new telecaster needs pickups!

[chisa]

so i have built up a new telecaster which i want to make mid 60s specs but with a full maple neck.

at the moment i have -

2 piece ash body refinished in cherry red, fat 1 piece maple neck vintage specs, fender vintage bridge with threaded saddles.

so what pickup do i need to get that 60s sound and also have a bit of twang?

i already have a set of country boys and was looking at other manufacturers but there is little in the price and having the assurance of a lifetime guarantee and knowing the quality of BKs i guess it is another set for me!

[roland_rat]

I can recommend Yardbirds highly. I got a tele with maple neck and absolutly love how yardbirds work in the guitar.  Very versitile for almost anything apart from Metal. 
I would go as far as to say my favourite Bare knuckle pickup I have tried.


Hope it help

[BigB]

so i have built up a new telecaster which i want to make mid 60s specs but with a full maple neck.

at the moment i have -

2 piece ash body refinished in cherry red, fat 1 piece maple neck vintage specs, fender vintage bridge with threaded saddles.

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but IIRC the 60's tele would be alder body and rosewood fretboard ?

so what pickup do i need to get that 60s sound and also have a bit of twang?

Yardbirds ? (wild guess...)

[AndyR]

I definitely lean towards the Yardbirds for a 60s sound.

Personally, I'm not so sure about the "twang". All depends exactly what we all mean by "twang" :lol:. Mine do twang for me, but not near as much my other teles (Blackguards). Having said that, my Yardbirds are in an alder body with rosewood board...

With a maple board and ash body though, I reckon they'd twang a fair bit more.

But 60s jangle and all round versatile tele pickups they're great :D