(Also see addendum below) In a Thinline Tele, the Fender Custom Shop (hand wound by Jospehina) pickups sounded too thin an airy and just didn't cut through the band mix at all. So we compered them to and installed a set of Joe Barden Modern Telecaster pickups with a hot bridge. Punchy, midrange and hotter output tells the story. It's not that the Josephina's were bad, but they just weren't making it live or in studio. The JBEs do! Please check out this video whether you are simply a gear head or considering new pickups! Thanks for listening and God bless you!

Addendum: Two things: The neck position on the 4-way switch has the pickups in series, not parallel. Second, in the video, the bridge pickup sounds a tad flat and midrangy. All I did is back it away from the strings by 1/64 and it regained some Tele twang and brightened up a bit. Much better. I'm even more pleased!

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