This is a bad introduction but my thumb actually pressed dislike and it said "feedback shared with the creator" sorry about that I meant to press like(I have pressed like now). You videos are always great Tim and you've inspired me for years along with Ted to always push harder for the right harmony and to take tone back to the core of the guitar with no nonsense in between the guitar and amplifier, this video is no exception.... the pickups sound great and the playing is always a treasure in my ears. Thought I should finally speak up because really theres no reason for anyone to dislike your contributions, past, present and future... so please keep up the outstanding work
Beautiful. My favourite Tele neck pickup is an Ibanez Super 80 single coil - yep, they made a humbucker sized single coil. Amazing bell-like clarity and warmth.
Tim that is dripulicous ❤ I love it … don’t touch a thing you’ll screw it up😂- Murphy’s law. Seriously I love the articulation, and as always Kudos for your playing/touch👍🎶🎸
I did the same with a Diamond Goldfoil vintage 65 , but in a Jay Tursur vintage Tele. So not too bad if I srcewed it up. It is weird to the hear at first , because the tone is special . Warm and crisp at the same time. Hard to explain but the easier way to understand is you got to know is that they are cheap pickups, on the shrill side, low output. Vintage pickups always shine because of that reason. They breakup easier. I push that Tele with slap back delay, and I LOVE IT !
Sounds great, even though I like some dirt on there. I do know that I don't sound as clean as the pickups, and some dirt hides that some. That's what practice is for!
sounds very "pure". That's not very well-described but I can't think of a better way to put it right now. It's just a very straight-forward, agreeable, sound. Balanced, clear, but still plenty warm. I like it!
Love the sound of it. I’m still so happy with the sound of my CS Nocaster pickup. With my Strats finding the perfect pickups is less easy. But I have my different variations that work with different amps and setups so it’s fine.
That CS nocaster is the best thing in the bridge I have found. I have It coupled with the vintage gray in an ash body LE. Just amazing. That chief sounded pretty special as well though.
Oh no! Not a crooked pickup in a Tele! Lol. It does sound really smooth, I have an ash body fender with the 51 nocaster reissue in the neck. Best I have found so far for that particular Tele. I have a vintage gray in the bridge. Awesome combination! Once again, it is an ash body though.
That did come in other "form factors" if you will. BTW ... if you love that sound, I'd highly suggest trying a Mojotone Gold Foil in the neck position. I have been using them on teles and they sound very much like what you have. I'll have a tele guitar finished in about two months with a Mojotone gold foil and will try to send you a video link.
Darn that out-of-phase sound, I love it, but simply swap the neck pickup wires (white to ground, black to switch) to put it back in phase with the bridge pickup..
Great mids nice and warm and not too. Love the Tbone quack as well. There must be a way to reverse the phase with a switch. I’m glad you did that now we can possibly get someone to make a pickup with the same qualities. Thanks dude.
Thats awesome tim! I have an original gold dearmond 1100 in a 69/70 gibson L5 custom. They’re beautiful pups and i love it in a tele! I hope u can get it produced🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏btw, proof that usually it aint the guitar its the guitarist: that vintera sounds just fine.😎
don't screw with this at all......absolutely perfect sound wow never heard a tele sound like that you may have hit on the holy grail of warm pickups....leave it alone and don't even look at crooked....
Tim, sounds great. I love your Charlie Christian version as well. I think you can make plywood and magnetized nails sound wonderful. Curious if you have any TV Jones pickups in the neck? I know they have some DeArmond options.
I got that type of sound when I put a P90 in my Tele that is much better than the previous Strat pickup that was beefier than the shorted-out Tele pickup; in fact both pickups are table crumbs compared to the P90 but you have a nice beautiful tone in your Telecaster. By the way the D & G strings would line up over the polepieces perfectly if the pickup were moved over a small smidgen to the right.
Wonderful!!! For a clean, articulate sound, the only comparable tone I've heard is Bill Frisell using a Fralin mini-humbucker, which is gorgeous, but a humbucker can never be quite as articulate as a single coil. So interesting to hear the DeArmond on a solid body...is that a Lollar?
