There’s more poke and clarity than a Gibson Les Paul, thanks to the p90 configuration, maple neck and body construction, but more girth than a standard Fender Telecaster with single coils thanks to the fatter P90 configuration. Here are our picks of the best Telecaster neck pickups that are ideal for vintage-voiced chimes, that P-90 bite, or heavier modern tones. This guitar is effectively the same as the non-trem Deluxe model, but features two Black Dove P90 pickups instead of the twin wide range pickups. The p90 in this Squire Telecaster Custom gives me that and more. I'm not sure exactly what Fender Japan uses in the Aerodyne Telecaster, but I've tried a couple and I like that guitar a lot. Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele. I tried several times to get P90's to work well in a Tele. Learn more about Fender electric basses. Yep – we got that! Fender literally wrote the book on electric basses, laying the foundation for musical innovation and evolution. Might need a new set up for your preference. If you consider a vintage bridge a key aspect of "Tele-ness", you may want to install a Tele pickup with P90-like characteristics in the bridge position, with enough output to keep up with a regular P90 in the neck position. First introduced in 1950, it quickly became a huge hit thanks to its easy playability, unique yet simple design and bright, snappy sound. It’s a perfect drop-in replacement for any Fender Telecaster Bridge pickup and for those looking for that versatile, unique P90 tone for their Tele. Do you want to do two P90s, P90 in neck or bridge only, with humbucker, or with a Tele single coil? This is a used 2014 Fender Telecaster set up and intonated for 10s-46s. As well as reissuing the original tremolo equipped Telecaster Deluxe in 2009, Fender has also introduced a completely new model based on the Deluxe: the Telecaster Deluxe Black Dove. Bridge Issue If you put a standard P90 in the bridge position, you are pretty much precluded from using a vintage Tele bridge. Hardcase upgrade available for an additional charge. All of the guitars in the line come loaded with MP-90 P90 pickups: two for the Stratocaster, three for the Jazzmaster and one for the Telecaster. Other common features include 21 medium-jumbo frets and a 9.5-inch radius fretboard atop a maple neck. The neck is like a fat Strat and the bridge sounds like an articulate LP Junior. I have a dual p90 Tele with the 375K set up (Fralin pups) and they are perfect. Fat funk in the middle position. Aside from the excellent bulid quality and playability, the neck P90 blends very nicely with the typical Tele bridge pickup when in the middle switch position, nice and bubbly like a Tele should be (IMHO). Minimal wear overall. The Squier Tele Custom II Electric Guitar with P-90 Pickups is a super-affordable temple of tone. This pickup features a fat, thick midrange and aggressive highs. Enter the Fralin Split Steel Pole Tele Bridge: a Noiseless P90 for Telecaster. Aftermarket gig bag is included. Source: Fender Previous Next Rumours had been swirling around for 24 hours, but details are emerging of an all-new series of Noventa guitars, consisting of a souped-up, P90-loaded edition of the Stratocaster, Telecaster and Jazzmaster, the latter featuring three! Fender has announced a new range of Stratocasters, Telecasters and Jazzmasters: The Noventa series. I built the one in my avatar using a Fender Performer body and an Allparts neck. Very light neck and fret wear. Plays and works well. The Fender Telecaster is one of the most recognizable solid body electric guitars of all time. And it comes with some tasty Tele tweaks that include a pair of blistering Duncan Designed P-90s with indepedendent tone and volume controls. Fender’s own solution to getting Strat-like clarity from a Telecaster neck pickup involves a taller bobbin, alnico V magnets, 42 AWG wire and a nickel silver cover. It's using a Tone Rider Hot Classic Tele Bridge and a Guitar Madness (ebay pickup seller) Alnico 2 P90. Until I used 375K pots, they were either too muddy (250K pots) or too shrill (500k pots).