Beefiest Tele bridge pickup?

[pcovers]

I'm looking for the beefiest Tele bridge pickup I can find that fits a standard Tele bridge route. I would consider an HB. Something that sounds close to a fat, ballsy p90 is the ideal.

 

[K-Line]

Without going HB, Lollar J-Street.

 

[catfoosh]

the budz mongrel... best tele bridge pup ever

 

[Sprinter]

The G&L, Asat Classic bridge pickup has a fatter tone than a standard tele pickup. I like the pickup because it's very versatile.

Sprinter

 

[Rick51]

Don Mare Tweed Monster.

 

[billywade]

I'm sure there are lots of great choices out there but I have a Fralin SP43 in my favorite fat tele and it balances well with the humbucker in the neck. I've also used the SD Hot Rails but it sounds more like a hot humbucker (which it is) to me.

 

[stratman89]

Fender CS Nocaster .......................9.9k

CS Texas Special...........................10.5k

 

[OuttaspaceMan]

+1 with the Nocaster and the Texas Specials, I have them on my teles and they sound great.

Just to add, the stock bridge pickup of the HW1 Texas tele is another option -it is very P90-ish. Or if you really want more balls, check the Di Marzio PRE-B1.

 

[Mike9]

I second the Tweed Monster and will throw in the Klein T-90 as well. The Rio Grande Dirty Harry is another ballsy pickup that is one of my favorite for an Esquire.

 

[wizard333]

DiMarzio makes an Area hot T noiseless that I've installed for a lot of people who really liked it. Still sounds like a Tele played clean, overdriven it sounds like a cross between really big Tele and a P90. They make rail type pickups for Tele bridge to that get about as hot as you'd ever want, there are a variety of them depending how hot you'd want to get. A Chopper T sounds like a slightly overwound PAF, and it goes up from there.

 

[Gas-man]

Don Mare 038--12.5k

 

[alberob]

My Esquire has a Peter Florance Fat Tele that reads 9.35k and just kills.

 

[karma1]

I put a Duncan Little 59 in the bridge of my Tele Thinline and sounds great, especially with high gain distortion - very ballsy. I installed it with series/parallel switching so I get a bit more twang when I want it. Even though it's a humbucker, I used 250k pots, as recommended by Duncan tech support.

 

[whiteop]

DiMarzio makes an Area hot T noiseless that I've installed for a lot of people who really liked it. Still sounds like a Tele played clean, overdriven it sounds like a cross between really big Tele and a P90. They make rail type pickups for Tele bridge to that get about as hot as you'd ever want, there are a variety of them depending how hot you'd want to get. A Chopper T sounds like a slightly overwound PAF, and it goes up from there.

I 2nd this. The Area Hot T does sound P90ish too and you can get pretty distorted and still have clarity.