I have a couple of guitars with that pickup. All archtops. Agree they sound great I would think Jason Lollar is your man to go to. Output is indeed balanced. Let me know how it turns out but even as is it is real nice sounding Would make for a nice single pick up guitar as well. shal
There's been a bit of trend lately of Telecaster players switching to Guyatone or DeArmond-style gold foil pickups in the neck position. Blake Mills has a couple of videos here on UA-cam where he's playing them. I think the trend started up again when a few people built "partscaster" versions of Ry Cooder's Strat that he uses for slide which has one of these pickups.
I’ve been playing with the MFD pickups on a new ASAT and it’s amazing how no matter how much you roll off the tone they still retain separation/clarity. Would like to see your thoughts on them someday.
@@nickgoogle4525 I opted for a semi hollow classic because the smaller pickups are voiced closer to a traditional tele pickup than the jumbo MFDs, which are closer to P-90s (each are their own thing though). I already have stuff in that zone so the Classic filled an empty gap for me. I was really tempted to order a special because I think the bridge is super cool, but the Classic filled an niche for me personally. I did the US option order if that matters. Easily the best guitar I own now.
Hi Tim I pre ordered your book. Can't wait to study it. I'm a big fan. I have question? What are your thoughts on playing jazz with bridge pickup. If at all possible I'd be so grateful if you could play a standard in bridge position. We all know the neck pickup is lush but what does the bridge say? You here things like a jr can do it all and that you can get the tones out of the bridge pickup but can you? If you can't play sweet sounding jazz on the bridge pickup then it can't be done. I'm a big fan of yours all the best from uk.
That neck pickup sounds so NICE!!!!
Finally.....a Timoth Lerch signature Tele!!! :-)
I dig it!
Love it’s tone and how it is soooo smooth! Round/brownish
Wonderful splendid gorgeous lines. Thank you !
Sounds beautiful, great separation
Lots of fun...great idea.
WHAT a SOUND , and love the outro chord playing
I luv the sound. It’s “the sound” I’ve been searching for. I kid you not.
A year later, any updates on this project Tim! I like the warmth of that pickup.
Beautiful
Love the sound.....clear and round,👍♥️
That sounds great, Tim!
The cleanest nostalgic sound.
Holy smokes Darn That Playing!
That is amazing!!! And I think the pickups together are definitely worth the mod itself
That sounds very tasteful. I like it a lot.
THANKS, TIM!
it does sound great!
Love this pickup Tim!
I’m sold on the sound
This is a bad introduction but my thumb actually pressed dislike and it said "feedback shared with the creator" sorry about that I meant to press like(I have pressed like now). You videos are always great Tim and you've inspired me for years along with Ted to always push harder for the right harmony and to take tone back to the core of the guitar with no nonsense in between the guitar and amplifier, this video is no exception.... the pickups sound great and the playing is always a treasure in my ears. Thought I should finally speak up because really theres no reason for anyone to dislike your contributions, past, present and future... so please keep up the outstanding work
Sounds amazing!!
Dang, that sounds so good...
Just swap the hot and ground wire on the neck pickup and the out of phase sound will be fixed.
thanks I'll try that
Sounds great!
More like this please!!!
Sounds awesome, also really interesting looking!
Victory pickups have great sounding “gold foils” that are very thin and evenly shaped. and not expensive.
nice Darn that Dream at the end
Great idea for a budget guitar that sounds fantastic! 🙏
I have a 1972 Dearmond gold foil on one of my tele's. It sounds great.
Sounds sweet
You have changed the telecaster for ever . Amazing sound
Excellent playing Mr. Tim
and great neck pickup also. My savings permited me to get Ron Ellis 50B and they are stellar though.
You remind me of the 'Dude'
That neck pick up is flat out Gangster. I love it....
Dang this is indeed a proper sound to me!!
Tim: Look forward to that new neck PU and would buy one when available.
Beautiful. My favourite Tele neck pickup is an Ibanez Super 80 single coil - yep, they made a humbucker sized single coil. Amazing bell-like clarity and warmth.
Awesome pickups, I've got one in my '35 Epiphone Spartan
wow at the end of vid you can hear how it sounds very nice and warm
Great note definition. Beautiful sound and of course wonderful playing Tim.
Tim that is dripulicous ❤ I love it … don’t touch a thing you’ll screw it up😂- Murphy’s law. Seriously I love the articulation, and as always Kudos for your playing/touch👍🎶🎸
... yes, sounds cool!
