Seymour Duncan Telecaster Hot Rails

Humbucking "rail-style" pickup for the bridge position in standard Telecasters.

I installed the Hot Rails in my '99 Standard Telecaster as I loved the tone of the Tele and needed a guitar to play big band jazz and death metal on.

This is not a pickup for low levels of gain or clean tones. It sounds terrible on a clean setting but that it not the purpose of the pickup so I will judge it on its purpose - metal. And for that purpose it excels - It is incredibly high output and the distored tone just roars. It makes the Tele as suitable for metal as any Jackson or BC Rich but with the versatility of a Telecaster. My only complaint would be that it can get a bit middy but this is easily fixed by knocking the mids on the amp down a little - a standard practice for metal playing anyway.

Great pickup if you use it for its intended purpose. Recommended for any metal player.

high output "humbucking" pickup to fit a standard tele.

fender highway-one telecaster (american)

i love the look of a telecaster, but not the tinny twangy sound that comes out of the stock pickup.

i am 100% stisfied with this pickup, if i ever buy another telecaster i will buy another one of those p-ups.
with the right amp you can create a large pallet of tones, i played this through my 5150, set the pre-gain to about 6, played with the e.q for a while and found some great sounds.
i recommend this to anyone who plays aggressive styles of music, anywhere from melodic hardcore, to punk rock, to thrash and metal/metalcore.

You know the drill by now folks.

Installed in Mexican Tele. I just wanted something to emulate the sound of my Gibsons (Pauls. Explorers, V's etc.)I didn't need to do this. I just did it out of boredom I guess.

I play hard classic. Humbuckers, Marshalls and powerchords, get the picture?

Lets face it. If you're in the market for the sound that this pickup produce you should ask yourself what you are doig with a Telecaster in the first place. It sounds a lot more like an EMG than a passive humbucker, and it is VERY dull when played clean. Also, if you plan on installing a pickup this powerful in your Tele you should make sure that you also upgrade your guitar with a modern thick brass saddle. Otherwise you may risk some horrible microphonic feedback.
Of course you can buy a noisegate and thereby screw up all the natural dynamics of your guitar. However, if you've installed this pickup that ship has already sailed I'm afraid.

Pickup features: Humbucking
Impedence or other specs:

Model of guitar or bass: USA Telecaster and a 90's model Fotoflame Telecaster made in Japan
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Stock
Other pickups on guitar: Stock
Artists using this pickup: John 5 (Marilyn Manson)
You musical style(s): All
Reason for pickup change: It doesn't matter if I'm playing 80's metal, classic rock, pop, or country, I want plenty of sustain, and I want a good cut-through. It must be clear, but cranking.

Perceived output level: Both of my teles now have that Les Paul sustain, but not muddy like a Les Paul.
Tone: Perfectly balanced for a Tele. No more twangy bite. I know die hard tele players like that "tele bite", but now mine have more of a tele snarle with the bite of a great white shark!
Sonic evaluation: I have always used Marshall Amps. I currently own a JCM 2000 TSL60. I also play 2 Ibanez guitars straight out of the 80s. My Telecaster can now compete with them. On my clean channel, I get that amazing Telecaster sparkling clean. When I go to my drive channel, it's amazing chunch. When I go to my lead channel, it's in your face soloing.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: All music styles.

Comments: I love the pickup. I don't give anything a 10. I have been playing guitar for 22 years now. I was on the road, and I have played in more clubs and bars than people have hair folicles. This combination can do it all, and I mean all! I give it a 9.75. If something happens I will definatley purchase another one. This is my first Seymour Duncan Pickup. Before I have only used Dimarzio. I am very impressed. I feel that you will be also.

Pickup features: Single Coil, Passive
Impedence or other specs: effing high output

Model of guitar or bass: Squier Telecaster
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: shit bridge pickup,
Other pickups on guitar:
Artists using this pickup: dont know
You musical style(s): metal, hardcore, anything with gnarly breakdowns and indie/emo stuff.
Reason for pickup change: Of course the orginal pickup was a squier pickup and it sucked horribly but the guitar was damn good for a squier other than that.

