YetAnotherWhichPupsForThisTele(tm) thread

[Andrew W]

This gets more interesting.  I dropped Tim an e-mail asking for his recommendation for my Jazzmaster/Tele/Strat project and I mentioned I wanted to go from AC/DC,ZZ Top and Zeppelin tones to surf type sounds via a bit of Danny Gatton and Tim's reply was unequivocably that I should get a Blackguard Flat 50 bridge pickup which is what I've now ordered.  I'm not sure from your original post how much grunt you're looking for from your pickup but I thought I'd share Tim's wisdom.  This might help or it might horribly confuse matters. :)

[Philly Q]

The BG50 certainly seems to get recommended a lot as a great all-rounder.

[Elliot]

Because it is a great all rounder -   8)!

[BigB]

This gets more interesting.  I dropped Tim an e-mail asking for his recommendation for my Jazzmaster/Tele/Strat project and I mentioned I wanted to go from AC/DC,ZZ Top and Zeppelin tones to surf type sounds via a bit of Danny Gatton and Tim's reply was unequivocably that I should get a Blackguard Flat 50 bridge pickup which is what I've now ordered.  I'm not sure from your original post how much grunt you're looking for from your pickup but I thought I'd share Tim's wisdom.  This might help or it might horribly confuse matters. :)

Thanks for sharing - but I indeed want WAY more grunt (and beef), and I'm really not into surf sounds  . If my buddy doesn't order it's boss set really quickly now, and of course depending on Tim's advices (I still not asked the man), I might take the chance to go for a PD set, eventually exchanging them for Boss if I do find them too compressed or to far away from the Tele "character". Waiting for the paycheck anyway  :lol:

Also, I quickly tried the Tele on my singers Peavey C30 on saturday's rehearsal, and it sounded way less wimpy than on the Blues Junior  :? Duh ! I can't afford a new amp by now - not before next spring in the better case - and well, I do like the Bjr too - at least with the Vox Custom 24.

Decisions, decisions... and budget  :(

[BigB]

BigB, please let us know how your friend finds The Boss in his Tele.  I'm having the same dilemma as you at present as I need a pickup for my Jazzmaster/Tele/Strat hybrid thing I'm building and I think I've narrowed it down either another Piledriver or The Boss.  Ah decisions, decisions. :)

Well, the boy doesn't seem to be in a hurry - he has still not ordered its set yet  :?

Also I sent a mail to Tim last week (think it was on wednesday) and I'm still waiting for an answer - I suspect he didn't get the mail at all (aggressive anti-spam or whatever ?).

Duh...  :(

[FernandoDuarte]

I'd give him a phone call...

[TJguitar]

yeah i've been having troble deciding between a piledriver or boss in the bridge recently so i'm very interested to hear the outcome of this =)

[BigB]

yeah i've been having troble deciding between a piledriver or boss in the bridge recently so i'm very interested to hear the outcome of this =)

So am I - but I begin to wonder whether I've been cursed or Tim blacklisted me or whatever - I posted a second mail to Tim and still have no answer ??????

[BigB]

yeah i've been having troble deciding between a piledriver or boss in the bridge recently so i'm very interested to hear the outcome of this =)

So am I - but I begin to wonder whether I've been cursed or Tim blacklisted me or whatever - I posted a second mail to Tim and still have no answer...

Well, ok, I only posted the second mail yesterday :oops:

[BigB]

Ok, got Tim's answer this morning, and to my surprise, he recommands... a BG flat 50 set  :o

I have to admit I really didn't expect this... Ok, between my first post in this thread and the mail I sent Tim I possibly changed my minds quite a few times, and this surely shows in the mail. But BG flat 50 ??? I had ruled them out right from the start - had ruled out the whole "vintage" range FWIW.

So, I'm now browsing the archives and clips for opinions and samples on this set - if anyone that has them could comment on how they sound on heavy distortion (not metal but...), it may help. Andrew W, if you read me - did you try your BG set now ?

I know the golden rule here is "do what Tim said", and I indeed do have good reasons to trust Tim, but I'm less confident in how well I managed to express what I was looking for :oops:

[Philly Q]

I think it's a case where you might be better of phoning and talking it through with Tim.

That's what I plan to do when I eventually get a Tele set.  Despite reading many a thread on here I'm still not very clear about the differences between the sets - I'm torn between BG50, Boss, possibly Brown Sugars or even Piledrivers.

It seems to be harder than choosing humbuckers - perhaps because a Tele is always going to sound like a Tele no matter what you put in it, so pickup differences are pretty subtle.

[gwEm]

not so surprising - the BG50 is great for rock!

edit: you mentioned 'twang' in your description, the twang isn't so pronounced on the boss and piledriver.

[BigB]

not so surprising - the BG50 is great for rock!

Have any experience on how it takes heavier distortions (I mean, not quite the metal/brootalz thing but much more than classic rock / early hard rock) ? The only samples I found were more in the blues/classic rock (or almost jazz-rock...) camp...

[gwEm]

not so surprising - the BG50 is great for rock!

Have any experience on how it takes heavier distortions (I mean, not quite the metal/brootalz thing but much more than classic rock / early hard rock) ? The only samples I found were more in the blues/classic rock (or almost jazz-rock...) camp...

I've tried it twice - in a tele at Phil's place, and a tele/strat hybrid at Wez's place. Classic rock/early hard rock will be excellent on it. The sound is nice and airy, yet full of character.

[BigB]

Have any experience on how it takes heavier distortions (I mean, not quite the metal/brootalz thing but much more than classic rock / early hard rock) ?

I've tried it twice - in a tele at Phil's place, and a tele/strat hybrid at Wez's place. Classic rock/early hard rock will be excellent on it.

Yeps, I have no doubt on this from what I've heard - but I was actually wondering how it would do with _heavier_ distortions :mrgreen: