replacing telecaster pickups? - post from old forum

[cyberfret]

D.B wrote:

i have a pretty basic mexican tele (not sqiuer) and i wanted to know some opinions for repacing the pick ups for a good lead tone (yeah for punk)

[cyberfret]

ESP_Viper replied:

Well for telecaster replacements there are a few good options. EMG makes two telecaster sets the EMG-T set and the EMG-TC set. The EMG-TC is a hotter set, they have ceramic magnets: which would be what you're looking for. The EMG-T has alnico magnets; this type of magnet is in more "vintage" sounding pickups.

There is also seymour duncan's replacement Tele pickups. I would recommend the tele hotrails for the bridge and whatever you want for the neck position. The hot rails pickup is a great lead pickup, since there are no individual pole pieces, you do not loose string definition with bends.

It would be safe to say that dimarzio makes tele pickups. I do not know the dimarzio line very well. You can check out these companys' sites. Seymour duncan is www.seymourduncan.com EMG is www.emginc.com and dimarzio is www.dimarzio.com

Hope this helps

[Elmo45]

You should check out the Hotrail like Cyber said and also the JB Jr's.

[ESP_Viper]

well actually that was my post about the hotrails :) cyberfret (shawn) just posted it from the old message board. If ya see it says "ESP_Viper Said:" Anyway, the JB would be nice too, but I don't know if it would fit :/ Good luck again!