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[Jan Deal]

Since I have just spend a silly amount of money on a '52 reissue Telecaster, I was thinking about changing the pickups in my other Tele so it doesn't just sit gathering dust. I am not wanting to sell it as it has alot of sentimental value to it since it the first "good" guitar that I ever bought. It is an unusual Telecaster as it is a USA neck and body, but Mexican electrics, and it was assembled in Mexico. I am not keen on routing it, and it would generally be used for rather heavy rock tones, but not metal.

Any suggestions are welcome.

[Strat Harry]

Originally Posted by Jan Deal

Since I have just spend a silly amount of money on a '52 reissue Telecaster, I was thinking about changing the pickups in my other Tele so it doesn't just sit gathering dust. I am not wanting to sell it as it has alot of sentimental value to it since it the first "good" guitar that I ever bought. It is an unusual Telecaster as it is a USA neck and body, but Mexican electrics, and it was assembled in Mexico. I am not keen on routing it, and it would generally be used for rather heavy rock tones, but not metal.

Any suggestions are welcome.

get your self a new scratchplate and fit a paf pro humbucker in the neck position, (most teles will not need extra routing as there is space for a bucker in the wood under the scratch plate anyways- but do chek first)

stick a coiltap pot in either vol or tone and you have a monster tele or a more or less standard tele, get yourself a four way selector and you can have the fourth selection as two pickups in series (very common mod)

[sonhenry]

Lindy Fralins, steel polepieces, overwound. Big tone, no routing.

[Jeid]

Seymour Duncan 59n and a Seymour Duncan Hotrails... works for me

[Neill]

Maybe you should have got one of these:

Fender® Products

?

I think thats the one I want!

[Jan Deal]

Originally Posted by Neill

Maybe you should have got one of these:

Fender® Products

?

I think thats the one I want!

Nah, I'm delighted with the guitar I got. I just don't want my other Telecaster to go to waste.

I'm going to look into Lindy Fralins and those Seymour Duncan pickups. Any other suggestions for brands I should look into?

[Jeid]

If you just want a fatter sound, but still retain the look and clarity... I'd take a look into Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound singles. Very nice pickups

how about looking into Bare Knuckle Pickups?

they do some lovely tele sets.

[britheguy]

I've said this before, and I'll say it again....don't overlook Wizard Pickups
surely there must be someone else out there that have tried/bought them.
Super tone and power.

[Jan Deal]

I had a look at the Wizard pickups website and they look pretty cool, no sound clips though.