Let's talk about tele bridge rail pickups

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Let's talk about tele bridge rail pickups

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I have 2 teles and wanting to transform one into a rock machine. Any rail bridge pickup will retain some of the twang? seems everyone love Chopper T. :crazy:

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Never tried a rail in a tele though I love the cool rails in the bridge of one of my strats :)
I reckon a hot rails would kill.
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What's in the Kotzen Tele? I reckon that retains some twang whilst being heavy-sounding.

Counter-intuitive as it may seem, the stock pickup in my old Nocaster Tele seemed to do everything. Could be as heavy as fuck.

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I think the Kotzen Tele has the Chopper T?
Seymour Duncan Lil 59 is a nice in between option.
It’s a vintage ish modeled humbucker but it certainly gives a Tele bridge position some life!
I personally like a slightly overwound broadcaster single coil type bridge pickup over the humbucker options. Normally retains some twang but sounds grunnty too.

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Wilkinson broadcaster pickup.
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No idea what a bridge rail behaves like but I've got a RioGrande Dirty Harry (P90) in mine.
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I had a DiMarzio Tone Zone rail in my Tele didn't like it at all. Too compressed and fizzy.
Switched to a little 59. Glad I did, it's an overwound PAF basically. Sounds awesome.
PAFs or P90s for rock, rails for metal imo. Ymmv

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Post by rickenbackerkid »

I have had a lil59 in a tele. It was a great sound a little nasal on it’s own, but stil raunchy and cutting like a Tele. Sounded wicked in a band situation as it left space for the bass and cut through in a high midrange sort of spot

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The CS Broadcaster I had in my US Tele rocked hard.
Loving it so far

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The twisted Tele bridge is super hot...very rock!
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Molly wrote:What's in the Kotzen Tele? I reckon that retains some twang whilst being heavy-sounding.

Counter-intuitive as it may seem, the stock pickup in my old Nocaster Tele seemed to do everything. Could be as heavy as fuck.
That's a chopper t, I'm also a huge kotzen fan !

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GrantB wrote:The twisted Tele bridge is super hot...very rock!
Saw a set of twisted tele on trademe, but the super high treble put me off a bit

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Not sure mine could be called super high treble but it all comes down the guitar/amp etc...sum of all parts.
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Another thumbs-up for the Lil'59 as a bridge pickup. Looks cool as single-coil sized humbucker, but does a decent split sound as well.
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I like the SD quarter pounder or the fat.

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