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[tonyw]

Twang comes from the tele pickup Doc, the tele pups are a bit of a breed of their own, my fav.
The plate on the bridge pickup will dictate alot about the tone, as will the cover on the neck, then theres the winding, the wire the magnets. I love the sound of the 50/51 43AWG plain enamel neck and bridge, 8000 turns and a tin plate for the bridge pickup, although i do prefer a brass plate introduced late 1951. The pickup changed in late 1951 using 42AWG on the bridge but an extra 1000 winds needed to be added to complement the neck. Lots of history in the tele pickup, i like to slightly under wind my bridge, it gives me that Roy Buchanan snap.

[DrNomis_44]

Twang comes from the tele pickup Doc, the tele pups are a bit of a breed of their own, my fav.
The plate on the bridge pickup will dictate alot about the tone, as will the cover on the neck, then theres the winding, the wire the magnets. I love the sound of the 50/51 43AWG plain enamel neck and bridge, 8000 turns and a tin plate for the bridge pickup, although i do prefer a brass plate introduced late 1951. The pickup changed in late 1951 using 42AWG on the bridge but an extra 1000 winds needed to be added to complement the neck. Lots of history in the tele pickup, i like to slightly under wind my bridge, it gives me that Roy Buchanan snap.

I reckon it's a whole synergy of factors working together as parts of a system that creates the sound of the Telecaster, the woods used, the finish, the windings in the pickups, the magnets, the frets, the nut, even the truss rod, every part of the guitar plays a part in determining the sound of the Tele, even the tuners.


A Telecaster has a fixed bridge system that anchors the string effectively to the body of the guitar, so that has to have some effect on the tone too.