Perceived output level: hot damn
Tone: awesome chugging, has really good bass to it but doesnt lack highs a bit. harmonics sound gnarly
Sonic evaluation: Im using a Peavey Triple X amp with a behringer 410. When using the Ultra channel it sounds being shot in the face. Clean sound is excellent 2.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: i play hardcore/metal and emo/indie stuff but i really only use this pickup for metal. This pickups sounds amazing for anything.

Comments: Love this pickups, im completely satisfyied. i didnt buy this guitar so i only had to pay 85$ the pickup replaced, damn good deal if you ask me.

Pickup features: Passive single coil sized humbucker
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Model of guitar or bass: American Standard Telecaster
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Telecaster stock bridge pickup
Other pickups on guitar: telecaster stock neck pickup
Artists using this pickup: ???
You musical style(s): Metal, Classic rock, Blues
Reason for pickup change: needed a more distorted fatter sound

Perceived output level: Strong mids
Tone: Balanced
Sonic evaluation: I have this pickup on an american telecaster and the amp I use is a fender champion 300.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Good for anything from blues to metal

Comments: This is a great versitile pickup. If you have a tele and want a more distorted humbucker sound, this is probably as close as youll come to a true humbucker sound.

Pickup features: Single coil size humbucker
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Model of guitar or bass: mexican tele
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: stock
Other pickups on guitar: stock
Artists using this pickup: dunno
You musical style(s): punck rock/hardcore/noise
Reason for pickup change: needed more output and middle and bass frequencies

Perceived output level: sounds like an EMG 81 but bassier
Tone: as I said above
Sonic evaluation: I always liked Teles but didn't like the sound. I own an Epiphone Les paul with a EMG 81 on it and play on various amps (peawy,marshall,mesa boogie etc.). I don't use any pedals or zooms because they all suck major ass. Exept digital delay and a chromatic tuner maybe haha.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: I play in a punk band and the pu is great for it as well for noise. It farts when played clean exept if u use a push pull pot

Comments: i would certainly buy it again cause it does everything I need. I've been playing giutar for 12 years now. I put a 500k push pull pot and removed the tone pot so I got a volume pot for the neck pu and a push pull for Hot rails and it works brilliantly. I own an Epiphone Les paul with a EMG 81 on it and Tele sounds way better. The tone is smoother than the EMG but with same output. The split mode works also well for me when playing noise as it's mildly microphonic which I like cause I can control it and make beautifull sounds. I think I now have THE sound, definitely. If anyone has a question just send an email. bye.

Pickup features: humbucker made to fit in single coil spot
Impedence or other specs: good

Model of guitar or bass: 72 fender tele custom
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: stock
Other pickups on guitar: stock (neck)
Artists using this pickup: derek from dear screaming check out www.dearscreaming.com
You musical style(s): rock
Reason for pickup change: the stock was way to twangy, it hurt my ears and was very thin sounding

Perceived output level: sounds like a humbucker.
Tone: tone is very powerfull sounding. a good balance of bass and treble
Sonic evaluation: im using this in my 72 tele custom with a '82 marshall jcm 800 head and a celestion 2x12 cabinet.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: i play rock, this is an excellent pick up for that. it doesnt have that country twang but it could still be used for county if wanted. i think it would work for any style

Comments: i would replace it if anything happened to it. ive been playing for about 10 years. this pickup has totally improved the sound of my set up. there isnt one thing i dont like about it. i got a coil tap put into it so i can still have a single coil sound if i want. even with it spit it sounds stronger than the stock p.u that was in it. like i said im using this in my 72 tele custom with a '82 marshall jcm 800 head and a celestion 2x12 cabinet. i am also running a few effects. mrx phase 90, electro harmonix pulser tremelo, mxr blue box, line 6 dl4 delay and a boss d2-1 distortion for a real nasty sounding boost. i love my set up. i also have an 80's reissue of a 62 tele custom which i put my old pickup from the 72 into. its better than the one that was originally in it. the hot rails demolishes it. if anyone is wanting to put a humbucker in replace of a single coil, this is the way to go if you dont want to chop up your guitar.

