Fatter bridge pickup for Tele?

[mims2]

I have did a lot of research but am still looking for a good bridge pickup for my Tele. I want something that is fat with good bass and sounds great clean and overdriven. I don't want single spaced humbuckers. Tried a Quarter Pounder for Tele and it just wasn't me. Tried SD Jerry Donahue but not fat enough for me. Seriously thinking about trying a Rio Grande Muy Grande but have read mixed reviews. Any thing I should look in to?

 

[Nashville Slim]

Fralin Blues Special.

 

[gtrckl]

Bare Knuckle Piledriver

 

[mims2]

The Piledriver and Muy Grande have really interested me. Is there anything else out there similar?

 

[Gas-man]

How's about the Don Mare 038?

Broadcaster fatness abounds.

 

[AaeCee]

I'd call Lindy Fralin. He'll wind something to your specs, and he's especially good at zeroing in on what combination to use (winds, magnets, etc.).

 

[alberob]

Jason Lollar specials or Peter Florance VooDoo specials.

 

[BarneyFife]

Lollar makes a really fat and greasy bridge pickup.
http://www.lollarguitars.com/mm5/me...uct_Code=263&Category_Code=telecaster-pickups

Put it in my Hahn and it sounded just like the description.

"MrMunky" has it now and posted a clip a month or so ago.

 

[jmoose]

I've got a texas special tele in my thinline & its super loud & fat... almost P90-ish but still retains snap & shimmer. Wound up around 11k & change. Matches great with a duncan jazz in the neck slot & the 4-way switch.

 

[Swagger]

Muy Grande kills!

 

[Southern ILL]

P-90 .........

 

[mims2]

Just out of curiosity, are the TV Jones pickups very fat sounding?

 

[AJ Love]

Fender Nocaster with tone knob rolled down a bit

 

[mrface2112]

P-90 .........

OH MAN, that's absolutely tremendous. Care to share more? Drop me a PM if you don't want to brag publicly.


cheers,
wade

 

[MightyGuru]

Love the Rio Grande Half-Breeds. Always wanted to try that Stelly p'up. I just put a Seymour Duncan SSL-6 in my strat's bridge position. Really nice p'up for cheap. I wonder if they make a similar p'up for teles.

 

[itstooloudMike]

What did you not like about the Quarter Pounder? I've put QPs in three different Teles, and always liked the results. Definitely fat. Pretty much the same sound as a P-90.

 

[pickslide]

What about a Broadcaster pickup?

 

[mims2]

I have always thought of broadcaster pickups as being thin and weak. Am I wrong about this?

 

[WordMan]

Fender Nocaster with tone knob rolled down a bit

That's my question - if you have a decent Tele pickup in a decent Tele, rolling the guitar's Tone down to about 4-5 and the Volume down to about 8.5 to 9 should thicken things up perfectly. That's the whole point to a good Tele - you get great, musical tones by dialing them in. As has been said on TGP - ya gotta operate a Tele...

I have an ash Tele with a Jerry Donahue that I do this with and get great thick tones...not Les Paul-ish because there isn't as much mid compression, but definitely in that ballpark...

Do you tweak the knobs on your Tele?

 

[mims2]

Yes I work the tone knob. Maybe it's the volume decrease from humbuckers that I don't like. I feel like I have to really dig in to get the tones out there. I guess I want more gain and volume without goin to humbuckers.