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Post subject: Vintage pick ups - how do I get that vintage sound?
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:04 am
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Hi all,

wondered if anyone could advise - I'm looking to put some either real vintage, or modern vintage sounding pups on my MIM Tele...

Any burning recommendations?

Cost isn't an issue - within reason.....(ahem).

Thanks in advance!
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Post subject: Re: Vintage pick ups - how do I get that vintage sound?
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:01 pm
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Bucklerock wrote:
Hi all,

wondered if anyone could advise - I'm looking to put some either real vintage, or modern vintage sounding pups on my MIM Tele...

Any burning recommendations?

Cost isn't an issue - within reason.....(ahem).

Thanks in advance!

B


Please be MUCH more specific. For starters, define your idea of vintage. Beyond this, what Teles do you like the sound of; what bands or players do you like the sound of which you'd like to capture for your sound?

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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:07 pm
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depending on your price range...and i know i sound like a broken record to everyone else who has heard this from me before...but...

KINMAN MK-III Zero Hum pickups are the answer.

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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:16 pm
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I`m no expert for "modern" pickups, but I have a suggestion concerning real vintage sounding pickups:
You can either buy some real vintage pickups - implying the risk that you won`t get what you pay for, or buy some faithfull recreations of the old Originals like from:
http://www.leosounds.com/
or
http://budzguitars.homestead.com/telepickups.html

Or you just take a pickup set from the actual Fender catalogue, which is IMHO the most cost-saving method.

One thing is, all the recreations mentioned above sound like the originals did when they were brandnew back in their time in the 50s, 60s or 70s.
If you want true vintage sound like from a guitar that is several Decades old you`ll definitely need some old pickups.

But if you want the sound they had back in the old time when their guitars weren`t vintage at all, but new or slightly used then take a look at the current model collection from Fender and you`ll find what you`re looking for.

Seymour Duncan offers a so-called "Antiquity Series" with pickups that have undergone cryogenical treatment to artificially age them in no time.
I don`t know how these sound.

Is your Tele a Standard or a Classic Series model? If it is a Classic then you already have what you`re looking for - vintage type pickups with Alnico 5 magnets.

Good luck in finding the right pickups for you.


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Here is my broken record reply..:)...look at your amp before you start pulling pickups...take it to a music store and try every different amp in there...two reasons...1 you will know for sure if it is the amp that is causing the need for change...2 it is free to do so...if you replace the pups and then plug in and see that you don't get the sound and go try a different amp and see that you like the sound in that amp...it could be expensive....just my advice...not sure if it is right or wrong but it worked for me..:)
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:28 am
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for real life vintage sound you will need your tele (check) and a tube amp and if you still aint got that sound then look at your pups' i put some some tonerider vintage plus pickups in mine MIJ tele, it has a maple neck and i play it thru an orange tiny terror and i get the vintage vibe pushing the amp just past break up.- the job :) hope it helps

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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:22 am
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Any decent single-coil pickup with moderate output should get you there. I think a good "vintage like" tube amp is more important at first (in case you don't have one already). Then, I would think about the pickups - what artist/kind of tone (because we all have our inspirations and compare our tone with other people's) I want to get closer to?


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I put one of these into my Tele. Its modelled after a 1959 PAF humbucker. I have been very happy with its sound.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/e ... _59_for_t/

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I guess you guys need me to be more specific....!

The axe is a Road worn tele, which already has nice tex mex pups on it, and I play it through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe so I'm all good and reasonably well versed on that side of things (though I am currently obsessing over a Blues JR or Princeton 65 RI, but that's another story...).

I've thought about the Seymour Duncan's mentioned, but I didn't want to run straight out and get some with out running suggestions past you guys (and the fountain of knowledge you collectively are)!

Does that help?!


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Check out the Duncan and DiMarzio sites. They have sound samples.

My advice would be stick some JJ tubes in your Deluxe and keep the pickups you have. You should be able to find something close.

To repeat what Martian said though, who do you like and what exact tone are you hunting for?

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Bucklerock wrote:
I guess you guys need me to be more specific....!

The axe is a Road worn tele, which already has nice tex mex pups on it, and I play it through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe so I'm all good and reasonably well versed on that side of things (though I am currently obsessing over a Blues JR or Princeton 65 RI, but that's another story...).

I've thought about the Seymour Duncan's mentioned, but I didn't want to run straight out and get some with out running suggestions past you guys (and the fountain of knowledge you collectively are)!

Does that help?!


Kinman Broadcasters will make your roadworn Tele sound and look like a vintage 50's-60's Tele.

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Bucklerock wrote:
I guess you guys need me to be more specific....!

The axe is a Road worn tele, which already has nice tex mex pups on it, and I play it through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe so I'm all good and reasonably well versed on that side of things (though I am currently obsessing over a Blues JR or Princeton 65 RI, but that's another story...).

I've thought about the Seymour Duncan's mentioned, but I didn't want to run straight out and get some with out running suggestions past you guys (and the fountain of knowledge you collectively are)!

Does that help?!


Favorite artists + music you play the most would help more than knowing your guitar model :) But maybe it's just me :roll:


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