Tele neck pickup

Fatfingers

I love the bridge pickup on my '71 Tele but the neck isn't doing it for me. It's really flat sounding, with no real character at all. Any suggestions as to what I could replace it with? I'm not after anything revolutionary, just a decent standard sounding pickup that will go well with, and not overpower, the standard bridge unit.

frankus

I love my Oil City Honky tonk, it kicked a Lollar Charlie Christian to the curb (great for that Jazz sound but I couldn't get a tele sound from it)

impmann

Talk to either Ash at Oil City or Marc at Mojo.

I've just changed the bridge pickup on my Tablecaster project to one of Marc's Broadcaster units and IMHO, its one of the best sounding Tele pickups I've ever heard...

Fatfingers

frankus said:

I love my Oil City Honky tonk, it kicked a Lollar Charlie Christian to the curb (great for that Jazz sound but I couldn't get a tele sound from it)

Does it sit well with the standard bridge pickup?

frankus

It sits well the BKP Country Boy I've got in it.

Chalky

Fender Twisted Tele will give you a sweet Strat sounding neck pickup - usually about £40 secondhand?

Fatfingers

I'm not too bothered about it sounding like a Strat, although the Strat neck pickup is my favourite Strat sound, so maybe that'd be a good option.

Chalky

Depends what you want from the neck. Twisted Tele is sweet strat, Alnico II low power PAF if you want a singing flutey lead tone from it, etc...

Fatfingers

Yeah - I don't really want to start cutting holes in it though.

I think I'll try the Honky Tonk thing.

meltedbuzzbox

I'd really recommend mojopickups. 

Marc knows his stuff inside out and if you talk to him he will know what to match your bridge pickup with

Placidcasual79

Fatfingers said:

I love the bridge pickup on my '71 Tele but the neck isn't doing it for me. It's really flat sounding, with no real character at all. Any suggestions as to what I could replace it with? I'm not after anything revolutionary, just a decent standard sounding pickup that will go well with, and not overpower, the standard bridge unit.

That isa beautiful guitar! 

Fatfingers

Cheers. More pics here.

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/68701/new-guitar-friday-contains-teles/p1

Fatfingers

meltedbuzzbox said:

I'd really recommend mojopickups. 

Marc knows his stuff inside out and if you talk to him he will know what to match your bridge pickup with

Thanks. I emailed Marc and he says he knows exactly what I need, and will wind me a pickup to suit the standard '71 bridge unit. Job done.