Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: steve gray on May 23, 2008, 08:38:30 PM

Title: country boy pickups
Post by: steve gray on May 23, 2008, 08:38:30 PM

so i got these the other day.. I enjoy the bride pick up a lot. i can get a nice gritty surf tone out of it with out high end harshness..
but the neck pick up doesnt really do it for me, so i am considering replacing that with a P90...
any thoughts on how well this would work?

Title: country boy pickups
Post by: 38thBeatle on May 23, 2008, 11:53:12 PM

I am surprised that you are not keen on the neck pickup. I loved the rounded bell like tone with mine but each to his own I suppose. I  would suggest perhaps giving the neck a little time to grow on you. I know  a few Tele  players who never use the neck pup on its own which I find bizarre. The two together sound terrific ( to my ears).Having said that, I have played a couple of Teles with P90s and they have sounded fantastic.

Title: Neck pickup
Post by: jms8250 on May 24, 2008, 01:09:53 AM

What exactly about the neck pickup do you not like?  Can you give a point of reference of how you like your tele neck pickup to sound?

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Title: country boy pickups
Post by: steve gray on May 24, 2008, 06:57:33 PM

to be fair.. i guess i havent given it a fair shot.. for some reason my tone knob on my neck pickups doent work? i know this is typical of 52 teles but i thought replacing the pickup would change that?

Title: country boy pickups
Post by: badgermark on May 24, 2008, 07:18:57 PM

Depends how you wire it up, the tone should be connected to the volume pot.

If you want a p90 in the neck the easiest route might be the mississippi queen neck and a humbucker sized pickguard.

Title: country boy pickups
Post by: steve gray on May 24, 2008, 09:32:37 PM

well i think i will go with the Lollar p-90s  my friend has some lollar pickups in his guitar and they seem to more detailed then the country boys atleast