im thinking about putting a new pickup in the bridge of one of my tele's.
Seymour Duncan Hot Rails for Telecaster Bridge position.
anybody know about this pickup?
what are your thoughts on this? questions and opinions needed asap lol.

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If I remember... Less twang and more spank

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im in between a hotrails and a JB jr on this.
i dont know which on to do and have no examples to go off of.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Thats the thing about pups... you can listen to the comparisons on the tube, or at the manufactures site... but you really don't know how they will really sound in YOUR guitar...

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did you compare sound samples from their website? I've herd that hot rails is sometimes to hot, but I have not used one.

matt no i havent. didnt know there was a option for that

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Between those two, I'd recommend the JB jr. for the simple fact that it will clean up a little better at low volume levels and will still scream when you push it...just my 2 cents. But I don't think you can really go wrong either way.

thats something to think about tim.
you know both pickups well?

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I had the hot rails in my first strat...They were great for overdriven tones, but I was never quite happy with the clean tone when I'd roll off the guitar volume. It was still nice tone, but I'm personally very picky
The JB Jr. I haven't had in any of my guitars, but my buddy has one installed in his AmStd. Tele in the bridge and I've played that guitar MANY times and the sound is pretty sweet. And like I said in my last post...it cleans up really nice when the volume's rolled off, and still has great output for overdriven tones as well.
I think the JB jr. (and reg JB) is one of the most versatile pickups out there and I'll be installing one in the bridge of my blackout Tele as soon as funds permit.

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i had some jb's in a beck model kramer.
killer tones from that guitar. wish i never sold it.
i wish there were pickup stores where you could go in and try out guitars with different pickups lol.
i went to the compare section of the duncan site. all the pickups sound about the same through my laptop. dang it, im stuck here.
i might just go with the JB jr

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I think you'll be pretty pleased if you choose the JB jr.s
Also...Have you checked out people's reviews of these pickups on youtube? I'm sure there will be a ton of them.

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yes i have. theres not a lot of jb jr's videos.

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Oh that sucks...I've never looked myself but I figured there'd be a lot. Well...good luck on making the decision, I'm sure you'll be pleased either way you go.

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im going to a new friends spot tomorrow. i'll ask him the same question and see what he suggests.
here is his site.

http://www.fvcustomguitars.com/

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Never seen anyone carve a guitar up like that. Pretty cool. Makes me want to break out one of my cheapos I never play and try it...

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