Pickup features: Power of humbucker in a single coil
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Model of guitar or bass: Fender USA Telecaster
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Stock Bridge
Other pickups on guitar: Stock Neck
Artists using this pickup: Unsure
You musical style(s): Metallica metal.....Classic Rock........Alternative
Reason for pickup change: Stock pickup is great if you want that classic jangle tele sound. I needed a more metal sound.

Perceived output level: Hot! - Not quite hot as EMG's but ultimately this has tone!
Tone: More on the bassier side which i totally love. Sustain is immence
Sonic evaluation: Fender Tele USA > Digitech Multi FX > Marshall AVT

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Great For Classic Rock to Metal....Unsuitable for Country or Jazz but if you wanted that sounds then why would you replace the pickup with a Hot Rail:)

Comments: I would buy it again is if were stolen because it's just such a great pick-up. If you are considering this pick up , go for it because it just gives you THE tone

Pickup features: nasty humbucker !
Impedence or other specs: f***ing hot !

Model of guitar or bass: Mexican Tele
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Seymour Broadcaster
Other pickups on guitar: Seymour vintage 54 neck
Artists using this pickup: Johnny 5 from Marilyn Manson ... and me !
You musical style(s): Rock, pop, with a lot of evil distortion when I try to solo
Reason for pickup change: I still don't understand why I bought a Telecaster... a moment of weakness ? So, I had to put some muscle and make it a killer !

Perceived output level: So not, the wall paper will fall , the neighbours won't never complained about your music : they'll become definitely death.. uh... deaf
Tone: Bassy, middy, but desn't lack so much treble
Sonic evaluation: I'm using a Korg AX1500G straight thru the console.
It works well, and gives me the big heavy sound I wanted
The coil-splitted position is not so loud, but it's not as clear as a single coil. Anyway, besides the Jeff Beck, I don't know any humbucker that sounds good when splitted.
Doesn't sound like a tele no more, but it was the purpose !!!

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: As I said before, I play a lot of rock, pop, blues with a killer instinct

Comments: If a moron would just stole the PU and leave the guitar, I would start to laugh !
I would not buy a Tele again, and better choose something with true humbuckers, a PRS Tremonti-SE, for example.
I play since 1980, and I have a nice travel guitar : Hohner GT3, a good american strat with Texas PU, a cheap acoustic Yamaha, a fretless bass Yamaha. For the moment, I chose to set the Tele for slide, I'm tryin' to get a BIG sound with slide. Funny !
Except the tele shape (looks good for a country boy with a stetson), it's okay with the sound

Pickup features: Humbucking
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Model of guitar or bass: American Standard Telecaster
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Stock bridge
Other pickups on guitar: Stock neck
Artists using this pickup: Who knows and who cares
You musical style(s): Anything but country
Reason for pickup change: I LOVE my Tele!! However I rarely got any use out of the stock bridge pickup. It was too thin and too weak sounding. Granted, I know a lot of people like this sound, but to me, the Tele sound is all in the neck. I wanted something in the bridge where I could hammer out some serious metal and get that nice humbucking sound. I now have two guitars in one. I can get a great metal lead and rhythym out of the bridge, and I can get that one and only Tele sound out of the neck. The middle position takes on a very usable sound also.

Perceived output level: Blows away the stock Tele bridge pickup.
Tone: I would say it balanced perfectly for my uses.
Sonic evaluation: I use the Tele run through a Dunlop 535q WAH pedal, Digitech RP100 and a Boss Phase shifter\Detuner\Harmonizer. They go into my mixer which is connected to my Peavey 60 Watter and my Vox Pathfinder. Believe it or not, the mixture of these two amps sounds beautiful.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: I play rock, metal, ambient, pop, like I said, a little of everything but country.

Comments: I would definitley buy it again if lost or stolen. Ive been playing 3 years and have gone through quite a few guitars. I love the sound of the Duncan in the Tele. I now have THAT sound. I had a Gibson Flying V and I didnt care for the sound at all. This setup blows that thing out of the water.

Pickup features: Passive Humbucking
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Model of guitar or bass: USA Telecaster
Position: neck
Pickup being replaced: Stock Bridge
Other pickups on guitar: Stock Neck
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s): Metal/Hardcore
Reason for pickup change: Not enough output on my tele, but couldn't bear to part with it.

