What Is The Best Type Of Telecaster Neck Pickup?
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Taking a break from my playing to watch you. Because you're interesting, and know your shit. Which is a LOT more thyan I can say for many toobers! Bless you and stay healthy, love and regards from the UK
Probably why Joe Bonamassa says his favorite guitar (by a long shot) is his 51' Fender Nocaster. Hot tele bridge pickup and a PAF in the neck.
I don't know about you, but for me that carries some substantial weight.
Great video as always and thanks for the demos.
KYG
Can you imagine someone 50 years ago seeing someone swap out pickups that quickly. I'm still amazed in 2020.
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I like watching your videos
I love the idea of being able to swap out pups on the fly. That's pretty damn cool!!
Had to double take!
Dude swapping them out like lego bricks.
My mind is blown….
I had to pause and come to the comments as soon as I noticed. Wild!
yes no soldering or anything
@@metatron333ascension yea its a somnium guitar. I just picked one up
I really like the sound of the Mini Humbucker, never even thought of a Mini Humbucker for a Tele I'm surprised.
This was my thought exactly, the coil split makes it imo.
Unpopular opinion: They are all good enough and it doesn't matter which you use. Very few people in an audience will be able to identify any difference between any of them in a live setting. This is especially true if you play around with the EQ or use any pedals. As far as the best, I really like the 2019 MIJ Fender pickups.
You're right, I liked humbucker
Amen
If it sounds good to you and makes you feel/hear an increase in tone/playability, then it absolutely does matter, and even more so, if that increase inspires you to create music.
Regardless of how miniscule that change is, it almost doesn't matter.
So long as it matters to you and that it inspires you!
The devil's in the details.
However, that's does not mean that there are hard limitations to gear that is only of an average/basic degree of functionality.
Sometimes having nice things is nice and sometimes there are people who do more with less.
Both are equally respectable in my opinion as having more also means having a larger amount of ground you have to cover to in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of how to use your gear effectively and deliberately.
Doing more with less is impressive in the sense that you find other means of achieving the same effect but through mastery of technique you're able to conjure sounds that make playing seem simple and fluid.
@@taiyoutamaki1872 OK
If the player is using ultra high gain, you have a bit of a point. In any other type of tone, the average listener wouldn't hear much difference in a mix. But a musician can. At least we can hear the difference between single coil and buckers. Maybe some minor tonal shifts. But that's about it.
From Leo: That is really a great demo tool. I really like a Filtertron on a tele. I have one with a regular tele bridge and another with two Filtertrons. Love the tones they give me.
Charlie Christian pickup sounds just incredible in teles.
This just absolutely confirms it for me. I am an absolute, utter sucker for a filtertron. Easily my favourite in every situation.
Thanks for the video, Phil. I know this project's been a hassle due to covid, but man, we really appreciate it.
Thank you
I've been waiting for this video all weekend, thanks Phil, great content as always
Thanks Philip! I've enjoyed many of your videos over the last couple of years.
I'm a professional guitarist (Jill & Kevin), and I also build very high end Tele & Jazzmaster style guitars (Turbocaster Guitars).
For reference, I play 95% clean with on my own Tele style and Jazzmaster styles, and use Blackface Deluxe Reverbs and a cremeboard (Mexican) Blues Junior.
I use my neck pickup about 90% of the time on my Tele style guitar.
I've used many different pickups, but I have absolutely fallen in love with EMG T-Set and EMG Retro-Active T-52's. they give me the best complex tones I've ever played. So much so that I actually convinced Rob Turner (owner CEO & founder of EMG) to develop Jazzmaster pickups, which are in prototype form as I write this.
They are active, but I'm not at all sure how they work for high gain stuff. The T pickups are a little less aggressive, while the T-52 have a bit more. Since we play some jazz (among lots of other stuff) in our shows, I stick with the T-sets, but when building guitars for people who want them a bit more edgy stuff, I put T-52's in their guitars. (which also work very well for me, but the T-sets are a little better for our stuff).
Rob developed the T-52's with a very well known Nashville player (with a higher voice), and patterned the sound with his '52 Tele.
Try them, you might just love them!!
I was hoping to learn something but was hypnotized watching him run through magazines and reload..cool video thanks for the times!