I did the same with a Diamond Goldfoil vintage 65 , but in a Jay Tursur vintage Tele. So not too bad if I srcewed it up. It is weird to the hear at first , because the tone is special . Warm and crisp at the same time. Hard to explain but the easier way to understand is you got to know is that they are cheap pickups, on the shrill side, low output. Vintage pickups always shine because of that reason. They breakup easier. I push that Tele with slap back delay, and I LOVE IT !
Sounds great, even though I like some dirt on there. I do know that I don't sound as clean as the pickups, and some dirt hides that some. That's what practice is for!
Sounds nice and juicy! I dig it!
Yeah that sounds pretty good
oh I think you are on to something there! they may start making those!
Love the sound Tim! Can't wait to see the finish product once you reconfigure it.
Love the Rhythm Chief sound in any guitar really!
sounds very "pure". That's not very well-described but I can't think of a better way to put it right now. It's just a very straight-forward, agreeable, sound. Balanced, clear, but still plenty warm. I like it!
Love the sound of it. I’m still so happy with the sound of my CS Nocaster pickup.
With my Strats finding the perfect pickups is less easy. But I have my different variations that work with different amps and setups so it’s fine.
That CS nocaster is the best thing in the bridge I have found. I have It coupled with the vintage gray in an ash body LE. Just amazing. That chief sounded pretty special as well though.
“Take ‘Er Easy, Dude! ...I know you will!”
I like the danelectro hot lipstick pickups. Do you think one of them would work?
I love it! I hope some builder creates a tele-friendly version!
Tim is making me want to dig out my old Harmonys with the goldfoils.
Out of phase sounds great too
I’m always interested in experimenting with different pickups on a Tele. I was thinking of a P90 neck at some point
I like it. if that means anything
Oh no! Not a crooked pickup in a Tele! Lol. It does sound really smooth, I have an ash body fender with the 51 nocaster reissue in the neck. Best I have found so far for that particular Tele. I have a vintage gray in the bridge. Awesome combination! Once again, it is an ash body though.
That did come in other "form factors" if you will. BTW ... if you love that sound, I'd highly suggest trying a Mojotone Gold Foil in the neck position. I have been using them on teles and they sound very much like what you have. I'll have a tele guitar finished in about two months with a Mojotone gold foil and will try to send you a video link.
Talk to Jason, Tim, he's probably up for all kinds of crazy stuff!!
Darn that out-of-phase sound, I love it, but simply swap the neck pickup wires (white to ground, black to switch) to put it back in phase with the bridge pickup..
That sounds sweet
Great mids nice and warm and not too. Love the Tbone quack as well. There must be a way to reverse the phase with a switch. I’m glad you did that now we can possibly get someone to make a pickup with the same qualities. Thanks dude.
All he has to do is switch the leads to the other pickup around. Pretty sure he knows.
@@richardclark. a switch would allow for both sounds, in phase and out of face, that’s why I mentioned a switch instead of reversing the wires.
@@KristopherCraig oh I gotcha. I just figured that would be a lot of extra work since he said he wasn't fond of the sound anyway.
Great players make anything sound good. The pickups makes it just louder.
Thats awesome tim! I have an original gold dearmond 1100 in a 69/70 gibson L5 custom. They’re beautiful pups and i love it in a tele! I hope u can get it produced🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏btw, proof that usually it aint the guitar its the guitarist: that vintera sounds just fine.😎
I just posted a follow up video to show the in phase sound.
Great playunng. Great tone. Have your pickup buddies come up with a more compatible design? I'm very interested.
So...what did you come up with? Is anyone making the DArmond so that it can be mounted on a tele? It really sounds great!
don't screw with this at all......absolutely perfect sound wow never heard a tele sound like that you may have hit on the holy grail of warm pickups....leave it alone and don't even look at crooked....
Sounds really great! But please tell us which amp we are hearing in combination with the tele.
I believe Fender own DeArmond so what chance they would issue a model with this idea?
Nice tone. Just the slightest hint of grit. Also got some of that acoustic arch top woody sound. Nice variation from the normal Fender glassy sound.
@3:31 I flipped a magnet to get that sound, an I love it.