Perceived output level: Very high output (Larger than a Dimarzio Evolution)
Tone: Very Middy/Bassy
Sonic evaluation: I use a JCM 900

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: This pickup is unsuitable for anything where you require a jangley tone. But if you own a tele anyway, then you wouldn't even be thinking about replacing it

Comments: This pick-up works very well with my amp (JCM 900) as it is a fairly bright amp anyway. The two complement each other quite well. I've tried it through a DSL and it wasn't up to much, too muddy and undefined. Im sure though, by replacing the pots with 500's and upping your presence on your amp you could get round the generaly bassy tone of this pick-up.
well satisfied, does the job brilliantly.

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Model of guitar or bass: Standard American Tele
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: stock
Other pickups on guitar: stock soapbar
Artists using this pickup: Haste
You musical style(s): metal, metalcore, indie, hardcore, glam rock
Reason for pickup change: Stocks sucked for metal

Perceived output level:
Tone: pretty balanced, good in bass department
Sonic evaluation: I'm playing into a 5150 head, into a vht straight cab with p50's.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Good for pretty much anything

Comments: This totally turned my tele into a metal machine. The shredding is amazing with this and the 5150. Get this and you won't be dissapointed, but you'll need a good amp, not some solid state piece of dump.

Pickup features: Dual blade humbucker for telecaster bridge
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Model of guitar or bass: Telecaster Japan 50's reissue
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: standard
Other pickups on guitar: Joe Barden humbucker (neck)
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s): psychedelia
Reason for pickup change: totally crap sound!

Perceived output level: Ouch! So hot it hurts
Tone: Some loss of treble, boosts middle and bass.
Sonic evaluation: PodXT Pro and home-brew MOSFET Power Amp

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable:

Comments: Blasts a so-called metal guitar (Jackson) into the weeds. The price of this is that you have to change the volume and tone pots to at least 500k instead of the standard 250's. This pickup provides the ultimate Telecaster, roll off the volume and it's sweet as a nut, push it to 11 and it's dirty as f***!

Pickup features: Dual Blade Humbucker for Tele Bridge
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Model of guitar or bass: Fender 50's Tele (Ash/Maple)
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: You name it, I've tried it.
Other pickups on guitar: Rio Grande Tallboy Tele Neck
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s): You name it, I play it.
Reason for pickup change: Looking for a rich humbucker bridge tone in the Tele for overdriven rhythm & lead playing (without routing for a fullsized humbucker). Good single coil bridge tone (like a fat Tele-tone) a plus, too.

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Sonic evaluation: Humbucking (series) Mode: Overall, it was tonally OK, but the mid's overwhelmed the lows and highs too much. Seemed to lack dynamic range, perhaps due to its EQ character and high output.
Single-Coil Mode: Not particularly useable, even blended with the neck pickup. Pronounced mids, little, if any, sparkle. Uninspiring in this mode.
Mildly microphonic in both modes, too.
Gear used: Ross Comp > Fulldrive 2 > Line6 AM4 > Echoplex > Fender SF Bassman (Mod'd) > 1x15 Cab w/Weber Californian

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable:

Comments: The "Hotrails" was a fairly good pickup, but it didn't last long in my Tele. The character (lack of dynamics, peaky mid's, mediocre single-coil tone) of the pickup just wasn't what I was looking for. Swapped for a Chopper T, then a Lil 59r T, which were better. However, I've finally settled on the ToneZone T (for Teles), which does everything the others do, and more.

