http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaster-d ... rld-2.htmlPut a set of Ron's Broadcaster's in a parts tele I have...Tone knob open, Tele spank, roll it back some more, P-90, a little more PAF...Amazing pickups, I have a set of his mid-60's I'm putting in a Strat of mine...
HeistHL, these sort of comments worry me as they smack of pure BS.
I've heard a lot of Tele's and I've heard a lot of P90 equipped guitars and I'm inclined to say no way.
As for humbuckers, well I've never heard a single coil sound like a humbucker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9BJP5tD88k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaRHWw03 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9oCIXHETy4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uob4cHUT ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA0LtElaUIo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8kfI8H- ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfCLYlzYO68
I think these clips best illustrate my point, with regard to the quoted comment. This guy is a little too enthusiastic to be credible.
What I do know is that a friend who owned a custom shop Strat though he later purchased a Danocaster with Ron Ellis pickups and he thought it had more of a vintage vibe than the Fender instrument. I did play a custom shop No-Caster that was very bland and I'm inclined to think the RE pickups would turn this guitar around.
I think the thing to remember are the variables, and the ability of the winder to replicate a certain wind all the time. Given the wire is going on to the bobbin very quickly I dare say the winder isn't able to make the exact same pickup every time.
Personally, I think it is the inaccuracies of handwinding that makes a great sounding single coil pickup.
Of course I could be wrong, but this is my take on the whole pickup thing.
I hope you find the You Tube clips interesting.