Brown sugars or yardbirds?

[bennysmarket]

HI, my previous post seems to have been lost. Can anyone tell me the main difference between these two pickups?
I use compression and do quite a lot of travis style picking, I also
play punk and powerpop so need some balls from the bridge + clear clean tones. want the tele brightness and twang but not the shrill thin weedy cheese wire. Clarity and note definition is always of the utmost importance to me.Thankyou.

[PhilKing]

Brown Sugars are based on the sound of a mid 50's maple neck Tele while Yardbirds are an early 60's rosewood neck sound.  What this means for you in tone is the difference between the Stones' Brown Sugar and the Yardbirds Shape of Things to Come.  The Yardbirds are a little mellower with slightly less power.  They do nail the 1960 Tele sound (I know because I have a 62 Tele and the Yardbird equiped tele I played sounded just like it).  I think for what you are asking, the Brown Sugar set might be a better bet, or a Stagger Pole Black Guard set (they have a more Stratty tone on the neck pickup, but have a nice 50's Tele bridge pickup with all the grit that you would get from an original).