Pickup features: Humbucking
Impedence or other specs: Very High output, size of a single coil

Model of guitar or bass: Fender USA Telecaster
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Stock
Other pickups on guitar: Stock neck
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s): Metal
Reason for pickup change: Not enough output on stock pickup, the distortion was terrible

Perceived output level: Literally, so hot you don't need an amp! Loads of bass and mid
Tone: Loads of bass and mid
Sonic evaluation: I use a marshall JCM 900 100w head,

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Metal - Its a perfect match

Comments: If it were destroyed or stolen, Iwould destroy the person that destroyed it, if it was an accident, I will destroy Jason.
I've been playing for about 2 years, on a tele, and i've found the bridge pickup too low output and bitey, (i know this is a prime charictoristic of a tele, but bear with me), I hate nothing about this pickup, its the best thing I ever did for my rig. I now have that sound! done it!! There is one other thing I would like to add:
I own it, and by chances, if you are reading this... you don't! hahaha

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Position: neck
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Comments: this is a continuation of my review below. i have had my pickup for about two months now, and have used it at one show with great results, but i was still not happy. finally i realised that i would get a lot more output if i had 500k pots instead of the 250's that came stock. i just made the switch, and am blown away by the results. if you want to do this, its easy but watch out, the pots i got were more profesional, and hardly fit into the tele control cavity. another thing you might want to try is to put an 0.01 capaciter between the input and output of the volume pot. this modification, sometimes called a treble bleed, will let more treble through as you turn the volume down, keeping the sound from getting muddy, which is a much bigger problem with this humbucker than with the stock tele picups. this is a normal feature for most fenders, i believe, but you dont get such luxuries on a squire. good luck, and email me with any questions.

Pickup features: humbucking
Impedence or other specs: not sure, check their site.

Model of guitar or bass: squier fat telecaster
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: stock squier :(
Other pickups on guitar: humbucker, not hooked up though, just filling the hole
Artists using this pickup: mikey from the spitvalves, MY HERO (SKA-CORE!)
You musical style(s): mostly ska and punk, some rock and harcore
Reason for pickup change: i got this tele because of the awsome acoustic properties and set up, the plan was to change the picup from the word go.

Perceived output level: its a hot rails. there you go. . .
Tone: lose but pronounced low end, good mids, good highs
Sonic evaluation: i run this tele straight into a marshall AVT-150, with some cool results.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: this thing does rock, or anyhting with heavy guitar, not so good for clean.

Comments: i had high hopes for this one, and was excited the day i got it along with the custom soapbar p-90 i got as well. i was let down when i first plugged in, probably because i had to many preconcived notions, since one of my favorite guitarist, Mikey from the Spitvalves, rocks this picup in his fender tele. when i got to playing,though, i realised that the sounds i was getting were actually very similar to waht i was wanting, just not quite the same. palm mutes are not tight (think The Distillers) but the crunch is very thick, and notes wring out great and crunchy with a good open E chord.
it turns out that ive fallen head over heels for my new seymour duncan custom p-90 equiped tom delonge strat, and my tele has fallen by the wayside, BUT, i still have gotten to relly like the sound im getting from the tele. by the way most fenders have alder bodies, but my squier is agathis, a wood i dont know much about, but am very happy with (thats why i got the guitar, hated its sound).
my other guitars are the tom delonge strat with the custom p-90, a Dean ML standard with a duncan distortion, and an ibanez destroyer with a duncan invader. im sticking wtih seymour, i havent heard anything better, and i want to play the best.
the clean is thin sounding, but thats just like all the other bridge pos. humbuckers i have, so its not exceptionally bad, and im gonna use my p-90 strat for any clean work anyway. in the end this thing is not quite living up to its high output expectations, but ill give it an 8, because i still love playing it. stay positive, cant we all just get along? I mean, if teles can have humbuckers. . .?. . .then cant we learn to love to. . .

Pickup features: Passive Humbucker
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Model of guitar or bass: American Standard Telecaster
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Seymour Duncan Hot Tele Stack
Other pickups on guitar: Stock tele neck pickup
Artists using this pickup: Me
You musical style(s): Dark Electronic, ethereal ambient, etc.
Reason for pickup change: Original pickup not versatile enough.

