@@JoePearsonGuitarist you sure make it look easy thats for sure, i want those quarter pounders in my 2013 american standard, i want more of a rock machine without losing that tele character, i think they would be perfect
They’re amazing. That Tele is actually my dad’s, but I’m seriously considering putting some in my strat - but I’m not sure if the strat ones are the same
Every other review has nothing but country picking, thanks for showing the rock side. Damn, Page recorded the first Zeppelin album with a tele!!!!! ITS A VERSATILE INSTRUMENT, thanks for the review!!!!! Btw, you're bad ass, keep it up!!!
Thanks bro much appreciated - I’m always a bit on edge when making videos so I’m always thinking my playing is a bit disjointed, so that’s lovely to hear man thanks 👍❤️
Late to the game, but this the most helpful video about the versatility of quarter pounders that I have seen. And you’re a phenomenal player. Well done all around. Cheers.
Great review. I’ve been thinking of getting these pickups for my custom build. I can hear the SDs definitely have a darker sound with more grit to them in all pick up positions. Definitely more suited for more rock and modern sound.
I've used Quarter Pounders on strats and they are amazingly powerful. I always wanted to try one on a tele. Great demo, awesome playing as always. Rock on.
Lovely playing! I am on the lookout for a new set of pups for my mid 90's MIJ tele. Stock pups are underwhelming and microphonic. My tech suggested these and at first I was unsure; I like vintage, low output.....classic tele tones. However, these sound great and very versatile, especially if you use the vol and tone controls a lot. I usually gig with a strat and Les Paul, and this combo covers alot of sonic ground. I can see a tele with a set of these being enough! One less guitar to lug about, and no more endless tweaking with controls on pedals, guitar and amp, which I was doing to compensate for the change of guitars, mid-set. Thanks for your demo dude, much appreciated!
My pleasure - also worth thinking about a more trad neck tele pickup (overwound but bright) with the bridge QP - I think that would be a v versatile combo
Wonderful pickups - I’m missing that guitar (it lives with my dad in another country) I’m gonna have to get them into another guitar soon! Also my pinky is seriously overworked 😂
The first guitar I ever bought was a used 69 thinline Tele reissue that someone had put Quarter Pound pickups in. Absolutely killer. Every other Tele I played after that sounded thin, but 30 years later I gravitate more toward the vintage sound. I currently have a Nash T63 with a telephone pole for a neck and the standard Lollar Nash set. I won't touch a single part on it unless it breaks. Best tone I've ever had, but you can't beat the QP set if you want more bite while still sounding like a Tele
Great playing! I've rocked the QPs in my tele for years after trying them in a Ritchie Blackmore strat. I dig power combined with the aggressive attack teles have. Rock on brother!
Nice demo, I have had a set of these in one of my Teles for severaal years and they are very versatile. one thing on the demo video, if you move back or adjust the camera we can see what pickup you are using by seeing the switch! That would make it easy to follow where the tone is coming from??
Hey man, great playing! That boogie made me smile! I've been looking for some hard hitting Quarter Pound riffing and found it here!!! And you convinced me that I have to buy me a Quarter Pound and Spark mini myself!!!
Awesome video, wicked sick riffage and such smooth playing, great comparison, I got a fender players tele bone stock everything and with some tweaking I can go from super clean to metal overload, but still feel I’m lacking something when I hit the metal, your vid was very helpful the quarter pounder sounds great in all styles from your vid, keep on rocking!!!!
Great video mate excellent playing I was borderline between this pickup and the Seymour Duncan little 59 I think I'm going with the quarter pounder I need something that can do blues and heavier rock I think this will fit the bill
Thanks Jeff! Yes I think the little 59 amd QP aren’t actually that far apart! I don’t know how the QP does it, but it feels like a full blown humbucker with all the best bits of a single coil
Dude, that is the same guitar I have! Same finish, except that I have a maple neck. I am in the middle of a complete overhaul from the ground up. I took a gamble on ordering a set of SD QPs, but they aren't in yet. This has totally given me the confidence that I made the right call. Cheers!
You play really well! Your left had is amazing! I sliced open my left hand pinkie last week and I'm looking forward to working it out again. I use your example. thanks
Hey people. I installed a quarter pound in the bridge, while the neck possition was supposed to be stock. In this configuration, the middle possition sounded like a Phaser pedal was on. Is my quater pound pickup damaged or is this normal, since the output difference is huge?
Excellent playing!! Great tone with either pups but, I like the fatter tone and more aggressive Duncan Quarter Pounders. You are a very *inspirational* individual. You make me want to practice much more. Love your style.
