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littlemurph7976

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Piledriver in a Baritone Tele?
« on: March 20, 2013, 02:59:47 PM »
So I posted another thread asking about new pickups for my Baritone Blacktop Telecaster, (here: https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=29537.0 ) looking for a bridge humbucker, and single coil neck set.

After a lot of looking around and the initial recommendation from you guys, I've decided on an Emerald in the bridge, with a coil tap. Now I'm just after some opinions/thoughts on the Piledriver Neck pickup.

Anyone had a Piledriver in a Baritone Tele before?
How well will both pickups go together, output-wise?
How will the Piledriver handle the extended scale length? I don't want a 'boomy' neck pickup, the stock neck pickup is quite bad for this.
Would a bridge Piledriver in the neck work better, if this is the case?
Any other recommendations?

I'm also wanting to change both of the pots, jack and switch, as the stock ones are cr@ppy and crackly. I'm wanting a push/pull for the tone, to split the bridge, so what values would people recommend? I'm thinking 550k for both and a .47 capacitor, but I'm not that up on the finer details of electronics so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
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littlemurph7976

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Re: Piledriver in a Baritone Tele?
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2013, 06:18:24 PM »
No one?

littlemurph7976

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Re: Piledriver in a Baritone Tele?
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2013, 03:28:27 PM »
One last bump.

darkbluemurder

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Re: Piledriver in a Baritone Tele?
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2013, 04:07:40 PM »
There are probably not too many baritone guitar players around. I have a baritone telecaster guitar but it has a bridge pickup only - the only thing I needed for the deep country twang tones. In the end I was using that guitar on only one song in the entire evening, and later that song got dropped from the setlist - the baritone stayed home ever since.

The players who use a baritone for heavier stuff will probably use a humbucker or P90 rather than a tele neck pickup.

Cheers Stephan

littlemurph7976

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Re: Piledriver in a Baritone Tele?
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2013, 05:26:45 AM »
Thankyou for the reply, Stephan. I realise I'm asking for quite a 'niche' thing here, there aren't that many baritone players, let alone one's that want to use a baritone as a regular guitar, like me.

I shall have to continue pondering this one, as I'm really not sure of what I even want. Thankyou for trying to help.