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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Lucifuge on October 20, 2011, 08:44:05 PM

Title: Tele bridge with F'tron neck...silly idea?
Post by: Lucifuge on October 20, 2011, 08:44:05 PM

For a future Tele-type project, I'm thinking about putting a Tele bridge pickup with something Filter'tron like (though probably in standard humbucker size) in the neck.

Is this likely to work tone-wise, or is it a bad idea? I realise the f'tron type pickups generally have pretty low output, so I'd probably use one of the lower-wound bridge pickups (Country Boy, or maybe BG 55.)

Title: Re: Tele bridge with F'tron neck...silly idea?
Post by: Telerocker on October 20, 2011, 08:45:39 PM

I shouldn't know why not. The Filtertrons are twangy for a humbucker, so should nice go with a telebridge.

Title: Re: Tele bridge with F'tron neck...silly idea?
Post by: Philly Q on October 20, 2011, 11:21:00 PM

Sounds good to me.  Fano make quite a few guitars with a Tele bridge pickup and a TV Jones neck.

http://www.fanoguitars.com/index.html (http://www.fanoguitars.com/index.html)

I don't think you need to use a low-output bridge pickup.  Some Filtertrons may have very low DC resistance but as I understand it the specs are very misleading.

Title: Re: Tele bridge with F'tron neck...silly idea?
Post by: Twinfan on October 21, 2011, 08:54:43 AM

Some Trussarts have that setup too, and in clips sound great  :)

Title: Re: Tele bridge with F'tron neck...silly idea?
Post by: Andrew W on October 21, 2011, 09:26:57 AM

Quote from: Lucifuge on October 20, 2011, 08:44:05 PM

I realise the f'tron type pickups generally have pretty low output, so I'd probably use one of the lower-wound bridge pickups (Country Boy, or maybe BG 55.)

I have a Powertron in the bridge of a Telemaster style guitar and it's a lot louder than its DC rating would have you believe.