That’s so kind! Really appreciate that! If you’d like to see more of what I do with these guitars, check out my band channel ua-cam.com/users/fivepointsgang Comments like this make it all worthwhile - I hope you’re having an awesome time on your guitar playing journey! 🙏
Either my edible just kicked in super hard, or you are a way better guitarist than me with less finger than I have, and that is absolutely awesome! Definitely grabbing a Quarter Pounder for my Tele after watching this. Thanks!!!
Hey Mike! Thanks for your lovely comment! I learnt in quite an old fashioned way, mainly listening and stealing from Clapton, green, Vaughan bros, robben Ford etc - i think just listening to your favourite guitarists all the time is a better way of getting those licks into your playing than using online resources - it’s a bit like the difference between reading a book or watching a film!
Perfect comparison video brother! I'm building a tele and I wanted to use the quarter pounders but I was worried they'd lose too much single coil tele vibe and after hearing this I dont think that's the case. Plus I'll be getting the tapped set. I play through a DSL100HR an 2 Orange PPC 1x12 cabs so this was a very helpful demo. Again great job!
That sounds like an awesome rig! And good idea getting the tapped versions! Ultimate flexibility! In fact, I’m just about to put a tele QP bridge pickup in my strat and I’m going to get the tapped version too👍
@@JoePearsonGuitarist Hey Joe! If you remember stop by and give me your opinion on the tapped settings. Id love to know what you think about how they sound in your strat!
I like the darker-toned neck of the originals better. The bridge was a toss-up, mostly, though I think I liked the slightly twangy-er original. The SDs seemed to lose a little Tele-ness. Not bad, just not what I’m looking for. Thank you!
Yo! Looks like a finger is missing. Thought my eyes are just fooling me. Thanks for this vid btw, looking for quarter pounder vids, this is excellent. 👌
on both hands, i think... i was watching some other video, stratocaster with seymour duncan and i was thinking that something's wrong. and now i've noticed that and i was scrolling to see some comment on that. btw... great playing
I got a pretty nice tele,.... Just started playing it after about 12 years of owning it. Sooo fun. Love your groove. Looking to change the pick ups THANKYOU.
Tomorrow is going to be a gooood day for you bro! Congrats! I was playing the tele again over Christmas and it’s just so good. I meant to do another video but didn’t have time. It’s just the best sound ever. Please do a demo and share! 🙏
Hey im using a Squier Affinity Tele. Been thinking of upgrade to this SD Quarter Pound. But im not sure wether it suits me because im playing more like ambient post rock kinda songs. Do you think i should upgrade to this pickup or just buy a new guitar with humbucker pickups? For now im looking at Squier Affinity Tele Deluxe. Looks and sounds great but i dont know wether to stick on single coil or change to a guitar with humbucker pickups. Please help me if u dont mind 🙏🏻
I think the fact that these are a true single coil makes them slightly different. I’ve not used a lil 59, but I have used other single coil sized humbuckers and listened to them on SD’s website. I think that any humbucking variant has less high end sparkle and the general character is different. I think these are more like a hot P90; about as fat and hot as you can go with a true single coil. That’s not to say they’re better, but they have that inherent “singlecoilness” that I tend not to find in true humbucking pickups. Also, to me, humbucking pickups have a “softer” feel, whereas single coils feel very “immediate”. These definitely have that unforgiving single coil immediacy. Hope that made sense!
@@JoePearsonGuitarist Yeah that made sense, thank you you seem to have a good handle on this I have a G&L Tele ASAT Tele , basically like a Nashville tele5 why switch with Strat PUP in the middle.. the Neck sounds THIIN AF, The Bridge sounds OK, need something hotter but want warm also why in your opion would you chose the Quarter Pounder Over the STR-2 & STL- Hot for tele, if your not familiar with those thats ok just though I would ask anyway.
I’d have to say they are noisy yes, the tone for that kind of thing is so unbelievable it would almost be worth the noise. The clunky metallic low end gives real character to high gain tones. Quality noise gate maybe?
I have a Japanese 70’s Tele reissue. The neck pickup squeals like crazy (not in a good way) at any sort of volume. As such I typically avoid the neck, and I’m growing irritated with my constant bright sound. Do you think I have some cheap pickups on my Tele, and do you think swapping these out with the Quarter Pounders would sort this out?
Hi Joe, thanks for the speedy reply. That helps enormously. I’ve lived with these pickups for 15 years I’m embarrassed to say. I know what my Christmas money is going on now!
Jonathan Kemp glad to help! Yeah it’s funny, you just get used to working around problems on guitars, my strat volume knob keeps cutting out but I’m too lazy to replace it 😂
Great playing dude!I swap my texas specials on my american special Telly, with quarterpounds, question for you, though i'm a real blues/country lover/player, i find so provocative to play hardrock/metal with a Telecaster, so i swap to quarterpounds, but, obviously with high gain ( Marshall 1923 combo ) single coil noise is evident, gain pot at 12 o'clock ( distortion channel ) and a blackstar ht booster pedal for solos, stuff like Whitesnake, Ozzy ( Jake E.Lee era ecc. ), how did you setted your dsl for this video?Thanks...
