Pickups for telecaster

[Jonnygal]

Hi

looking to put together a telecaster project and need a bit of help deciding on a set of pickups for this.

i am leaning towards the piledriver for the bridge pickup as i don't really use clean a whole lot so wouldn't be a problem that way but would still have the power for clarity when using high gain.

i am stuck trying to decide on a neck pickup that would compliment the above.

i know i can have the calibrated set but am looking for opinions about any others i may want to consider.

the reason i ask as with humbuckers many people will recommend a nail bomb bridge with a cold sweat neck pickup and wondered would there be any favoured telecaster combinations?

cheers

Jonny

[Gary_Goo]

I've got Brown Sugars and Flat 50's in my Teles and I've always found the sets to be a really good bet and full of useable tones, so I'd say unless you have some really specific requirements (i.e. Modern bridge, vintage neck), get the set and not worry about mixing and matching too much.

[Telerocker]

Besides the Piledriver I would also check out the BG Flat 50, which can do heavy rock and maybe some metal easily. I would pick a calibrated set for a good balance.
It's true that people like to mix different humbuckers, bec they have special requirements or the guitar demands a specific pickup (more mids, or darker voiced etc). Or for them balance between bridge and neck is not that important. In general the calibrated sets are very well balanced.