Tele Twang Pups

[ThugLife]

This is my first post and I hope I get some good feedback from it. I am going to be building a tele soon and i need some of you tone hounds to recommend some smokin' pickups. I am looking for a really vintage tele tone with a lot of twang. Going with light swamp ash body and 1 piece maple neck. Suggestions?

[walterw]

as long as you go with true rod-magnet single coils with the baseplate under the bridge pickup, and as long as that pickup is loaded into a ferrous-steel bridge, you will have true tele twang.

i like fralins and 3 brass saddles.

[ThugLife]

Thanks for the quick response!! i will be going with the glendale bridge with the 3 compensated brass saddles

[ignatius]

checkout Fred Stuart's Blackguard pickups....awesome pickups

[hugodarosa]

I use Vintage Vibe pups and I've gotten some pretty good results from it. Lots of twang in the bridge:drool

[ThugLife]

I've been hearing a lot about the Fred Stuart pups, but I can't seem to find em anywhere online to do some research. Anyone got a lil more info on these? I was also thinking about a pro cut brass nut on this tele I'll be building. Too twangy? Opinions?

[Gas-man]

I've been hearing a lot about the Fred Stuart pups, but I can't seem to find em anywhere online to do some research. Anyone got a lil more info on these? I was also thinking about a pro cut brass nut on this tele I'll be building. Too twangy? Opinions?

Brass nut is not necessary for twang.

[ThugLife]

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[John Thigpen]

Check at The Telecaster Discussion Page Reissue... www.tdpri.com (http://www.tdpri.com). Not quite as much activity as here, but there's plenty, and it's almost all Telecaster. I recommend Don Mare pickups, and there are lots of posts about them both here and there. There is a link to an audio sample of the Fred Stuart pickups there somewhere.

John

[ThugLife]

Thanks for the info, John

[forestryguy]

Lindy Fralins work for me, but there are a lot of good options.

[Dana Olsen]

Hey Thug -

Welcome to TGP. Try using the 'Search' function - search on "Telecaster Pickups" - there's a ton of info.

I use Don Mare Tele pickups, and Fralin and Seymour Antiquity too - all are great. I love the Fred Stuart Blackguard pickups too.

Lower output pickups in general are twangier. If twang is what you're after, avoid the brass nut - use bone, IMHO.

Good Luck, Dana O.

[maellaguitars]

as Long As You Go With True Rod-magnet Single Coils With The Baseplate Under The Bridge Pickup, And As Long As That Pickup Is Loaded Into A Ferrous-steel Bridge, You Will Have True Tele Twang.

I Like Fralins And 3 Brass Saddles.


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