DARIOSKYNYRD63 hey thanks! On the higher gain settings on the video, I had the gain on about number 8, so quite high. Although there is a little bit of hum as you’d expect, it wasn’t particularly noisy - but I wasn’t running the amp very loud at the time, so it might get worse with more volume? I think the quarter pounds are wax potted to reduce hum. Could your hum be coming from somewhere else in the signal chain - like pedals or power supplies etc? I’ve also noticed that hum can get much worse depending on the electric supply - some buildings seem much noisier than others!
@@JoePearsonGuitarist Thanks for the answer Joe!I just discovered, huge hum in my Marshall 1923 85th, comes from the loop effects where is plugged the TcElectronic "flashback", if i disconnect the loop, hum disappears, remains only the normal distortion hum, also with humbuckers guitars, Dean; Epi LP, Strat HSS, Schecter, so i changed cables, but nothing changed, and i also discovered the same thing happens in my Blackstar ht-20, plugged another "echo" Hotone and the same things happened in both amps, maybe that huge hum is in my brain...for now i'm playing without loop! bwahahaha
DARIOSKYNYRD63 how do you find the QP in comparison to the Texas Specials? I currently have the TS now and am hating the brightness and harshness of it. Was thinking of going rails. Wondering if QP bridge could do it for me 🤔
Bryan ps they are much fatter/more powerful than standard tele pickups, but you can still get that traditional tele vibe (brighter tone) by adjusting your amp’s eq 👍 cheers, and happy holidays!
Joe Pearson hearing good words about this pickups from cool player like you is lossless translation, unlike my shitty iphone speaker everything sound the same, cheers and happy holidays to you too
Hum sorry I don't get it. What's the point of replacing the pick ups on a top of the line guitar ? Isn't it an instrument that's supposed to have an irreproachable sound or at least the sound you were looking for in the first place ?
Some people think like that and it’s fine. Others want to fine tune instruments to get what they want out of them. Sometimes you can make changes just to try something out - a new experience.
I definitely think you can - some might disagree, but I really believe most of the shaping happens with the amp and any pedals you use. These are fat powerful single coils, but they’re still single coils, and with the right eq settings you can get bright transparent chime out of them, particularly when you roll the volume down 👍👍👍
@@MegaFunk2 awesome! I’m in he process of putting three tele neck QPs in my strat - I’ll be doing a video when it’s done in the next week or two (that’s how much I like these pickups!)
@@JoePearsonGuitarist hey bro awesome video. I’m watching it for the second time. I have to say I really like the overdriven sound of these, but how clean can these go? They sound almost a little on the dirty side to my ear and from the other videos I’ve seen.
@@Toasty_1992 they do clean up, but to be really honest, they have so much grunt that it would be a challenge getting sparkly cleans out of them because there’s so much midrange! But an eq pedal on the floor to scoop some of the thickness out would definitely work!
Joe Pearson I met a guy in high school who has (I assume) the same condition except he has 3 fingers. The first day I met him. It threw me for a loop when I noticed it and then I settled in.
If you want totally authentic single coils then they’re probably better suited, however, I did another video after this one showing how you can get a lot of the glass back with a little eq 👍
@@JoePearsonGuitarist firstly, nice playing, mate. truly. for me the quarter pounders sound a bit overwound and kinda break up too much in the high end. this, of course, is a matter of taste. i'm sure-EQ-ing brings definition back a tad - i am weighing of having a Twisted Tele in the neck and then getting a slightly more underwound SD humbucker pup in the bridge like a Pearly Gates Tele or a Little '59. i wouldn't use a Tele for Hi-Gain stuff; just maybe along the lines of ZZ Top at most. The other option I am weighing is putting a PAF style Humbucker in the neck and something more traditional Tele in the bridge to get that Keith Richards feel...DECISIONS DECISIONS LOL
@@ruechel cheers Nick! Appreciate that! Actually I cocked up there, I thought your comment was on another video about strat stacks 😂 you’re right, the QPs are very very hot, and eq wouldn’t help! That’s the thing about teles, there’s so many bases they can cover and they take almost every kind of pickup really well! I’ve heard great hints about the twisted tele - whatever you go for, do a demo for us 👍👍👍
I loved this video and I was shocked by your comment. To make sure of what I was suspecting, I went to see some video you have on your channel. I strongly suggest you watch this video multiple times and try to learn a little (I mean A LOT) from this guy. And if you ever want to become a real valuable musician, you will have to start sharing things which makes the world sing not rage...
