Neck PUP for '72 Tele Custom ?

[madison]

Thinking about swapping Fender HB PUP on the Keef Tele
Any suggestions?
Thanks

[tubesornothing]

Oh yeah - Lollar T series.  Man that is one **great** pickup.  Round, lots of clarity, just fantastic for blues solos.  I LOVE it.

[G._Hoffman]

Oh yeah - Lollar T series.  Man that is one **great** pickup.  Round, lots of clarity, just fantastic for blues solos.  I LOVE it.

Pretty sure he is looking for a Fender sized humbucker.  They are REALLY tough to find. 

I did just find a website for Curtis Novak.  I've never tried his pickups, and have no idea if they are any good, but I do know I've had a hard time finding these for people in the past.  If you go that route, let me know what you think?


Gabriel

[FYL]

Thinking about swapping Fender HB PUP on the Keef Tele

Which version have you got ? Japanese or Mexican ?

[madison]

E serial MIJ.

Honestly, I am pretty open to anything.
Especially since there are replacement pick guards to fit almost anything for this guitar.

I have a SD Little '59 sitting that I am seriously thinking of trying.
I had it in a Strat
It had loads of output and great for hard rock but lost the flavor, balance, and charm of the neck/mid setting IMHO.
Think I should try it in the Keef?
Seen or tried anything like this?

[stingray_65]

I just used a WRHB bridge pickup in the neck position in my 72 RI build.

500K pots 225 series sprauge caps for tone and treble bleed ( important as these are very dark pickups to begin with.)

My son and I had a chance just last week to do an A-B comparison to a 74 custom.

my son played the 74 and his friend played our 72 into a blues deluxe RI at guitar center.

the RI bridge pup was not as warm as the 74's neck pup, but it was definitly more articulate and just a  tad brighter.

I have to say thogh to my ears the over all tone  was pretty close

[FYL]

E serial MIJ.

The stock pup is a standard humbucker disguised as a WRH. OK sounding, but not great.

I have a SD Little '59 sitting that I am seriously thinking of trying.

Could work nicely.

OTOH you could consider humbuckers from the usual suspects - Lollar, Fralin, etc. - plus on the affordable side the surprising StewMac Golden Age and the GFS V59, which give excellent results and don't cost an arm and a leg.

[G._Hoffman]

If a normal sized humbucker will fit, I'd look at Lindy Fralin's split single coils - the P-92 and the Twangmaster.  KILLER pickups, and more appropriate for a Tele, if the Tele sound is what you are after.

If you want something fatter, try his Unbucker, or a Seymour Duncan Alnico II is also a great pickup.


Gabriel

[Madison]

Thanks guys.

I'll see what I can can up with.

[FYL]

If a normal sized humbucker will fit

The Fender WRH and it's "reissues" are larger than typical humbuckers. All third-party pups fit - with the right pickguard and mounting hardware of course.