I usually stay tuned half after step down.
Do you mean C# standard?
I've used a Stockholm and an A-Bomb (alnico Nailbomb) to go effect in D standard. My band is '80s style d-beat punk (Discharge, Mob 47, etc) but I think the basic tonality you would need is similar. I play a lot faster than either of those two tracks and the pickups stay clear and tight sounding in that tuning.
Tele I would go for the Piledriver or put a humbucker style Tele bridge plate in it, route it, and fit one of the two pickups just mentioned.
The only pickup I've fitted to a Tele is a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound, to the guitar owned by our other guitarist. Changed the character of that guitar completely. Sounds insane now, tonnes of output. I would go for the biggest output Tele pickup in the BKP range (Piledriver) based on that experience. It will probably be less compressed and clearer sounding than the SD QP. I wired that thing straight to the jack. Go for 500K pots and wire in a 'blower switch' that bypasses everything and just gives you bridge pickup straight to the jack if you can manage it. Should be a wiring diagram on the web somewhere.
You could also look at the Painkiller for a humbucker.
EDIT: You should also wait for littleredguitars2 's opinion. He is the forum pop punk guy and has had happy times with the Piledriver and Stockholm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geVjMQDqxjMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6l-7M_nXaIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQWdkVLI7R0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs3IkBFHe-khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-lRkd1txBoIf you click on the link in my signature you can check out the demo of my band. The two guitars on it are my SG Junior with the Stockholm P-90 (which you can see in my avatar) and the Telecaster with the SD Quarter Pound in it. I am playing through a Peavey 6534+ and the Tele is going through a Mesa Recto combo