Mitch Brillon Thanks for the nice comment - I appreciate it very much! I’m not at all offended by the OP’s comment, actually I’m quite flattered that he thinks I had a wife 😂
Your outro gave me chills, there is soul in your playing it get through the screen. Thank you.
Thanks so much! If you want to hear more, I’m in a band with two phenomenal musicians: fivepointsgang.com
Good Lord, your playing is amazing. Tons of attitude and swagger. And power. You’d make a ukulele strung with rubber bands sound good. Damn.
Hahaha thanks for this awesome comment - very much appreciated!
I have been looking for a decent side by side video with these pickups for I don't know how long! This video was super helpful so cheers!
having a missing finger does nothing to hinder your guitar playing, you cant keep a good man down
Ah thanks! It’s probably easier - wouldn’t know what to do with the extra one 😂
@@JoePearsonGuitarist you sure make it look easy thats for sure, i want those quarter pounders in my 2013 american standard, i want more of a rock machine without losing that tele character, i think they would be perfect
They’re amazing. That Tele is actually my dad’s, but I’m seriously considering putting some in my strat - but I’m not sure if the strat ones are the same
@@JoePearsonGuitaristI have a friend who's missing his ring finger and it's never slowed him down he's really good with a slide!!
I did not even notice that, I just thought that was a particular way you were playing. Great job, and the sounds are awesome, mine kinda tones
Every other review has nothing but country picking, thanks for showing the rock side. Damn, Page recorded the first Zeppelin album with a tele!!!!! ITS A VERSATILE INSTRUMENT, thanks for the review!!!!! Btw, you're bad ass, keep it up!!!
I know right! People seem to think only do one thing! Glad to be of service, and thanks v much, appreciate it ❤️
I got these pickups and also built a 4 way switch what a sound I now have on the 3rd position
Sounds great I think I’m Going get these for my
Nashville Tele and also get the Strat Quarter pounder for the middle Postion as well
Great Demo. And as someone who has lost a little off my left middle finger you are truly inspiring bro.
Middle fingers are overrated 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 awesome mate keep it up 🔥
Grest sounds bro! I envy your fluidity in playing, very impressive ❤
Thanks bro much appreciated - I’m always a bit on edge when making videos so I’m always thinking my playing is a bit disjointed, so that’s lovely to hear man thanks 👍❤️
Great demo, doing like next to like positions is how these demos should be done.
Late to the game, but this the most helpful video about the versatility of quarter pounders that I have seen. And you’re a phenomenal player. Well done all around. Cheers.
Great review. I’ve been thinking of getting these pickups for my custom build. I can hear the SDs definitely have a darker sound with more grit to them in all pick up positions. Definitely more suited for more rock and modern sound.
I've used Quarter Pounders on strats and they are amazingly powerful. I always wanted to try one on a tele. Great demo, awesome playing as always. Rock on.
Lovely playing! I am on the lookout for a new set of pups for my mid 90's MIJ tele. Stock pups are underwhelming and microphonic. My tech suggested these and at first I was unsure; I like vintage, low output.....classic tele tones. However, these sound great and very versatile, especially if you use the vol and tone controls a lot.
I usually gig with a strat and Les Paul, and this combo covers alot of sonic ground. I can see a tele with a set of these being enough! One less guitar to lug about, and no more endless tweaking with controls on pedals, guitar and amp, which I was doing to compensate for the change of guitars, mid-set.
Thanks for your demo dude, much appreciated!
My pleasure - also worth thinking about a more trad neck tele pickup (overwound but bright) with the bridge QP - I think that would be a v versatile combo
You got some serious strength in your pinky, and you convinced me to get quarter pounder :)
Wonderful pickups - I’m missing that guitar (it lives with my dad in another country) I’m gonna have to get them into another guitar soon! Also my pinky is seriously overworked 😂
The first guitar I ever bought was a used 69 thinline Tele reissue that someone had put Quarter Pound pickups in. Absolutely killer. Every other Tele I played after that sounded thin, but 30 years later I gravitate more toward the vintage sound. I currently have a Nash T63 with a telephone pole for a neck and the standard Lollar Nash set. I won't touch a single part on it unless it breaks. Best tone I've ever had, but you can't beat the QP set if you want more bite while still sounding like a Tele
Two thing. 1: you've sold me on the quarter pounders. 2: I'm checking out your site immediately .
Ha thanks man appreciate it - the best site for me now is fivepointsgang.com
Dude, that left hand pinky... what a technique 🤘
Nice Touch and tones. I never realized the MAJOR hassle to change a tele bridge PU.
Yeah only when you open a tele up do you realise that it’s nothing like a strat!
Great playing! I've rocked the QPs in my tele for years after trying them in a Ritchie Blackmore strat. I dig power combined with the aggressive attack teles have. Rock on brother!
