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I've actually since sorted out the acoustic issue that was making my Tele sound dull - a crap batch of Rotosounds! - so I do want to go back to the Hardman at some point out of curiosity now the guitar's twangier by itself, but if I'm honest I'm so happy with the current pickup that doesn't seem much point other than "what if".
So that's a long way of saying that I've found 60s spec works nicely, but something hotter will probably work nicely too.
I do wonder if Tele pickups are a bit like Strats, where a higher wind equates to a thicker sounding pickup without actually being that much louder/higher in output. Strat sets with significantly overwound bridge pickups still balance well as a set, generally.
The Fender Hot Rod '52 Telecaster paired a Duncan SM-1N mini humbucker with a Fender single coil of approximately 9.5 to 10k. (I forget the rod magnet formulation.) These balanced nicely.
Paired with an Antiquity Firebird, a Tele pickup could afford to be 9 to 10k with weaker magnets or 8k with Alnico 5.
OR reconfigure its output cabling to two conductor + baseplate ground.