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| Author: | bob J [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:22 am ] |
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Building modified f-hole, semi-hollow body, for fingerpick blues. Fender makes single coil 'blues' pickups. What about quality and sound for these pic-ups. Suggestions? Thanks guys. |
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| Author: | TonyKarol [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:23 am ] |
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One word .. Fralin's - I LOVE the 5% overwound tele bridge hot blues PU he does - it kills. |
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| Author: | Evan Gluck [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:25 am ] |
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I 2nd the Fralins. Lindy is a genius. Jason Lollar is also amazing. Have not tried his tele pickups yet. Evan |
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:33 am ] |
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Fralin's here too. In fact, Fralin's are about all I use in my electrics. But I am interested in trying Jason's |
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| Author: | outstrung [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:34 pm ] |
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Aero Instrument Makes many different telle pickups, for different typs and weight telles. Hope that helps, I just orded my first pair yesterday so I cannot review them. They are hand made in Hawaii (sp?). Good reviews Too!!!. |
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| Author: | bob J [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:37 pm ] |
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Thanks guys, anyone else? |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:10 am ] |
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Bob, I had great success using a pickup recommended by a customer. Adder Plus dual coil humbuckers. (Persuader series, if I remember...) Put 'em in a solid body tele, but I don't see why they wouldn't work in your situation. adderplus.com is their address. Steve |
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| Author: | spruce [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:51 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Brock Poling] Fralin's here too. In fact, Fralin's are about all I use in my electrics. [/QUOTE] A quick question about Fralins... I have a Tele with a Fralin in the bridge position, and it squeals even at moderate volume... Straight feedback squealing... Is this a defective PU, or something that can remedied somehow?? Thanks in advance... |
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| Author: | spruce [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:53 am ] |
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Oh, and I have another Nash Tele with a pair of Voodoos in it.... Highly recommended for any style.... |
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| Author: | microsmurf [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:44 am ] |
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Bob, I like these for my Teles - Fender Original Vintage - Lindy Fralin - Kinman AVn I tend to not like overwound pickups as they tend to loose the "twang" of Tele and Strat. Spruce - It sounds like yours wasn't wax-potted correctly. I bet it you speak to the pickup, it picks up your voice like it is a microphone? |
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:44 am ] |
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How close is the pick up to the strings? |
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| Author: | Kim [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:01 am ] |
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[QUOTE=microsmurf] Bob, I bet it you speak to the pickup, it picks up your voice like it is a microphone? [/QUOTE]I guess you would need to use a pretty good pickup line to get a response hu? haw, haw, haw, tee, hee, hee chuckle, chuckle....... 
Sorry, folks, I'm off to bed now. 
Cheers Kim |
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| Author: | Kim [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:07 am ] |
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Hey Bob, before I go, HERE is a link to the Kinman site, take a good look around, he has some good sound clips and info. Cheers Kim |
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| Author: | John Lewis [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:41 am ] |
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Spruce- Try a thin coat of wax (sans silicone) on the bottom of your bridge. I know it sounds weird but I think this is a tip from Dan Erlewine. I've heard Tele bridge pickups are supposed to be mildly microphonic to sound like a tele bridge pickup. I don't have a lot of experience with Teles though. The wax on the bottom of the bridge is supposed to dampen the vibration and give less squeal without changing the sound of the pickup (that might occur if the pickup were potted). I wonder if taping the coil again with electrical tape might help too - hopefully it wouldn't hurt the coil. I'm hoping some of the repair guys chime in on this. Good luck- |
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| Author: | John Lewis [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:45 am ] |
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Bob- I have little experience with teles but I really like Jason Lollar's pickups. I have only heard his P-90s but they are awesome. |
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| Author: | spruce [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:57 am ] |
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Thanks for that John..... Here's an article on potting PUs and waxing bridges... http://www.stewmac.com/tradesecrets/electronics/ts26fralin/ ts26fralin.html Should do the trick for me...thanks! |
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| Author: | John Lewis [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:30 am ] |
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Spruce- That's the article I remembered. I guess I thought it was Dan Erlewine because it's from Stewmac. Thanks for posting the web address - I read it again, great stuff. |
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| Author: | James Orr [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:04 pm ] |
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I have a VanZandt in my bridge and Fralin Blues Special in the neck of my tele. |
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| Author: | spruce [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:28 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=James Orr] I have a VanZandt in my bridge and Fralin Blues Special in the neck of my tele. [/QUOTE] How important is it to match the bridge and neck PUs in a Tele....? |
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| Author: | James Orr [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:25 pm ] |
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By brand? Not very. By something called, "phase," it's very important. The VanZandt and Fralin are both darker pickups for less of the classic chicken-tele sound and their phase works together. Look up Acme Guitar Works in Google and give them a call. They have a good assortment of GOOD pickups and really know them. My original VanZandt neck P/U actually broke, and they told me what to get that would be more durable (the VanZandt neck P/U's don't come with the coil wrapped, so it broke), get the same sound, and work with the phase of the VanZandt bridge. |
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