Awesome video! I’ve never liked the tele neck pick up. Removing the cover helps, but I’ve always wanted more. I settle on a mini humbucker years ago and never looked back. The All Parts one is fantastic. I have my pole pieces flipped towards the bridge and it’s detached from the tone pot. I love it! It just felt like more of everything without overpowering the bridge pick up. The in between sound is perfect still.
I’m actually really digging that filtertron with this setup
I have a Filtertron in my Tele in my pic. It's pretty warm, I had to swap out the GFS Lipstick with a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound bridge pickup. The Lipstick acted as a cut because Filtertron pickups are loud. Its actually a great combo in the guitar now. I'm very happy with the middle position. My pickup is an actual Gretsch Filtertron so it required a bit more routing than a TV Jones footprint.
He'll yeah I had put a humbucker in the neck of my mim tele and I like it but I bought a Gretsch recently and I fuckin fell in love with the filtertron tv jones style pick ups. It's kinda funny that this popped up this morning because I planned on ordering one today.
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Got those in my Gretsch. Love em!😎👍✨
Love teles
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Try them both out! I would say the Filtertrons have a bit more sparkle to their tone. That said the Gretschbuckers that came in my Electromatic originally sound even better in the Ibanez in my pic than they ever did in my Gretsch. Go figure.
I will tell you that the DeArmonds do sound a bit warmer and fuller than Filtertrons. A bit smoother and closer to P90s minus the growl. That's my experience at least.
The 500k pots w/ 500k parallel resistor tip is a really good one! Did this on my T a while back and having the 500k pots really improved the clarity of my neck humbucker without significant change to the bridge sound. I like the middle position even more now!
Switching out the tone capacitors to a .015 µF or .022µF can make a massive difference for bringing out more clarity. My .015 µF tone cap that cost 50 cents completely transformed my cheap tele.
Hi, Phillip! Been watching your channel for almost two years and man... love your approach! I've been testing the classic Humbucker and a the classic Tele neck pickup and tottally loved that mini humbucker, looking forward to it. Thanks for this, you rock man.
Oh man...Best video of 2020 so far. I really enjoy it, thanks. I would like to see test the DiMarzio true velvet set for tele
I love the sound of the tele neck pickup so much that I put one on my SG. If you play a melodic tapping style then it is perfect for that. So it really depends on your genre. The clarity of those little taps is just amazing on a tele pickup.
Agreed, I love a regular tele neck pickup. Really versatile and great for jazz and clean stuff.
That mini humbucker was boss. I was hoping for more out of the P90
I've always kind of thought stock was the best tele sound for a tele, but that mini humbucker blew me away, especially when you split it! Really opened my eyes to the kind of potential a mini humbucker can have in a tele.
I have a mini in neck position and it's great
Firebirds say hello
I really enjoyed hearing the filtertron in the neck. Jeff Baxter used a filtertron neck pickup, in his tele, back in the early 70's, when he played with Steely Dan.
Since, like me, you really love the Tele middle position, I kind of wish you had spent more time on how some of these neck pickup alternatives blend with the bridge pickup. I think I'd stay away from any upgrade to my Tele's neck pickup that messes with my mid-position tone.
You said it. My tele is probably in middle position about 90% of the time. That’s the butter tone.
They say the great Steve Cropper played pretty much everything in the middle position
Yeah would have been good to see a comparison of a middle strat pickup in the neck vs a Tele pickup
@@G_Demolished To my mind that *is* the telecaster sound. The bridge always sounds too bright, the neck completely aenemic, but the middle is where you get that signature spank and twang
I love how that guitar gives you the convenience in comparing pups Bridge and neck. I was thinking someday someone will invent that kind of guitar. Love your demos. Cheers!
This is a bit embarrassing to admit: I always thought mini humbuckers where completely the same thing as a full size humbucker. I've totally been missing out! What could be cool is having either two mini humbuckers, or a coil-splittable Filtertron in the bridge for something a bit different and parallel/series and phase switch for the middle position sounds
Check out a Firebird guitar. Or go to Sweetwater & check out Don Carr's demo of the Epiphone Firebird 😀
The Squier Contemporary Jaguar has both coil split and series parallel capabilities.
