Fender Vintage Noiseless Tele Pickup Set - Black/Nickel

I've had tons of pickups, nearly all major brands and custom made, custom winds all that.I put together a new Tele thinline and I wasn't liking any of what I had, mini humbuckers, SD 1/4lb, Hot for tele, Alnico II, Onamac Windery, Vintage Vibe, Lollars... Literally nothing was what I was looking for and on a just a chance I ordered the Fender 64s. Was skeptical as I didn't like the Texas Specials or the recent reissues but watched a video and thought I'd try.Absolutely what the doctor ordered. Clarity, sparkle and crunch.For understanding: I hardly ever play completely clean but if you are someone who plays with a lot of distortion you would call my sound clean. I'm on the edge of breakup sound. Where I can dig in and play with pick dynamics. A Fender Princeton on 4 or 5 - breaking up, not clean but clean when you soften your attack. I play mostly in the middle position, lots of chords and chord based soloing. I hit the bridge when I want to cut through and use the neck position as well. My pedals are custom made Bearfoot FX based on the Model G.The guitar they are in - ash body thinline, allparts neck, rw fingerboard, 250K pots.These pickups really surprised me and I'm so glad I took the chance.

I bought these for a Telecaster kit that I bought online. They sound better than I expected. They have some kick and punch. But they also sound good on clean settings. They are great for this price.

I used these for a partscaster build and glad I did. The tone is vintage, warm and better than anything you'd get off the shelf (unless the guitar off the shelf came with these).

I put these in my custom Pilar telecaster replacing the Lolar pickups that came with it. The Lolars were just too low output. I initially tried replacing them with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders, but found them to be too dark. These Texas Specials keep the classic tele sound and also provide good output for covering rock stuff too. Love them!

All I can say is I have never felt this way for a guitar pickup before. Before these pickups I had the fender vintage noiseless (too mid scooped will not cut through a mix) these pickups are articulate and powerful with a very usable volume sweep. The neck pickup is “strat like” but still has that smooth spherical sound like a normal tele. Basically like a strat if you shaved off the ice pick highs. The bridge isn’t overly bright and sounds great through an amp with a complex midrange (ie: vox/marshall/orange). One recommendation for great tone is crank these pickups as low as they can possibly go in the pickguard/bridge. They are very hot so you shouldn’t notice much volume loss but I find that the tone becomes more 3d, clear, and complexed when set this way. When cranked up too high the bridge/middle pos can sound like a poopy fart.Happy playing,-Steamy ray Vaughn