You too bro! Thanks! They are just epic - so good I’m thinking of putting the tele ones in my strat!
Nice demo, I have had a set of these in one of my Teles for severaal years and they are very versatile. one thing on the demo video, if you move back or adjust the camera we can see what pickup you are using by seeing the switch! That would make it easy to follow where the tone is coming from??
Now when I heard you playing those Quarter Pounds. I must buy them.
I still love them!
...and thanks for the lovely comment 🙏
Hey man, great playing! That boogie made me smile! I've been looking for some hard hitting Quarter Pound riffing and found it here!!!
And you convinced me that I have to buy me a Quarter Pound and Spark mini myself!!!
Ha thanks man - it’s an amazing pickup/pedal combo!!!
Best youtube video of this pickup's telecaster set. big thanks, man!
My pleasure thanks for the comment 🙏
Awesome video, wicked sick riffage and such smooth playing, great comparison, I got a fender players tele bone stock everything and with some tweaking I can go from super clean to metal overload, but still feel I’m lacking something when I hit the metal, your vid was very helpful the quarter pounder sounds great in all styles from your vid, keep on rocking!!!!
Great, great demo! Thank you Sir!
Happy to help!
What a great comparison - couldn’t ask for anything more when considering the switch to SD Quarter Pounders. Thanks!
Really happy to be of some help mate!
Great video mate excellent playing I was borderline between this pickup and the Seymour Duncan little 59 I think I'm going with the quarter pounder I need something that can do blues and heavier rock I think this will fit the bill
Thanks Jeff! Yes I think the little 59 amd QP aren’t actually that far apart! I don’t know how the QP does it, but it feels like a full blown humbucker with all the best bits of a single coil
My set just arrived today ! Great demo & playing.
Hope you enjoy them as much as I do! And thanks!
Very Good Tone! Congratulations for the Review!
Love that color but you need the maple fretboard. 😀
I have SD quarter pounders in my American Pro. I love them. Great demo brother. All the best
Thanks! They are fab, I still love them! Cheers 👍
Dude, that is the same guitar I have! Same finish, except that I have a maple neck. I am in the middle of a complete overhaul from the ground up. I took a gamble on ordering a set of SD QPs, but they aren't in yet. This has totally given me the confidence that I made the right call. Cheers!
It’s such a great era of fender - and love the colour! You won’t regret the choice of pickups!!
Holy shit. You play like Django Reinhardt. That’s fucking awesome. Those pickups came stock in my MK Tele. They’re awesome too. Great demo.
Great comparison of the sounds, great vid and editing, love it!
You play really well! Your left had is amazing! I sliced open my left hand pinkie last week and I'm looking forward to working it out again. I use your example. thanks
Gosh that sounds painful! I hope you recover soon!
@@JoePearsonGuitarist thanks. just shy of needing stitches. oh, I ruined the salmon dip I was making when I opened the can. lol
😂 well I’m glad you’ve seen the funny side!!! I suppose a bit of blood in the salmon dip is just added flavour 😂🤷♂️
@@JoePearsonGuitarist Maybe that's why it tasted like $7 worth of CRAP!! lol
Mighty powerful pinky !!
My pinky really got a raw deal 😂😂😂
Hey people. I installed a quarter pound in the bridge, while the neck possition was supposed to be stock. In this configuration, the middle possition sounded like a Phaser pedal was on. Is my quater pound pickup damaged or is this normal, since the output difference is huge?
Thx -- Best Quarter Pounder video I've seen.
You are just an insipiration!!! God Bless You!
Thank you!
Excellent playing!! Great tone with either pups but, I like the fatter tone and more aggressive Duncan Quarter Pounders. You are a very *inspirational* individual. You make me want to practice much more. Love your style.
That’s so kind! Really appreciate that! If you’d like to see more of what I do with these guitars, check out my band channel ua-cam.com/users/fivepointsgang
Comments like this make it all worthwhile - I hope you’re having an awesome time on your guitar playing journey! 🙏
Either my edible just kicked in super hard, or you are a way better guitarist than me with less finger than I have, and that is absolutely awesome! Definitely grabbing a Quarter Pounder for my Tele after watching this. Thanks!!!
There is no “better” in guitar playing bro! But definitely get a QP! It makes anyone better 😂
Awesome demo.. I'm looking for a new bridge pickup to go with a mini-hum neck.. This sounds great, but I am concerned with hum.
They seem quite well potted, so better than most standard singles but they will hum a bit at volume I think!
You are truly a remarkable guitar player! The blues riffs are perfect in style and execution. Where / How did you learn them?
Hey Mike! Thanks for your lovely comment! I learnt in quite an old fashioned way, mainly listening and stealing from Clapton, green, Vaughan bros, robben Ford etc - i think just listening to your favourite guitarists all the time is a better way of getting those licks into your playing than using online resources - it’s a bit like the difference between reading a book or watching a film!
