Seymour Duncan Hot Tele Single Pickup Set Black & Chrome

These are great pickups, just a little too heavy for what I wanted. They are way more hard hitting then I expected. They do clean up nice when you roll back the volume. They just don't have enough of the distinctive tele twang for me. If you are looking for a hard rocking set of single coils for your tele though, these fit the bill.

I put these in an FSR ash body telecaster (mim). The electronics have been upgraded. I found the neck pickup sounds like it has a blanket over it. Very mid heavy, and bassy. The more you turn up the gain, the less defined the pickup is. Really starts getting farty. On the other hand the bridge pickup is alright. Its really hot and does well with gain. But to me lacks tone. Its fairly dry sounding. This marks the first time I have been disappointed with Seymour Duncan pickups. I have owned multiple sets on multiple guitars.

These "hot pickups" from Seymour Duncan are amazing! I have a Squier Telecaster Special and replaced the stock pickups with the "hot pickups." What a difference it made. It is literally like getting a new guitar. My Squier is now transformed. Simple strumming is now electrified and robust. Pedals sound ever better running through Squier Telecaster. The "hot pickups" IMHO sound better than those in some Fender Telecasters that I have tried! And a Squier Tele is less expensive (even with the pickups!) than most Fender Teles. If you have the opportunity, I would say go for it and enjoy the ride!