Perceived output level: Much More Powerful than stock, hotter than SD hot tele stack.
Tone: Very fat and midrangey in series, brighter and less distorted in parallel
Sonic evaluation: Tele w hotrails into Johnson J-station or Boss GT-5, Marshall JCM900. I needed a pickup that would do both clean and dirty sounds and blend nicely with various effects. I wired a DP/DT on-on-on switch so i can get 3 tonal options: series(standard humbucker), parallel, and split (north coil only). This combination really does the trick for me. For all out balls to the wall distortion the series mode kicks ass. Nice fat, punchy and sustained...sounds you would not expect from a tele. The parallel setting provides a brighter, cleaner alternative and is still noise cancelling and still powerful. Lastly, for those moments when you really need the single coil twang and dont mind the hum, the split setting is surprising good. I have found this to be a most versatile and pleasing mixture of sounds. I was afraid that the pickup might be too hot and lack tone, but the true tone of the instrument really comes through. I could not be more happy with this pickup. In addition, the various settings blend surprisingly well with the stock neck pickup allowing me a total of 8 tonal variations between the two pickups. I was previously using a Duncan hot tele stack in the bridge pos, but it just didnt have the power i needed. It was about the same as the hotrails in parallel mode. Now i have all the crunch and sustain i need but the option to select a gentler brighter sound if i need it.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: My style ranges from very heavy power chord/ feedback , to soft, pretty and effected moody stuff.(cocteau twins, sonic youth, godflesh, mybloody valentine, classic rock, metal)This Pickup can do it all!!

Comments: This pickup has turned my tele into the instrument i always wanted it to be. I bought the tele because i loved the shimmer and the beatiful sound of the neck position. Now i am equally happy with the bridge position.

Pickup features: Passive Humbucker
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Model of guitar or bass: American Standard Telecaster
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Seymour Duncan Hot Tele Stack
Other pickups on guitar: Stock tele neck pickup
Artists using this pickup: Me
You musical style(s): Dark Electronic, ethereal ambient, etc.
Reason for pickup change: Original pickup not versatile enough.

Perceived output level: Much More Powerful than stock, hotter than SD hot tele stack.
Tone: Very fat and midrangey in series, brighter and less distorted in parallel
Sonic evaluation: Tele w hotrails into Johnson J-station or Boss GT-5, Marshall JCM900

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: My style ranges from very heavy power chord/ feedback , to soft, pretty and effected moody stuff.

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Pickup features: Passive single-coil sized humbucker
Impedence or other specs: About 14K or something? I dunno

Model of guitar or bass: Aria Pro II Legend Telecaster
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Stock
Other pickups on guitar: Fender Red Lace Sensor in neck
Artists using this pickup: Probably quite a few
You musical style(s): Alternative rock, classic rock, German Metal, yeah...
Reason for pickup change: Sold all but this guitar, needed PUNCH.

Perceived output level: Very loud indeed, this sucker just wants to go
Tone: Lots of mid and bass, could use a little more treble but this can be improved with coil-tap
Sonic evaluation: I'm going through a long-winded transition and it's been a long time since I've owned a decent amp. I tried it out briefly on a lovely Marshall combo in a store, but otherwise at home it goes through a cabinet simulator. Either way, it sounds great (in the latter case, as great as it gets anyway, playing direct to a 4-track portastudio...).
The guy who sold this pickup to me very kindly provided a push-pull pot, so I wired this pickup for coil tap. In humbucker mode it is very fat and heavy, and fantastic for distortions and effects. Pull the pot for coil tap and it's really sweet and melodic, perfect for clean rhythm sounds.
Like I said, in humbucking mode it doesn't have as much treble as many people would like, which would annoy me if I didn't have the coil-tap feature.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: This pickup works for my style because it's loud and heavy. It drives enough for hard rock and, with coil tap, has enough tone for ballads.

Comments: I would cry real tears if it was taken. I would probably consider trying a Lace Sensor Dually - maybe Red/Silver - but in all liklihood I'd probably go for this one again because I like not having to cut out a big section of my guitar's body to get a humbucker sound.
Been playing for just over 11 years, have owned a few guitar, only one decent amp, and many, many effects. I love that, because of this pickup, I finally have a guitar I can be really proud of, I just need an amp that will do it justice. That Marshall combo would have been sweet...note to add, I had this thing on volume 2 and getting it to feed back was effortless!
Since I'm poor I didn't get to compare it with other pups, but it sure beats the living crap out of the stock pickup! For the third time, it could use a little more treble in humbucking mode, but treble can be added at the amp. :) Also, single coil mode doesn't have this problem.

