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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: PosterBoy on November 11, 2012, 03:25:03 PM

Title: Adding a Middle pickup to my Tele
Post by: PosterBoy on November 11, 2012, 03:25:03 PM

So I've been thinking about routing out a chunk of wood from my Tele and adding a strat middle pickup.

I have the piledriver set in their currently, which pickup would be a good match, I'm guessing something fairly hot like the Irish tour middle pickup.  Also do I want it standard or RW/RP ?

Title: Re: Adding a Middle pickup to my Tele
Post by: Telerocker on November 11, 2012, 05:31:47 PM

If you want less hum RW/RP. An IT is a good pickup as a standalone middlepickup, but will be overpowered by the Piledriver of course.

Title: Re: Adding a Middle pickup to my Tele
Post by: PosterBoy on November 12, 2012, 10:37:01 AM

Would the Piledrivers overpower it, if I was just using it for 2 & 4 positions and never by itself?

Title: Re: Adding a Middle pickup to my Tele
Post by: PosterBoy on November 12, 2012, 03:16:03 PM

Is there a difference between middle and bridge pickups apart from the Dc resistance?

Title: Re: Adding a Middle pickup to my Tele
Post by: Telerocker on November 12, 2012, 04:42:51 PM

Quote from: PosterBoy on November 12, 2012, 03:16:03 PM

Is there a difference between middle and bridge pickups apart from the Dc resistance?

The bridge-IT is hotter then the middle-IT, as with every strat-set.
By overpowering I mean the Piledriver has (way) more output then the middle-IT. If you blend those two, the Piledriver will dominate.

Title: Re: Adding a Middle pickup to my Tele
Post by: PosterBoy on November 12, 2012, 04:51:13 PM

So I could need a special middle pickup wound for me then

Title: Re: Adding a Middle pickup to my Tele
Post by: Telerocker on November 12, 2012, 05:13:06 PM

That depends. If you want them to balance you need something a little hotter. You could mail the BKP-team for a recommendation.

Title: Re: Adding a Middle pickup to my Tele
Post by: PosterBoy on November 16, 2012, 02:18:06 PM

Just got a reply from Ben @ BK and he recommended the Irish Tour middle.

Thought I'd update the thread, for anyone else searching something similar

Title: Re: Adding a Middle pickup to my Tele
Post by: Telerocker on November 17, 2012, 12:57:36 AM

Quote from: PosterBoy on November 16, 2012, 02:18:06 PM

Just got a reply from Ben @ BK and he recommended the Irish Tour middle.

Thought I'd update the thread, for anyone else searching something similar

Try to fiddle with the height to get the best balance. I hope you'll like the IT.