Afternoon folks,
Anyone used these, thoughts? Put them in my latest Non PB Tele Build, and not enjoying at the moment.
https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ead.php?t=8800
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Afternoon folks,
Anyone used these, thoughts? Put them in my latest Non PB Tele Build, and not enjoying at the moment.
https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ead.php?t=8800
That's disappointing. I haven't used these but I have Entwistle HDN humbucker in my Washburn that is awesome.
What is underwhelming you about them? Have you played with pickup height? That can drastically change the tone......
I have the Entwistle X3's in the FrankenWashie and i was quite impressed with them, though to be fair they are probably a far cry from the Tele set.
+1 on the playing with pickup Height. Dropping the Pup heights on the Korean Deluxe made an immediate and IMMENSE difference to the sound. It might be just a case of Fiddlin' until you find a sweet spot.
Both pickups (and mixed position) or just one of them?
Bridge mainly
Other people find differently, but I find most Tele bridge pickups need to be paired with the correct amp to sound really good.
The tonerides in my TL51 are all good, but maybe. Might nip across to Macron Music (plug as they always look after me really well), and plug it into something nice.
I'm no good at all this mid and scooped and bright business, all I know is it sounds cheap, tinny and thin.
Seem to be getting there. Re strung with 11's instead of the 9's I had kicking around, reset all the saddle heights. Jumped on the Fender page and adjusted pickup heights as per the measurements there, about 2.5 mm bass side and 2 mm treble side when fretted at the 21st fret. Defiantly getting better.
It’s like that sometimes, you just keep after it and eventually it gets there.
I think Teles need a minimum of 0.010"s on them before they start to sound like Teles.
The Entwhistles are budget-end pickups, and whilst they can talk the talk on construction, sometimes they do fail to walk the walk on the sound front. It seems that the majority of their pickups are decent, and I've known one guy to rave about their bass pickups, so if there's one in the range that's not great, then that's not bad when all things are taken into consideration.
I have some hot Entwistle Bass PUP's in my JB and they sound quite good. Also put a set of Dark Star's in my youngest Son's hot rodded Strat copy and not real happy with how they sound. Tend to be a bit bright and shrill compared to the rather warm but dull low output of generic stock kit HB PUP's. I would not recommend them as you only get what you pay for in the end. The Bass ones are OK and were about half the price of TR's a few years ago but these days the price gap has narrowed and would tend to lean towards TR as they are generally a better made product.
With my 2 Tele's I had a devil of a job getting them to sound decent and that was mostly due to setting the action and intonation where the 3 saddle bridge was useless and ended up swapping out for a 6 saddle one instead.
My blue Tele has Wilkinsons and for cheap PUP's they sound really nice, almost as good as the Tone Rider Classics in my Swampy Tele
Yes, seriously thinking about getting another set of ToneRider Hot Classics. Sound great in my Blue Tele, wanted to try something different this time, but spent too many $'s on this one to not be 100% happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
I know how you feel
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You know, any perceived gap between the premium priced pickups and the likes of Toneriders is getting ever smaller; I bought 2 sets of second hand Toneriders just recently - one strat set and one tele set - and have installed them in a strat and a modified Westone Spectrum and they are just epic, especially given the price paid!
Now, I had a set of BK Irish Tour pickups in the strat some time ago and just couldn't hook up with them so they went and I banged in a set of generic GFS pickups and the difference was immediate and positive... at least to my ears! YMMV, of course...
I'm convinced about the value of Toneriders and Kent Armstrongs and really, can't see me looking too much further for any future builds... although I need a stacked humbucker or a hotrail for a current project and can't see one in either of those two ranges! Sometimes you can't win...
I had a set of BK Irish Tours and didn't like them much either. Possibly due to the backplate which is supposed to reduce the highs.
I've got a set of Tonerider Hot Classics in my Butterscotch Blonde custom Tele build, and I love them to bits, seriously tempted to put a set of them in my Mexican Tele, the Hot Classics are like hotter-wound standard Tele pickups, bit more midrange in them, good for Blues, Rock, even Surf Rock too believe it or not.
Don't know if Tonerider make Hot Classic Strat pickups though, they might do.