Talk to me about Teles and neck humbuckers

mesatele

Some people might find this picture upsetting but I really like the Twisted Tele neck pick up so I did this ;
https://i.imgur.com/fTz2QBu.jpg

OilCityPickups

lovestrat74 said:

OilCityPickups said:

I prefer A3 tele neck pickups too.

My own favorite Tele neck position partners in order of preference are

1. Firebird ... chewy and yummy ... fat middle but Tele snarl.

2.P90 ... just super versatile ... sounds more like a PAF equipped Tele than using a PAF

3.Filtertron ... woody and surprisingly aggressive.

4. Strat ... just that, a Strat neck pickup ... one of the best pickup sounds ever conceived.

5.PAF ... suits Keith ... I don't mind it, but there are better things in a Tele neck.

What do you think of the Keith blend mod @OilCityPickups ? And do you use 500k pots with a resistor for the firebird pup?

I was lucky enough to work with the Rolling Stones and Keith's guitar tech on pickup winding a few years ago ... and while I can't talk specifics, I would say that Keith's rig is a lot less esoteric that some people would have you believe. I use a 500k for the Firebird ... yes :-)  

lovestrat74

OilCityPickups said:

lovestrat74 said:

OilCityPickups said:

I prefer A3 tele neck pickups too.

My own favorite Tele neck position partners in order of preference are

1. Firebird ... chewy and yummy ... fat middle but Tele snarl.

2.P90 ... just super versatile ... sounds more like a PAF equipped Tele than using a PAF

3.Filtertron ... woody and surprisingly aggressive.

4. Strat ... just that, a Strat neck pickup ... one of the best pickup sounds ever conceived.

5.PAF ... suits Keith ... I don't mind it, but there are better things in a Tele neck.

What do you think of the Keith blend mod @OilCityPickups ? And do you use 500k pots with a resistor for the firebird pup?

I was lucky enough to work with the Rolling Stones and Keith's guitar tech on pickup winding a few years ago ... and while I can't talk specifics, I would say that Keith's rig is a lot less esoteric that some people would have you believe. I use a 500k for the Firebird ... yes :-)  

A wow and a  

Caffeine_Vampire

@OilCityPickups Ooooh, please talk specifics!

i use 250k pots in my AV ‘72 with an old ‘70’s WRHB and it balances well, no mud. My AV Hotrod ‘52 has the SD mini-hum in the neck and the ‘Keef’ blend mod and nails the Stones thing all day long. 

WindmillGuitars

Again .. this technically is not a humbucker - but @deacci made a new pickup last year called the Hofmond which is the sweetest non- single coil I have ever heard in a Tele neck position..

https://www.facebook.com/DeacciCustomPickups/videos/453284028607021/

JayGee

mesatele said:

Some people might find this picture upsetting but I really like the Twisted Tele neck pick up so I did this ;
https://i.imgur.com/fTz2QBu.jpg

That’s twisted alright, but I can actually see that combination working very well, kind of like a P90 neck pickup with a humbucker on a Les Paul...

mesatele

@Jaygee The bridge pickup is a BKP Stormy Monday. Its a nice balance.

Zoolooter

Caffeine_Vampire said:

@OilCityPickups Ooooh, please talk specifics!

i use 250k pots in my AV ‘72 with an old ‘70’s WRHB and it balances well, no mud. My AV Hotrod ‘52 has the SD mini-hum in the neck and the ‘Keef’ blend mod and nails the Stones thing all day long. 

Standard 250k pots with the mini HB? 

Zoolooter

When using 500k pots what difference does using a resistor to the bridge make to the middle position? 

Yamaha77

Push/pull on a neck humbucker for series/parallel. Parallel would balance more with a standard 7k A5 sc Tele bridge pickup

Funkfingers

Zoolooter said:

Standard 250k pots with the mini HB? 

That is what Fender did in the Hot Rodded ‘52 Telecaster model. 

Caffeine_Vampire

@Zoolooter Alpha 375k with the mini hum. 

Caffeine_Vampire

The 375k pots were standard in the ‘52 Hotrod. I’ve had 7 of them over the years. 

Zoolooter

Caffeine_Vampire said:

@Zoolooter Alpha 375k with the mini hum. 

With a resistor to the bridge, or just standard wiring?

I'm putting together a 2nd tele and want to try a mini neck HB but reading many different opinions on pot values, and to use a resistor or not.

Caffeine_Vampire

@Zoolooter No resistor. I also had one wired with 250k pots, it was slightly brighter. I might have some NOS 375k Alpha pots spare. 

Zoolooter

Caffeine_Vampire said:

@Zoolooter No resistor. I also had one wired with 250k pots, it was slightly brighter. I might have some NOS 375k Alpha pots spare. 

Thanks for the info. Ideally I'd like to source a bright. low output probably A2/A3 mini, so guess I'm best first trying the standard wiring with 250's - then try the 375's.

Just found this old thread.

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/24602/tele-wiring-hb-neck-sc-bridge

Crazed_Fandango

I've never understood it.  I prefer single coils, but if I had a Tele with HBs, it'd have them in moth the neck & bridge.