I've said it before, but the Somnium guitar is an absolute game changer for pickup demos.
Have you heard about relish guitars?
@@mariushebnes5951 Yup! The issue with Relish in my opinion is that you're limited to two passive humbuckers (I don't remember if you can use single-coils other than p-90s), so Somnium just seems a lot better for modular pickup swapping. Plus, a Relish guitar is a bit more pricey anyway.
So this is my second real viewing of this and I gotta say. Though I'm still a huge fan of the sound of the mini, the filtertron is incredible. So it would be a toss up for me now. As for the content, man I really dig how thorough you are and your videos always keep me going. I appreciate you. 🙏 🎶🤘
The mini humbucker and P90 are both great options. I also found the Filtertron really unique and cool sounding too. Really dug that one.
Thank you for this video. I was thinking about swapping one of my Tele's neck position pickup to a different type- and this made me realize to just leave it as it is.
Get a les paul jr
Glad to see that you're back at the pickup videos again!
For me personally, the reason I want to add a Tele to my arsenal at some point is the tones Jerry Donahue got, and he used a strat pickup in the neck position.
But the mini humbucker really does seem to complement the tele bridge pickup well.
That guitar you built (I assume you built it) satisfies so many people's curiosities. Great work man.
My favorites were the filtertron and the p90. Most versatile is the mini hum for sure. Split it sounds almost exactly like the stock pickup plus you get a fatter sound for leads.
TV Jones Filtertrons - the best I ever played in a tele since 40 years, unbeatable. Absolutely cool guitar to try out pu´s , Mr Genius !
Thank you for the comparison. I'm actually right now building 2 telecasters. One with mini humbucker or if it is a Firebird in the neck, and one with a P94 in neck position as I've always been thinking these sounds good in combination with the tele bridge. They will be the complement to my standard telecaster.
Thanks, Phil. I liked the Filtertron and the P90. Also the Tele pickup because it's perfect.
Thinking about a Warmoth tele build and this video was extremely helpful deciding what I want. That mini-hum is where it's at.
Missed two likely candidates: Charlie Christian and Gold Foil. Of the ones, you covered, I like the Filtertron and the mini.
JD McPherson has a Tele with a Charlie Christensen pickup. It's pretty warm and a lower output pickup by design. Check out the Rig Rundown on JD to hear it.
The goldfoil will be pretty mellow too compared to stock Tele pickups.
Joe Barden?
I ended up with a gold-foil neck pickup in my Tele when a guy in my neighborhood put it up for sale (already mounted in the pickguard!) Really like it - just balances really nicely with the bridge pickup and stands out a bit more than the stock pickup when played solo. Definitely recommended, if you can find one.
@@johna6502
Is the gold foil warmer than the stock Tele neck pickup? Also is there a volume drop between the neck and bridge pickups?
Gold foils are one of the few pickups I have not tried yet. Thanks for any info.😊👍✨
@@gringogreen4719 If anything it's actually brighter - not _bright_ if you were to map it on a spectrum with other pickups, but clearer; it isn't all muddy in the high end like the stock Tele neck pickup, which is what I like about it. Volume-wise, it's actually quite a bit louder than the bridge pickup; I need to redo the mounting arrangement on mine so I can drop it down and balance the two a bit better.
I know it's 2 months old...amazing I was just thinking earlier today what a p90 would be like in a telly...it made me a sub ...thanks thanks for the video
The Fender Hot Rod '52 Tele was what prompted me to build something similar for myself. I loved the SD Mini Humbucker in that guitar too. However, I ended up with a SD Psyclone (Filtertron) Vintage in my build. Bridge pickup wired as normal, and no tone control on the neck. It's the guitar I play the most these days, even my McCarty struggles to get a look in!
I've just rewired my Vintera 50's modified Tele. It now has a standard three way switch and the S1 switch disconnects the tone pot from the neck pick. This is now my perfect Tele. I get to use the original mellow neck PU for jazz and, with tone lifted the more strat like neck tone works for blues and rock. This is everything I want a Tele to be, without changing the pickup 👍.
