Tele neck pickup suggestions?

suspiciousminds

My 2015 mim standard tele still has the stock pickups in it.
Now, i'm happy with the sound of the bridge pickup, but not so with the neck.
I usually tend to play with mild overdrive but if i switch from bridge to neck i find that the sound seems quite weak.
can anyone suggest a pickup change to give the neck sound a bit more "beef"?

Moltisanti

i just put an Oil City Californian in my CS Tele and it sounds ace

paulnb57

Creamery Tele size neck P90.....

impmann

Either Mojo or Oil City could make you something to suit - but I fear that it will lead to the purchase of a new bridge unit, as it will overshadow the standard MIM unit...

exocet

DiMarzio  Twang King is pretty good too.

suspiciousminds

Thx for the advice.
what sort of output should i be looking at?

simonk

Another vote for the Oil City Californian. Lovely pickup.

Roland

All three of my Telecasters have Californians.

RandallFlagg

Fender Custom Shop 51 Nocaster pickups are the nicest sounding Tele pickups I have tried.

olafgarten

Filtertron

blueskunk

RandallFlagg said:

Fender Custom Shop 51 Nocaster pickups are the nicest sounding Tele pickups I have tried.

So true. I have a 52 tele neck pickup with extra wire for splittage etc for sale if that's any use. 

Col_Decker

I've got a BK P90 (humbucker sized) in mine. Lovely jubly

andy1839

I've got two teles with SD quarter pounder sets in, the neck sounds nicer than I thought they would, and they're cheap on ebay. 

koss59

51 Nocaster for me too.

4114Effects

Have a look on ebay and see if anyone has "Upgraded" the pickups from a Classic Vibe and are selling the stock ones. The Twisted Tele pickups are amazing.

robinbowes

I put a Strat neck pickup in one of mine (I bought a replacement scratchplate with the appropriate-sized hole).

R.

exocet

4114Effects said:

Have a look on ebay and see if anyone has "Upgraded" the pickups from a Classic Vibe and are selling the stock ones. The Twisted Tele pickups are amazing.

The stock Classic Vibe Tele PU's are indeed good. I played one on Monday with a view to buying but I just didn't get on with the neck profile. Ended up with the Am Pro Tele - much more expensive but in all honesty does not sound any better than the Classic Vibe.