Perfect comparison video brother! I'm building a tele and I wanted to use the quarter pounders but I was worried they'd lose too much single coil tele vibe and after hearing this I dont think that's the case. Plus I'll be getting the tapped set. I play through a DSL100HR an 2 Orange PPC 1x12 cabs so this was a very helpful demo. Again great job!
That sounds like an awesome rig! And good idea getting the tapped versions! Ultimate flexibility! In fact, I’m just about to put a tele QP bridge pickup in my strat and I’m going to get the tapped version too👍
@@JoePearsonGuitarist Hey Joe! If you remember stop by and give me your opinion on the tapped settings. Id love to know what you think about how they sound in your strat!
Will do - I’ll probably post a review!
@@JoePearsonGuitarist Looking forward to it!
Love those tones and great playing! Im lookin at choices for my new tele. Have you tried the lil Pearly Gates?
10/10, great demo. Keep it up brother!
Thanks really appreciate it👍👍👍
Interpretas genial amigo, gracias a ti conseguí una squier classic vibe con QP.
Muchas gracias!
¡Estoy muy feliz de ayudar y realmente espero que los disfruten!
Yeah!
I like the darker-toned neck of the originals better. The bridge was a toss-up, mostly, though I think I liked the slightly twangy-er original. The SDs seemed to lose a little Tele-ness. Not bad, just not what I’m looking for. Thank you!
Glad to be of some help! Apparently the hot tele set sits between classic tele and QPs, retaining more of the twang 👍
Genial, me estoy haciendo una telecaster y el puente ya sé cual pastilla va a llevar, saludos from Ibiza, spain 🙏
David Salinas Montoro you’ll love it - still my all time favourite! Greeting from the U.K. 🌧🌧🌧😂🙏
Today i,ve been talking about you to my wife. Its incredible what you do with the guitar. Eres grande, dude 👏
David Salinas Montoro thanks so much, really appreciate that. If you want to hear some free music, check out fivepointsgang.com 👍
That tele looks just like my old 1988 American standard
Yo! Looks like a finger is missing. Thought my eyes are just fooling me.
Thanks for this vid btw, looking for quarter pounder vids, this is excellent. 👌
Thanks for watching - hope it was helpful! Well spotted - I just uploaded a video about my fingers yesterday, as a few people has asked about it 👍
@@JoePearsonGuitarist nice. Cheers! 🍻
on both hands, i think... i was watching some other video, stratocaster with seymour duncan and i was thinking that something's wrong. and now i've noticed that and i was scrolling to see some comment on that. btw... great playing
I got a pretty nice tele,....
Just started playing it after about 12 years of owning it. Sooo fun.
Love your groove. Looking to change the pick ups
THANKYOU.
When installing the quarter pounders, are there two wires to connect or three? Thanks for the video!
Now this is a review......awesome mate
Team Wooly Sheep Reviews cheers dude! I desperately need a camera upgrade though haha! What are you using these days?
@@JoePearsonGuitarist I am now using a Canon EOS M50 with a rode videomic pro.......great combo
Team Wooly Sheep Reviews will take a look at that rig fo sho!
Great vid. Is the bridge pickup noisy with extra gain?
I have the QP on the neck. Good for gain and clean but losses the tele twang and spanky..
It’s definitely a different animal!
What's your use lick mr...
WHAT IS MELODY? MUST BE FROM THE '70s, I AM! (see David Gilmour)
I don’t know what this means, but I liked it!
Great vid man!! Thanks.
My Fingerboard thanks for watching!
I've read the Review on SD Quarter Pound pickups are muddy sounding
QP's here tomorrow. In Tele by tomorrow evening. THANKS!!
Tomorrow is going to be a gooood day for you bro! Congrats! I was playing the tele again over Christmas and it’s just so good. I meant to do another video but didn’t have time. It’s just the best sound ever. Please do a demo and share! 🙏
@@JoePearsonGuitarist Oh lawdy does this thing sound good! Got a gig Saturday and can't wait to play :) . It was a good day indeed!!
Scundo best comment I’ve ever had - send me some gig footage if you can get it - I’d love to hear it!
@@JoePearsonGuitarist I will try to do that!
Im buying an American Professional telecaster with the 1/4 pounders. Think they are killer
Honestly I have more fun using them than just about anything else! 👍
For me Fender pickups wins❤❤❤❤
Hey im using a Squier Affinity Tele. Been thinking of upgrade to this SD Quarter Pound. But im not sure wether it suits me because im playing more like ambient post rock kinda songs. Do you think i should upgrade to this pickup or just buy a new guitar with humbucker pickups? For now im looking at Squier Affinity Tele Deluxe. Looks and sounds great but i dont know wether to stick on single coil or change to a guitar with humbucker pickups. Please help me if u dont mind 🙏🏻
Great video and awesome guitarist! Which cap does your tone pot use?
