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Post subject: Telecaster 'Texas Special' Pickup question
Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 10:03 am
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Hey all, i've been playing stratocasters for years, and now i'm buying my first telecaster. I'm buying a new build through fender.com 's 'Mod Shop'. The default pickups are the standard American series single coils, but i'm considering instead ordering it with the 'Texas Special' over-wound single coils. I want that punchy grity texas bluesy zztop/Johnny Winters sound mostly, but i also want to still get that famous beautiful telecaster country sound.
Question: if i buy the 'Texas Specials', will i lose that natural country twang? My local guitar shops do not have any telecasters in stock with these 'Texas pickups, so i can't try them out, so does anyone have experience with these 'Texas Special' pickups?
Thanks in advance guys.

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Post subject: Re: Telecaster 'Texas Special' Pickup question
Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 2:40 pm
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Hi Bill, I have seen videos on YouTube where people have demonstrated Texas Specails and to me they don't sound all that different to other Tele pickups. I do have a guitar with American Standard pickups in it and it sounds great so it may be worth getting the guitar with the standard pickups in it then change them if you feel the need later on. But check a few videos on YouTube, it may be a good place to start.

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Post subject: Re: Telecaster 'Texas Special' Pickup question
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 2:18 am
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I have a set in a partscaster.
Great pickups, plenty of twang and can be driven into zztop sounds.
Get a 4 way switch with them for the series option.


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Post subject: Re: Telecaster 'Texas Special' Pickup question
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 12:42 pm
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Hey thanks guys for your input! Greatly appreciated. I will let you know when I get my new Tele.

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