 12649
    hootsmon said:

    Been and googled the Mojo Broadcaster bridge PUP because of glowing reports......was the original Broadcaster PUP really this hot waaaaaay back?

    and how do you guys match up the neck PUP with such a hot companion?

    Yes it was that hot.

    Phaaaat and hot.

    You buy the matching neck unit - that matches nicely. ;-)
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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10337
    edited February 2018
    ICBM said:
    BK seem all about marketing and less about delivery (IMO and all that other jazz)
    The Bareknuckles I've fitted, and heard in other guitars, have all been good.

    I agree slightly about the unnecessary extra packaging/strings/guff you get with them, but the pickups are excellent.

    No need to put down one company to praise another.
    I've never seen you do anything like that with say ehx and boss?

    Edit - and of course how can I forget the relentless Gibson neck angle drum bashing?
    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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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 71963
    meltedbuzzbox said:

    I've never seen you do anything like that with say ehx and boss?

    Edit - and of course how can I forget the relentless Gibson neck angle drum bashing?
    Those are actual, real faults that every repairer is familiar with.

    No equivalence with Bareknuckle pickups which are well-made.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • impmann said:
    hootsmon said:
    I have no experience of after matket Mojo PUPs but I do have lots with Bare knuckle.......are they in the same ballpark of build quality and tone as the BKs?
    At least the equal
    having had BK strat pickups and mojo I would say BK arent even in the same league. 

    BK seem all about marketing and less about delivery (IMO and all that other jazz)
    Possibly just that Mojo had the particular flavour of Strat pickups you liked where as BKP didn’t.  FWIW, I wasn’t a massive fan of the BKP Strat pickups I tried (Mothers milk, Irish tour), but the tele pickups I tried were excellent, Flat 52’s and Brown Sugar.  

    BKP make great pickups and have a massive range so unless you’ve tried them all it’s a bit unfair to unanimously put them down, IMO.
    I say that not currently owning any BKP’s and the next set I have my eye on are Mojo.



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  • ICBM said:
    meltedbuzzbox said:

    I've never seen you do anything like that with say ehx and boss?

    Edit - and of course how can I forget the relentless Gibson neck angle drum bashing?
    Those are actual, real faults that every repairer is familiar with.

    No equivalence with Bareknuckle pickups which are well-made.
    It's the internet, I've given my opinion.
    I'm not passing it off as fact. It's an opinion that I am more than entitled to share on a public forum. 
    You've decided to pull me up on it in a holier than thou fashion for whatever reason.
    You are one of the worst offenders for shit talking the same old things like a stuck record. Where's your slap on the wrist?

    You should also note I said fuck all about bkp build quality. 

    If you want any more back and fourth do it on pm
    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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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 71963
    meltedbuzzbox said:

    If you want any more back and fourth do it on pm
    Whatever you want to say can be said here.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • ICBM said:
    meltedbuzzbox said:

    I've never seen you do anything like that with say ehx and boss?

    Edit - and of course how can I forget the relentless Gibson neck angle drum bashing?
    Those are actual, real faults that every repairer is familiar with.

    No equivalence with Bareknuckle pickups which are well-made.
    It's the internet, I've given my opinion.

    Nothing wrong with opinion.  But, if you are going to put down one company against another, might just be worth qualifying with a bit more information .i.e which of the 10 or so BKP pickups did you compare against which of the 6 or so Mojo?

    Did you compare like-for-like magnet and wire type.  Was the build quality better on one than the other?

    Might just be worth qualifying what makes them in a different league, in your opinion.  Did you compare apples to apples?

    I fancy a pair of mojo's next.  I don't own any BKP's at the moment, but have owned many and know they can make some great pickups, but it's very subjective and about getting the right ingredients for each individual player.

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