I’m digging the way a full size humbucker sounds in the neck. I’m doing a Tele build, and I plan on putting a Dimarzio Eric Johnson pup in the neck, with a Dimarzio True Velvet in the bridge. I think it will be a great combination.
If you must change out the neck Tele pickup, I think that mini-humbucker with coil split is the way to go. Although, I really liked that filtertron too, gave it a nice jangle. Would love to hear the mini humbucker in parallel mode as opposed to coil split, wonder what that would sound like.
Love my SD Quarter Pound in the neck! Its like the classic tele neck with more oomph.
I'm currently using G&B pickups in my Tradition CAB10 Tele: a factory-installed Alnico 5 bridge PU (8.5K) and fattened the neck with a Golden Age A5 Strat PU (6.6K) after the Tele A5 neck pickup (8.8K) shorted out; actually the tone's much noticeably fatter in series with the 4-way switch more so than the Tele pickup. Now I'm in a totally tonal bliss with a P90 i recently swapped the Strat PU out. The estimated DC resistance of this Bootstrap Screwdriver's a warm 7.6K; mine's a scorchin' hot 9.4K w/A2's but I didn't want to overpower the bridge pickup so it sits flush to the pickguard resting on wooden shims in the cavity with the polepiece screws 1/4 inch under the strings and so far it reminds me of the Strat pickup until i raise the P90 closer to the string itself to which the sound will become much fuller and fatter. I've swapped in another P90 in the form of a G&B/Thompson T90 w/A5's now matching the retained bridge PU perfectly...informative vid Phil!
I'm getting ready to build my first tele shaped partscaster and this is the perfect video to help me decide between a humbucker or P90 for my neck pickup. Big thanks
I've got Lollars, classic '52 in the bridge and p90 in the neck. I love the sound of the middle position and use it most of the time.
Cool video! I agree on the mini-humbucker. I think it fit the role well. I really like the Tele neck pickup sound, even if it is light on power. So the coil split mini seems to give both options.
Also, I'm a sucker for 'Trons, so I liked that one too.
Single coil: 3:53 10:03
Mini Hum: 2:11 10:06
Filtertron: 4:07 10:11
P90: 5:33 10:22
Humbucker: 7:05 10:17
I have a Lollar “Royal T” on my neck & a TV Jones “Classic +” for my bridge pup. Really fun combo. I’m a real fan of the strat neck tones so I like the versatility I get with the Neck pup & the punchy tones from the bridge pup.
I actually like the p90 as a neck pickup in a Tele. I have the Schecter PT Special with the p90 at the neck and the middle position sounds great. It also has the option to switch the wiring to series by pulling on the tone knob to *simulate a more humbucker sound. The filtertron sounded good also to me.
I love that Dimarzio mini bucker! I would have liked to hear it in the middle switch position with the P90 in the bridge.
I had a 52 Hot Rod and loved the mini HB. For 2 of my custom build Tele types I used the same Seymour mini HB in the neck positions. I also added a Seymour strat center blade in my Tele types and Twisted Tele bridge PUs
The P90 get's my vote. On the best tele I ever owned (a parts guitar I built) a friend gave me a custom bridge pup that a friend of his had wound to emulate a p90 that fits a tele bridge slot. The combination of that with a luck of the draw stock fender neck pup was absolutely magical. My big beef with standard tele's is bridge pup harshness, which is pretty easy to get from a stock Fender. For me, the whole point of a tele is to have that bridge pup bite on deck when you need to cut through, but cutting thru with tone that sounds like you're playing razor wire doesn't always work. I mostly live on the neck when I'm playing tele's, so having something really nice in that slot is perfection.
I have a used Squier CV 50s Tele that someone put a GFS mini humbucker in. They also wired it with two “interactive” volume knobs. Set the selector to the middle position and you can blend the pickups by adjusting each one’s volume individually.
It took some getting used to, but now I really love this odd setup. I can brighten the neck pickup by adding some of the bridge, or set the bridge volume for rhythm, and switch the bridge for solos with a boost in volume and treble as well.
For such simple setup, it’s amazingly versatile.
I built a thin line tele with minis in the neck and middle pos. with a dual blade tele in the bridge. That is a combo I really loved gave it my nephew who had his guitar stolen. Very versatile tele I would love to make another one day.