Thanks! I’m not sure, I’ll check for you tomorrow - it should be the standard fender one, as I didn’t change any of the wiring, will check the value 👍
I guess I like these but my question is arent these just a lil 59 but not with the hum ?
I think the fact that these are a true single coil makes them slightly different. I’ve not used a lil 59, but I have used other single coil sized humbuckers and listened to them on SD’s website. I think that any humbucking variant has less high end sparkle and the general character is different. I think these are more like a hot P90; about as fat and hot as you can go with a true single coil. That’s not to say they’re better, but they have that inherent “singlecoilness” that I tend not to find in true humbucking pickups. Also, to me, humbucking pickups have a “softer” feel, whereas single coils feel very “immediate”. These definitely have that unforgiving single coil immediacy.
Hope that made sense!
@@JoePearsonGuitarist Yeah that made sense, thank you you seem to have a good handle on this I have a G&L Tele ASAT Tele , basically like a Nashville tele5 why switch with Strat PUP in the middle.. the Neck sounds THIIN AF, The Bridge sounds OK, need something hotter but want warm also why in your opion would you chose the Quarter Pounder Over the STR-2 & STL- Hot for tele, if your not familiar with those thats ok just though I would ask anyway.
like this sound！
Nothing to say... Quarter Pounds are just The Thing!
Just great pickups!
Awesome
Nice chops. Stock sounded better to me
If you’re after stock single coils, they really are very good 👍
How are they with heavy distortion? Like progressive metal. Are they noisy?
I’d have to say they are noisy yes, the tone for that kind of thing is so unbelievable it would almost be worth the noise. The clunky metallic low end gives real character to high gain tones. Quality noise gate maybe?
@@JoePearsonGuitarist thanks. I’m not a fan of noisy pickups but maybe I’ll give them a try if the tone is great.
Pots 250 or 500???
250 (original pots) 👍
I have a Japanese 70’s Tele reissue. The neck pickup squeals like crazy (not in a good way) at any sort of volume. As such I typically avoid the neck, and I’m growing irritated with my constant bright sound. Do you think I have some cheap pickups on my Tele, and do you think swapping these out with the Quarter Pounders would sort this out?
Hi Joe, thanks for the speedy reply. That helps enormously. I’ve lived with these pickups for 15 years I’m embarrassed to say. I know what my Christmas money is going on now!
Jonathan Kemp glad to help! Yeah it’s funny, you just get used to working around problems on guitars, my strat volume knob keeps cutting out but I’m too lazy to replace it 😂
@@jonathanjkemp they might just need to be potted(dunked in warm wax)
Not a tele..........................?
Tried to find clean tones to no avail! I gave up... lol. Decent comparison otherwise.
Can you coil split quarter poinder pup?
Unfortunately it’s just a single coil so you can’t split them
@@JoePearsonGuitarist I see. How about little 59', can it be coil splitted ?
@@thawthaw03 yes that should be splittable as it’s a humbucker.
@@JoePearsonGuitarist all little 59 is single coil sized humbucker, rite?
@@thawthaw03 yes that’s right - I had a hot rails (similar type of pickup) in a strat and that split v well
Did you change the stock 250k pots to 500k?
I stayed with the 250 pots 👍
Great playing dude!I swap my texas specials on my american special Telly, with quarterpounds, question for you, though i'm a real blues/country lover/player, i find so provocative to play hardrock/metal with a Telecaster, so i swap to quarterpounds, but, obviously with high gain ( Marshall 1923 combo ) single coil noise is evident, gain pot at 12 o'clock ( distortion channel ) and a blackstar ht booster pedal for solos, stuff like Whitesnake, Ozzy ( Jake E.Lee era ecc. ), how did you setted your dsl for this video?Thanks...
DARIOSKYNYRD63 hey thanks! On the higher gain settings on the video, I had the gain on about number 8, so quite high. Although there is a little bit of hum as you’d expect, it wasn’t particularly noisy - but I wasn’t running the amp very loud at the time, so it might get worse with more volume? I think the quarter pounds are wax potted to reduce hum. Could your hum be coming from somewhere else in the signal chain - like pedals or power supplies etc? I’ve also noticed that hum can get much worse depending on the electric supply - some buildings seem much noisier than others!
