Boutique sound for a decent price!
Well, long story short, I got these pickups to replace the SCN noiseless pickups that went out on my MIM Telecaster. Yeah, I know. Seems like a step backwards, but I read good reviews on them online, and decided that I wanted to at least try something that was an actual single coil pickup. Mind you, am not a huge fan of 60 Hz hum, but wanted to give these a shot anyhow. Luckily, I already used shielding paint on the inside cavity of my guitar. Now with that, I installed them, and was like "These are noisy!". Found out that I did not install the prerequisite grounding wire to the bridge. So, had to take apart, install wire, reinstall, then the magic happened. These things sound just as good as the SCN pickups that they replaced, but had even more sparkle to the sound! And to boot, are almost noise free! Just a tiny bit coming from the neck pickup, but nothing I cannot handle. Neck pickup has a very mellow jazzy sound without being muddy, the middle position is great for all types of chords and such, and then, the bridge. The best sounding position on my rig! Definitely will cut thru the mix, just as twangy as it can be, good for whatever type of music you want to throw at it. Yes, and it is a hot pickup set too. I think the neck is 10k and the bridge like 11k, in that ball park. I highly recommend these pickups for all around Tele goodness, without going to the boutique. Read full review
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