I'm a big fan of the stock Tele neck sound, but I really enjoyed the sound of all these pickups in your demo except the humbucker.
The right Tele neck pup is magic
Thanks for demo. I feel like keeping the original tele neck pick up in US made Fender , while I have a G&L Tele with an alnico 2 humbucker much more clear than the one you tested. The great late Rory Gallagher used to fit a Strat pick up in neck position for punchier louder tones of his slide play. He even added a Strat pickup in middle position to get the neck-middle tone in position 4. In your demo, I prefered the original tele neck pick up for overdriven. tones
I have changed all my guitars neck pickups to bridge pickups. Makes a HUGE difference in overall tone quality and versatility. I have one Strat with 3 humbucking bridge pickups, and the highest output is in the neck position. Awesome sounding guitar.
The Filter-tron sounds great for me, almost like you took a Tele bridge pickup and put it in the neck position.
I've often wondered why that didn't cross Leo's mind
But if u alr have a bridge pickup sound in the bridge why would u want it in the neck too 😂
the best demo comparisons! you could make living doing this.....
I REALLY liked the mini humbucker and the filtertron pu’s! Enjoyed the comparisons
Great review and comparison of different pickups.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for doing this comparison with neck pups! Interesting! Enjoy watching your chats! Great for guitar players! ?.thanks!
Loved that, thanks. I'm just about to change my Squire Fat Telecaster Pro Tone neck pup, so great timing for me 👍🏻
Nice video, well done! At present on my Telly I have a Di Marzio mini humbucker at the neck, and this is my preferred configuration.
Fascinating since I just bought a G&L Bluesboy as my "do-it-all" guitar (for now, anyway). I also liked the mini and the P90. I think the mini would be the most versatile. Great video as always
i keep coming back to this video , man.
so pertinent. useful. cool.
thanks so much
cheers from Portugal
The solo on Reeling in the Years was on a humbucker in the neck position of a strat
this comment sent me on a gear history adventure, He did it all in one take even, thats pretty cool
All steely dan solos have a story man
Good demo - thanks. Mini hum bucker all the way. Had a Fender Hot rod Tele - - let it go - drat!!
Hi I'm over here in England & have a Texas Customs Tele with their mini humbucker in neck & there standard bridge pick up. As you say this makes a great combination. I have had no end of Teles with all combinations & like this the best. Keep up the great work.
I own one of the ‘52 Hot rod Tele’s with a mini humbucker in the neck position. I’ll never sell it. I love it, combine the great sound with the chunky U neck and it’s a an absolute joy. Never found anything like it since, and despite owning quite a few guitars there’s something special about it
My best tele has a lollar mini Humbucker in the neck and a TV Jones Humbucker sized Classic Filtertron in the bridge, with just a 3 way switch. Gives me twang, bite and warmth. Cuts through the mix and is a joy to play.
My favorite neck pickup on a tele is a bright strat neck pickup - you should try it it's amazing! :)
I have a Lace Sensor gold on my tele and I love it! Kinda sucks that it’s a little bit more difficult to find a pickguard though
I wonder why nobody has ever run two Tele bridge pups Hmmmm
@@paulcowart3174 Well I guess you really need to check this: ruclips.net/video/vx_YfO5N3gM/видео.html
It was Mexican an relatively affordable - even the shop in my country had one some years ago. ;)
@@paulcowart3174 I put Lil 59s in my Tele and I am fixing to add a Strat SD middle pickup. ;)
I like the mini humbucker quite a bit too!
Humbucker was a bit too heavy I think, lacked the finesse for the location.
The P90 was a real surprise, I think it could be great instead of the original tele neck pickup in a lot of applications.
Biggest surprise for me was the Filtertron. Very interesting brightness to the tone. If bright is what u want, it could really work well. I wonder how well it works blended...
Great review, a lot of good options checked. Playing the same chords really helped with the comparison.
Thanks, Phillip. The mini had the most caressing tone. And I have a good sound system: Boston/mid; Bose/sub; Linaeum/tweeter for my iMac. I could hear the mini all day brother, w/no fatigue.