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Position: neck
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Sonic evaluation: Here is a tip I've found to make this pickup sound extremely awesome... Connect the white coil tap wire to the empty lug
on the tone knob. At 10 it is suppose to be a single coil and from
9 down...humbucking. The single coil sound is truely unbelievable...
Very rich, bright, and in my opinion a very balanced sound...much better than the std hot rail setup. It is also much more responsive.

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Pickup features: single coil sized humbucker
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Model of guitar or bass: Mexican Telecaster
Position: neck
Pickup being replaced: stock
Other pickups on guitar: Duncan 59 Humbucker at the neck
Artists using this pickup: the fellow from Another Engine
You musical style(s): loud sexy art pop
Reason for pickup change:

Perceived output level: louder than most
Tone: an audible sonic thunk can be heard when played very loud
Sonic evaluation: Mexican Telecaster into a Mesa/Boogie Heartbreaker in the lust channel in hi gain mode....no need for that tin-foil recto sound. Just keep the gain at half and let your hands do the work. this pickup will not let you down.

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Comments: the guitar cost $300 bucks....the pickup was free. i would replace it in a heartbeat. playing 10 years and one thing i've learned is that your sound mostly comes from your hands, seen guys with vintage les pauls, marshalls, and these terrible amp modeling contraptions sound god-awful. just get a pickup that let's your hands do their thing, whatever that may be. this one does it for me, for now. If you are spending alot of time looking for "that sound", you should probably just practice more.

Pickup features: Twin pole peices, humbucker? Passive
Impedence or other specs: really hot

Model of guitar or bass: Mexican Fender tele
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Stock
Other pickups on guitar: Vintage stack + stock neck
Artists using this pickup: Me
You musical style(s): Country, blues, jazz, shred, polka
Reason for pickup change: I wanted a pickup that could just destroy all other pickups when distorted. Youd never kow it was a tele pumpin out that full metal shred

Perceived output level: Way to hot to play clean, it will kill your amp, and its way to trebely, the only thing it shoud be used for is for overdrive, and distortion
Tone: Very full sounding when over driven, like 3 super distortion in a row, but when ya turn off your pedal, look out, its gunna be very annoying loud, and trebley,
Sonic evaluation: tele running into a bunck of effects, but mainly a danelectro fab tone, and boss metal zone...then to either a Vox-AC15, original 65 delux reverb, or a valvestate 80...like i say, dont leave the volume wide open when you turn off you stomp box, the level need to balance the distorted sounf from clean is extremely out in space....

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Use this pickup only for lots and lots of distortion, and it squelas. but noithing will give a tele this much full fat distortion

Comments: if it were stolen, i hope they at least play it and like it, but id also have to by another guitar...people steal guitars...not pickups. Benn playin gor 5 years, also own an EPI LP, and an EPI Casino. I love the full thick distortion it gives, but thats about it...if and when you buy it tell the guy putting it in you want a seperate volume control for it, i wish i would have done that. Great for shreding, on a tele, you'd never know...teles are known to be pussies when it comes to thick distortion.... pop in some hot rail...see ya...

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Model of guitar or bass: Tele
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: Stock pickup
Other pickups on guitar: stock neck
Artists using this pickup: Hell, I don't know..... me.
You musical style(s): Rock, blues, anything LOUD!
Reason for pickup change: THe stock just didn't cut it for the rock sound I was looking for... but then when has a stock pickup ever been what you were looking for?

Perceived output level: Holy power surge, batman! This thing is L-O-U-D!!!!
Tone: Very bottom heavy. Acutally, I have a HotRails in my strat that I like much better. It seems less muddy. I think they sacrificed some top end clarity with this one... but that may just be mine..?
Sonic evaluation: I have a Tele (SD in the bridge) running to a ProCo Rat to a Vox AC-30. I had to adjust my settings a bit to sound like me again. The hot rails has a tad more bass than I actually need. But this may just be with my setup.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Rock, blues, modern country.

Comments: If lost or stolen I would most likely get a 'lil 59 instead. I like this pickup, but it would be nice to have a tad more high end definition.