Tele '72 Custom Neck Pup recommendations

[travisthedog]

So I'm totally loving this old jap 72 I procured recently. It has an Adrian Turner wound bridge pup which is bloody amazing but the neck pup is a bit of a one trick pony. It's beautiful clean with some 'verb or delay but with gain it gets real muddy and looses all definition.

Anyone recommend me a replacement that doesn't suffer these issues?

[Guitarmonkey]

There is only one choice really.

The Creamery

[DannyP]

Yeah, or Lollar, or an original off eBay. Any which way, it's gonna cost you, unless you give up the idea of a WRHB and change the pickguard for one that will fit a nice PAF or mini-hb.

[travisthedog]

Ouch. Creamery sounds amazing but £125 is a bit steep at the Mo!

[TheGuitarWeasel]

I'm working on WRs at Oil City too but my source of covers/back plates (have to be imported) cost £40+ for the pair to make one pickup ... I think you will find all the vital parts cost a bloody fortune, so you either have to sell them break even, as a service, or charge a fair whack. The Far Eastern mass market pickup makers won't clear enough units to even tool up to make them ... so you are left with us tiny manufacturers.

[travisthedog]

Yeah, wholly appreciate that mate. My experience with wolfetones I have in my burny has taught me that good pickups are worth their weight in gold.

Simply put, to get what you want, you have to be prepared to pay for it!