Wow! Philip, this is probably the best pickup-test-system-platform applied to a guitar. Sure needs some pre-work when making all the connections inside the blocks, but anyways, this truly gives you possibility to hot-swap the pickups and making the review on-the-fly. Gives much extra for the review. I have to say it once more - WOW! I have to agree, the mini humbucker was the most versatile if one likes to have the "best from the both worlds".
this was great, just what I've been curious about!
I've had a P90 in the neck position of my tele for years... Never really digged it. Didn't want to put a humbuckers because I already have a Paul. I think you've convinced me to go with a mini humbucker.
Love the mini humbucker and the filtertron. I might have to pick up a mini humbucker to put into my Tele's neck.
I'm so surprise To find the TV Jones/filtron was my absolute favourite. Honestly I love this guitar and all the pickups you can put into it
Really wish I had $5000 to spend on this guitar, modules, and pickups, right now.
The MINI HB nailed it like you said!!! I play aValley Arts Brent Mason for years and it is still everytime: WOW!!!
This might be the coolest guitar vid I’ve ever seen
You should check out Charlie Christian PU in the neck position. It has a little more uumph than a P90 IMHO plus good enough for Danny Gatton
I love your scientific approach Phil. Personal view - I think a Tele needs to sound like a Tele, so anything with two sets of coils at the neck is not going to sound quite right, unless you go for a coil split. You need the twang!
I really like the sound of that P-90 -- they always seem bigger and more range in tone.
Great Review .Phil ,I liked the Mini HB.
After acquiring a Legacy Tele over the summer as a belated birthday present to myself, I was reminded of how much I missed the sound of a traditional Tele neck pickup. Both pickups were good but not so good because they were microphonically irritating (they really just need wax potting) so i ordered a set of Thompson T-Bucket PU's. With A5 and DC resistances of 6.4K (bridge) & 7.4K (neck), their outputs remind me of late 50s/early 60s Telecaster PU's. However, I'm thinking of trying out mini humbuckers for a change... but not in my Tele!
Thanks for the videos sir, great content. I was wondering if you’ve ever played or done a video on the early 90’s Telecaster Plus? They came with the different colored lace sensor pickups. I was fortunate enough to inherit a ‘93 with the single blue in the neck position and the double red Humbucker in the bridge. Was just curious about your take on them.
Mini Humbucker - original sound, plus if you want it some real punch when required. Thanks Phil, Good Luck!
Came in here trying to figure out if I should get a tele with a conventional neck pickup or a P90 . Great demo, solved my dilemma.
I'm really falling in love with that mini humbucker you get the same punch from a full humbucker without losing any output. the mini humbuckers sound of the cleanest by Farr you don't get that muffled tone that most neck pickups have. but you get more of a clean signal from the mini humbucker. I'd like to hear some distortion on it and then put it in the middle position, I bet that would sound incredible
Found this really interesting. Already got a Tele (with Texas specials) but recently picked up a Squier Telecaster Custom II which has p90s (Duncan Design) - only cost $90 and I've already got that Tele Sound I thought i would upgrade the pickups to mini humbuckers/humbuckers or better set of p90s. The neck of the Custom II is a bit weak. This is a great help. Will have to keep watching.... thank you
How come it's only been 8 months since this video, but I can't find that mini bucker for sale anywhere!?!?
Lmao.
Fantastic Video Phil! Keep em coming Buddy.
Great video. I have a 93 Tele with a 74 gibson mini humbucker and its amazing, specially in the middle position. Blessings.
Wide Range humbucker is my favorite, it's got such a warm tone but will get nice and fuzzy without being muddy when overdriven
I think you're a genius. I use a Lindy Fralin Split Blade at the bridge (no 60 Cycle hum), and the Fralin mini-humbucker (Firebird) at the neck.
My Tele came stock with usual Tele S coils, so had to route out neck cavity to fit the mini. The bridge cavity is stock. Utterly a stunning combination.
Thanks god I watched this video before buying a Tele. Absolutely agree with you about the minihumbucker
I've tried them all and my favorites have been the traditional neck and a mini humbucker. I just love them both, if you only have one guitar coil split the mini with a good Vintage style bridge.
Great comparison. I actually liked the tele bridge pu in the neck tones.
Very informative - thanks for that!