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Agreed, but currently being the owner of 5 Tele's and 5 Strats and gone through pickup swaps on many of them my experience is that price doesn't mean much in getting the tone desired. It literally takes a few minutes to assemble and wind a pickup. The parts are cheap. So where do the huge price differentials come from one maker over another?
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It's not for me to say what they are hearing, I just know I can't possibly detect any of that stuff. But for every one of those things and dozens more there are people who set up business to cater to the ones who hear all those subtleties. And plenty of people feel they can hear the difference that "hand" versus "machine" windings or the type of varnish make on a pickup. So there's a whole industry supplying them what they are wanting.
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His cost of doing business allows him to what he does and that’s great. As a for instance, Seymour Duncan has a name and a world of experience building pickups for famous artists for decades. Justifiable or not, he can and does command respect that translates into dollars. He made a specially designed Tele bridge pickup for Brad Paisley that sells for $99. When you consider the clout that carries with it, that ain’t bad. I would agree that generally speaking, pick up prices are inflated, but remember, there are logistics and the middle man. That costs money. Finally, you have years of experience and have been “around the block” a time or two so you know what you want in pickups . Most folks don’t have a clue so they go to Di Marzio or Duncan or somewhere and get what they need. This info that has taken time and costs money to amalgamate and post on a professional website. Finally, I never even heard of your guy and I live in Ohio. I don’t know where he is exactly, but I’ll bet he isn’t far from me. Thanks for that part!
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https://www.tdpri.com/threads/your-o...ckups.1124750/
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Got any recordings of your playing with these pickups??? Especially Tele pickups that's what I'm most interested in. |
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Here’s an example:
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Thank you, Everyone that replied to my post. All good information and I appreciate you educating me on the 2007 MIM Tele. I will try adjusting the pickup heights to see what effect that has. I had it setup after I bought it for what that is worth. Thanks Rokdog for the suggestions on the pickups if I end up replacing them.
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There are so many pick upset there it may be near impossible to make a choice. You could easily spend more than the guitar is worth. However, if you like the American made Teles start with the pick ups they use.
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I have a 2007 MIM Ash FSR Tele and it's one of my favorite guitars. As posted above adjusting pick up height is what you want to do if you are not happy with the tone you're getting. I did change out the pickups on mine with Rose A2s and use flat wounds but that's just me. If you just want to rock - the stock ceramics are fine. These are great guitars.
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When I started getting into electric guitar playing a little over a year ago, I came thiiiiiiis close to buying a cheap but cheerful little Squier hardtail Strat. It felt and sounded fine to me although I didn't really know what I was doing trying it out. But I decided to get something a little "nicer" and with a wider, flatter fretboard and skinny neck. Ended up with an Ibanez "shredder" type super-Strat with a pair of really hot, ceramic humbuckers. I fought with that thing for months trying everything under the sun to get a open, chimey, pleasing tone that suited the stuff I was playing. Finally said the heck with it and went and bought a Player Tele. Still got that lovely Ibanez RG in the closet, it would probably make some budding Tosin Abasi very happy so maybe I'll move it along one day.
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Big improvement. Yes, these are great guitars! |
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So I wasn't impressed with that tone, but I am going on to YOUTUBE to see what I can find. Maybe somebody playing more what I think is in line with good Tele tone. Edit: I just listened to as many of the clips as I can find of the Bootstrap Tele pickups, and frankly, and I couldn't find one that I liked. Most of the players I heard demoing them were amateurish, and playing through either too much reverb, digital sounding amps, etc. Many them seemed to be demoing pedals along with the pickups. What I would like to hear is somebody playing through a decent amp, that knows how to play the music that Teles shine in. I would to like hear a Tele with pickups straight into a Tweed Deluxe style amp, cranked to the point of the amp working. I'm all for cheap pickups, and I used an unknown winder that someone recommended to me. Their name is EP Custom. I bought their Jaguar and Jazzmaster sets, and they were great. But since I bought them, their priced went up considerably. So I'm always on the hunt for cheaper pickups. This is the kind of Tele tones I like... Last edited by rockabilly69; 04-26-2023 at 10:56 PM. |