Sound so beautiful, what gauge of string you use ?
Tim, sounds great. I love your Charlie Christian version as well. I think you can make plywood and magnetized nails sound wonderful. Curious if you have any TV Jones pickups in the neck? I know they have some DeArmond options.
you like it better than the Charlie Christian?
Best archtop pups ever!!
I got that type of sound when I put a P90 in my Tele that is much better than the previous Strat pickup that was beefier than the shorted-out Tele pickup; in fact both pickups are table crumbs compared to the P90 but you have a nice beautiful tone in your Telecaster. By the way the D & G strings would line up over the polepieces perfectly if the pickup were moved over a small smidgen to the right.
Heavenly :]
Your playing is so nice, I don't normally like blues but I love your playing. You definitely do that pickup justice
Wonderful!!! For a clean, articulate sound, the only comparable tone I've heard is Bill Frisell using a Fralin mini-humbucker, which is gorgeous, but a humbucker can never be quite as articulate as a single coil. So interesting to hear the DeArmond on a solid body...is that a Lollar?
Sounds awesome
Check out Wilde Pickups and the Microcoil Telecaster Pickups they make. Might be close to what you are looking for.
Yet this sounds so good.
I will look at those...would likely be easier, less expensive maybe.
I have a couple of guitars with that pickup. All archtops. Agree they sound great I would think Jason Lollar is your man to go to. Output is indeed balanced. Let me know how it turns out but even as is it is real nice sounding
Would make for a nice single pick up guitar as well. shal
Want!
There's been a bit of trend lately of Telecaster players switching to Guyatone or DeArmond-style gold foil pickups in the neck position. Blake Mills has a couple of videos here on UA-cam where he's playing them. I think the trend started up again when a few people built "partscaster" versions of Ry Cooder's Strat that he uses for slide which has one of these pickups.
Be interesting to hear this and Charlie Christian back to back, side by side. Always thought Tim made the CC sound great
I’ve been playing with the MFD pickups on a new ASAT and it’s amazing how no matter how much you roll off the tone they still retain separation/clarity. Would like to see your thoughts on them someday.
Asat Classic or Special?
@@nickgoogle4525 I opted for a semi hollow classic because the smaller pickups are voiced closer to a traditional tele pickup than the jumbo MFDs, which are closer to P-90s (each are their own thing though). I already have stuff in that zone so the Classic filled an empty gap for me. I was really tempted to order a special because I think the bridge is super cool, but the Classic filled an niche for me personally. I did the US option order if that matters. Easily the best guitar I own now.
Hi Tim I pre ordered your book. Can't wait to study it. I'm a big fan. I have question?
What are your thoughts on playing jazz with bridge pickup.
If at all possible I'd be so grateful if you could play a standard in bridge position.
We all know the neck pickup is lush but what does the bridge say? You here things like a jr can do it all and that you can get the tones out of the bridge pickup but can you? If you can't play sweet sounding jazz on the bridge pickup then it can't be done. I'm a big fan of yours all the best from uk.
Good idea I’ll give it a try.
Thank you tim! What an beatiful sounding pickup by the way. Keep crazy hacking! Can't wait to hear you thoughts etc on the jazz bridge topic
Did you get the pickup made?
Tim is a nut ! He thinks he’s ever sounded bad EVER! NOT! ❤
THANKS... inspiring !
Sounds real nice. I use a modern Supro gold foil in mine. I find traditional tele neck pickups kinda lame.
Which year Tele are you using? I wanna try it!!!! Love that sound!!!
Watch again, he says!
Nothing wrong with the out of phase sound, i liked it quite a bit on this one
I truly believe you could make my Squire Tele sound great.
Maybe an upgrade for my Squire?
Thanks Tim.
Tim could, no doubt, but I had a CC/BS combination installed in my late 80's Squier tele (along with a refret and Plek job), and it sounds amazing.
Thanks Tim ! Have you found any somewhat similar-sounding hum-canceling
neck pickups for a tele ?
Not really, I actually prefer single coils
You should try Ulbrick NRS for hum canceling. I love it in my strat and it really does not affect the tone. Cheers!
Beautiful tones Tim! What's the noise level like?
It’s not bad, the metal casing work pretty well.
@@TimLerchGuitar nice. Thanks brother