Lindy Fralin Tele® pickup shootout!

[aarontunes]

Vintage Hot vs Blues Specials

 

[bagman67]

Nothin' takes the edge off a Monday morning like a gear shootout starring our own Big Toe, Aaron!

 

[Rick]

Either way sounds great.

 

[Spud]

As always sounded great. I like to watch just to keep tabs on how Aaron's hair is evolving. currently I feel we are in a Jackson Brown sort of phase , trimmed and presentable yet still sassy.

 

[JohnnyHardtail]

The Blues special neck pickup sounds really nice to me, but I'm only judging from the demo.

When I used Fralin's blues special Strat pickups I thought it was very warm sounding, especially for the neck and middle positions.

 

[Scab Pickens]

TV Jones Starwood Tele for the win!

Oh, wait ... never mind.

Seriously, the Blues Specials won every time for me (given the limited tones in the test).

I think they should have been tested in a more "Tele traditional" manner.

 

[aarontunes]

I think they should have been tested in a more "Tele traditional" manner.

I'm curious what you would consider "more Tele traditional". Do you mean the Bakersfield compressed chicken-picking thing?

To me, the coolest thing about the Tele is that it works and has a legacy in pretty much every musical context.

 

[Spud]

Bill Lawrence in bridge, Duncan SM-1 neck.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

To me, the coolest thing about the Tele is that it works and has a legacy in pretty much every musical context.

Agreed. Wether in high gain R&R, or just a simple clean voicing like the Pretenders, or all points in between, the Tele just sits right anywhere.

I'm against the grain in that I have EMG's in mine, but I feel like I have a bit more of everything with the actives, and it still serves a lot a ground.

Tele's are workhorses of their own.

 

[Rick]

Everybody needs a tele!

 

[Scab Pickens]

I'm curious what you would consider "more Tele traditional". Do you mean the Bakersfield compressed chicken-picking thing?

I guess I just would have liked to hear more clean sounds and possibly some more lead type single note playing. Not a big deal, really. Nice job on the video, as usual, one way or the other!

To me, the coolest thing about the Tele is that it works and has a legacy in pretty much every musical context.

I agree, 100%!

 

[Scab Pickens]

Everybody needs a tele!

Or two. Or three!

 

[BroccoliRob]

my ears must be busted cause i def heard a subtle high-freq* rolloff on the vintage hots and a slightly thicker lower midrange compared to the blues ones.

*more like high freak, thats what they called me back at my college. well, at a college lol