@@JoePearsonGuitarist Thanks for the answer Joe!I just discovered, huge hum in my Marshall 1923 85th, comes from the loop effects where is plugged the TcElectronic "flashback", if i disconnect the loop, hum disappears, remains only the normal distortion hum, also with humbuckers guitars, Dean; Epi LP, Strat HSS, Schecter, so i changed cables, but nothing changed, and i also discovered the same thing happens in my Blackstar ht-20, plugged another "echo" Hotone and the same things happened in both amps, maybe that huge hum is in my brain...for now i'm playing without loop! bwahahaha
DARIOSKYNYRD63 that’s strange! It must be something going on with either the pedals or the effects loops! At least it’s not the pickups dude!!
@@JoePearsonGuitarist Yep!!
DARIOSKYNYRD63 how do you find the QP in comparison to the Texas Specials? I currently have the TS now and am hating the brightness and harshness of it. Was thinking of going rails. Wondering if QP bridge could do it for me 🤔
Which you think is better?
Bryan for me the QPs are the ultimate tele pickups 👍
Joe Pearson cool thanks mate, now I can buy it without hesitation
Bryan ps they are much fatter/more powerful than standard tele pickups, but you can still get that traditional tele vibe (brighter tone) by adjusting your amp’s eq 👍
cheers, and happy holidays!
Joe Pearson hearing good words about this pickups from cool player like you is lossless translation, unlike my shitty iphone speaker everything sound the same, cheers and happy holidays to you too
Ha thanks man really appreciate that! I’m sure you’ll love them
Hum sorry I don't get it. What's the point of replacing the pick ups on a top of the line guitar ? Isn't it an instrument that's supposed to have an irreproachable sound or at least the sound you were looking for in the first place ?
Some people think like that and it’s fine. Others want to fine tune instruments to get what they want out of them. Sometimes you can make changes just to try something out - a new experience.
can you play funk with qp pick ups
I definitely think you can - some might disagree, but I really believe most of the shaping happens with the amp and any pedals you use. These are fat powerful single coils, but they’re still single coils, and with the right eq settings you can get bright transparent chime out of them, particularly when you roll the volume down 👍👍👍
@@JoePearsonGuitarist ive ordered a set cant wait to rock out on them cheers joe
@@MegaFunk2 awesome! I’m in he process of putting three tele neck QPs in my strat - I’ll be doing a video when it’s done in the next week or two (that’s how much I like these pickups!)
Once the SPARK PEDAL came in. 🤤
🔥😂😂😂
@@JoePearsonGuitarist hey bro awesome video. I’m watching it for the second time. I have to say I really like the overdriven sound of these, but how clean can these go? They sound almost a little on the dirty side to my ear and from the other videos I’ve seen.
@@Toasty_1992 they do clean up, but to be really honest, they have so much grunt that it would be a challenge getting sparkly cleans out of them because there’s so much midrange! But an eq pedal on the floor to scoop some of the thickness out would definitely work!
@@JoePearsonGuitarist thank you.
I don't think I've ever seen a guitar player with 4 fingers. It kinda fucked my brain for a sec.
😂
Joe Pearson I met a guy in high school who has (I assume) the same condition except he has 3 fingers. The first day I met him. It threw me for a loop when I noticed it and then I settled in.
Twang on steroids
I see daddy raised you well.....
He did at that!
like the Fender pups better TBH
If you want totally authentic single coils then they’re probably better suited, however, I did another video after this one showing how you can get a lot of the glass back with a little eq 👍
@@JoePearsonGuitarist firstly, nice playing, mate. truly. for me the quarter pounders sound a bit overwound and kinda break up too much in the high end. this, of course, is a matter of taste. i'm sure-EQ-ing brings definition back a tad - i am weighing of having a Twisted Tele in the neck and then getting a slightly more underwound SD humbucker pup in the bridge like a Pearly Gates Tele or a Little '59. i wouldn't use a Tele for Hi-Gain stuff; just maybe along the lines of ZZ Top at most. The other option I am weighing is putting a PAF style Humbucker in the neck and something more traditional Tele in the bridge to get that Keith Richards feel...DECISIONS DECISIONS LOL
@@ruechel cheers Nick! Appreciate that! Actually I cocked up there, I thought your comment was on another video about strat stacks 😂 you’re right, the QPs are very very hot, and eq wouldn’t help! That’s the thing about teles, there’s so many bases they can cover and they take almost every kind of pickup really well! I’ve heard great hints about the twisted tele - whatever you go for, do a demo for us 👍👍👍
Did his ex wife cut off his ring finger or did he do that on purpose so he never has to get married?
Ha!
You're not even funny
I loved this video and I was shocked by your comment.
To make sure of what I was suspecting, I went to see some video you have on your channel.
I strongly suggest you watch this video multiple times and try to learn a little (I mean A LOT) from this guy. And if you ever want to become a real valuable musician, you will have to start sharing things which makes the world sing not rage...
Mitch Brillon Thanks for the nice comment - I appreciate it very much! I’m not at all offended by the OP’s comment, actually I’m quite flattered that he thinks I had a wife 😂