New neck pickup for my VM tele'

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New neck pickup for my VM tele'

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So I've got this Vintage Modified Squier Tele' Thinline, and I just LOVE it ! It's the guitar that made me love music, playing etc..
I recently got a Fender Telecaster American special and just love the neck pickup (texas special, sooo twangy) ! But now when i play my Squier, the neck pickup sounds so weak (and kind of crappy tbh) compared to it; so I thought i'd change it to something fatter, warmer, "bigger" .. (I've always loved Jack White for example so i've been thinking that with a 'bucker or a P90 i might get closer to the fatter tones he uses (also so i can simply have a more versatile guitar sound))

So changing the Squier VM's neck pickup, is this the way to go?

I've found these so far (only looked through Seymour Duncan so far)
http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/e ... ymourized/
http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/e ... _phat_cat/
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Re: New neck pickup for my VM tele'

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those are very different from each other. The "mini" is a firebird pickup which are aimed towards a fender like sound…. they are really punchy sounding in a fender type guitar.
second is basically a P90 in a bucker shape. I have some of those model and like them a bunch, I have a normal shaped P90 in the neck position on my tele and love the contrast with the tele bridge.
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Mudfuzz wrote:those are very different from each other. The "mini" is a firebird pickup which are aimed towards a fender like sound…. they are really punchy sounding in a fender type guitar.
second is basically a P90 in a bucker shape. I have some of those model and like them a bunch, I have a normal shaped P90 in the neck position on my tele and love the contrast with the tele bridge.
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Is the P90 kind of loud, heave, "fat" sounding (sorry for asking noobie questions, i'ts the first time i've looked into changing pickups!) ?
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Re: New neck pickup for my VM tele'

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The answer to your question is yes :)*
On the other side of the coin… you do know it takes a bigger hole then a tele pickup right?
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Re: New neck pickup for my VM tele'

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Thanks, and great too :p

Yeah of course, I know a guitar maker (who's on holyday atm, that's why i posted a thread here,in the mean time) so that won't be a problem
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My vote is the Phat Cat. I've got one in the neck of my Tele and I'm never turning back:

A few words to describe it: balls, growl, woody, fat

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Re: New neck pickup for my VM tele'

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skullservant wrote:My vote is the Phat Cat. I've got one in the neck of my Tele and I'm never turning back:

A few words to describe it: balls, growl, woody, fat

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Well i reckon i'm going to go for that one then !
And your tele looks awesome !!
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Re: New neck pickup for my VM tele'

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Thanks dude! I think you'll really like the Phat Cat.
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