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I wanted to ask you for advice. As was looking for heavy sound (not metal heavy but like neurosis heavy, brutal and fat) i bought Fender Tele Deluxe reissue with too humbuckers, but the stock humbuckers are weak and holow. I have hear thet as its allder boady and maple neck, the for example SD distortin pickups would just bring more treble? can Youa dvise some pickups for more low end to alder boady? Some Dimarzio or something like that?

A friend of mine bought a set of Bare Knuckle Warpigs. Those things are most certainly heavy, brutal and fat. I suspect they'll be hard to get hold of in Latvia though.

The Dimarzio Tone Zone might be a good one to try.

Hope this helps.

a Duncan Distortion would be good for making it louder/fuller. just remember, the hotter the output, the less treble you'll have. if that's ok, go for it.

154 wrote:just remember, the hotter the output, the less treble you'll have. if that's ok, go for it.

Not when you are talking about ceramics. The DD has a ton of high-end and a ton of output as well.

The JB and DD (both use the same coil winds, just different magnets) are both pretty heavy under high-gain, but they are also very bright. They were both a little "flat" for me when clean. I prefer the reverb-y chime you can get from a PAF- style pickup, so overall, I prefer the Duncan Customs. The Duncan '59 is always a good stand by.

Many pickup manufacturers offer exchange policies that allow you to experiment with several different models.

Those pickups should be pretty dark already.
Get an EQ pedal.

-A

The DD has a ton of high-end and a ton of output as well.

i guess it's pretty relative. i have 50's style Tele single coils, so...

but for heaviness, yeah, i'd definitely try out the DD.

154 wrote:but for heaviness, yeah, i'd definitely try out the DD.

This is my absolute favorite high-gain pickup.

Lauris, just out of curiosity, what kind of amp are you using?

I use sovtek midget 50 with orange 4x12 cab. I play with rat pedal and i have nice fat clean tone. My other guitar is first edition PRS santana Se with jb and jazz pickups. Sounds good for me, except i could see why people call jb a little bright, because the clean sound si ok, but i could be more fat.

As i bought this Tele Deluxe 72 reissue i discovered that the wide range pickups ar false, as they are just ordinary humbuckers put in the wide nickle cover. They are not like original deluxe large humbuckers, that were very hot and similar to travis bean humbuckers. AND THERE 250k POTS NOT 500k LIKE IT WAS FOR THE ORIGINAL FENDER TELE DELUXE 72.

This guitar sound good but i cant get the balls for more low end sound. I am not searching for pantera metalhead distortion, just more powerfull sound.

Thank to Your replies that were really helpfull i am I thinking that i could try bkp warpig in the neck and maybe dimarzio Tone Zone in the bridge or some duncan distortion or custom. I just really cant decide.

Lauris wrote:
As i bought this Tele Deluxe 72 reissue i discovered that the wide range pickups ar false, as they are just ordinary humbuckers put in the wide nickle cover. They are not like original deluxe large humbuckers, that were very hot and similar to travis bean humbuckers. AND THERE 250k POTS NOT 500k LIKE IT WAS FOR THE ORIGINAL FENDER TELE DELUXE 72.

The reissue pickups use a completely different magnet than the originals. You're right - they look the same but are a totally different animal underneath the cover.