How do you rate the bone stock (American Made) Tele pickups that come on a stock American Standard Telecaster.
Keep in mind I have a 1997 Telecaster that have done nothing with but played. It has the "delta tone" circuit and nothing else special. I recently bought a Highway One Tele with the overwound stock pickups.. YUK... so out they came and based on recommendations here and elsewhere, I put Duncan Broadcaster in the bridge, and a "Nashville" (which I think has a different name now) on the neck. Very nice, but not *the* classic Tele sound and not quite as nice as the plain old standards.
Every time somebody picks up my '98 AS Tele, they drool over the tone and feel of the instrument. Does anyone here think that the stock Tele pickups are some of the best sounding around, or is it that I got lucky with this one?
The "overwound" sound was grittier, but did not produce good clean tones and sort of muddied up the sound. The reason I post this is I am just one dude, and there are tons of Tele players here... and I want to get an idea of what the general consensus is. I hear great things about Lindy Frailin, but rarely hear a lot about bone stock instruments.
Any input would be great.
Steve