I found the best Telecaster Pickup!

[@disco4535]

When comparing pickups, play the same parts on both pickups back to back. It makes it much easier to compare versus playing 2 different parts of the same song.

[@guitarmogul762]

Guys stop doing this to yourselves. You'll drive yourself insane.

[@SlavicSon]

You ain’t lyin.

[@MxRyder19]

its the other way around...We do this BECAUSE we're crazy 😂

[@TheGhostGuitars]

Whadyamean "going crazy?" We already nutz! 🤪

[@XTGALLARDO]

Agree, can’t really notice differences

[@caidentaylor8818]

Man I’m fine, how are you? 4:30 I think. IM NOT GOING ANYWHERE WITH YOU.

[@gtbones]

Ohms is not a measurment of output....it's a measurement of resistance in the coil.

[@Cobalt985]

I mean you're right, but it doesn't really matter in this context because lower resistance here does mean higher output. He's doing an apples to apples comparison of very similar pickups so here, that's fine, even though it's technically wrong.

[@MichaelDespairs]

No one gives output measurements because it's inherently inconsistent to measure. So what do you propose we do? Impedance hopefully tells us how much wire we're working with so it's better than nothing!

[@joeltunnah]

@@Cobalt985 lower DC resistance in the coil means LOWER output, all other things being equal.

[@Cobalt985]

Honestly, I strongly preferred the Nocaster in all of them, I thought it had more of the "tele tone" and responded much better to dynamics. But to each their own. The DP51 is too bright for my taste.

[@standupstraight9691]

Yeah right.

[@komalthecoolk]

@@standupstraight9691 they're right.

[@Cheguebuddha]

I find my Nocaster 51 neck has as much clarity as my Fender Twisted neck pickup! And in this blind demo I preferred the Fender strat neck and Nocaster pup.

[@caidentaylor8818]

Ya I liked the 51 ones every test lol

[@KenithCopeland]

i came here because im getting a tele built and wanting some dp51 pickups, but you got a sub from me purely from the "thats how your mum likes it" call. well played sir

[@PherotoneStudios]

Love it. There’s more where that came from. Let me know what you think of the DP51 pickups when they arrive

[@SonicSoundofDoom]

Hm, based on this demo I prefer the stock pickups in my Squier Classic Vibe '50s Tele 🤷🏻‍♂️ But! I guess it also depends on the amp you are using, that’s a big part of it too. But out of your two, I preferred #2 with the volume match.

[@Ben_Mdws]

To my ears, they both sound pretty sweet. Great editing here BTW.

[@PherotoneStudios]

Thanks mate. Glad you enjoyed it

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

Aced the test 👏🤯. The smoothness of that DP with overdrive gave it away. That chunky neck sound is the issue with one tele of mine, but is solved in my Nashville Tele. The Strat was slightly thinner. It’s crazy how attuned our ears can become over time to a certain sound profile.

[@standupstraight9691]

Power of suggestion more like.

[@dividedbytimestudios]

Twisted Tele set is bad arse, I believe the neck has that taller bobbin strat style also

[@jimmy5634]

I have the Strat version of the Classic Vibe. Those pickups are very good as well.

[@jannevaatainen]

Classic Vibes have surprisingly decent pickups for that kind of money.

[@macintune]

For overdrive I prefer the original pickup by far., clean about the same. Listening with Apple earbuds. Will re listen through monitors and headphones later. As for the Strat PU play a Strat.😊

[@devynshaver7489]

“Just how mum likes it”. Instantly laughed and subscribed

[@Cameron9788]

Really like the sound of the DP51's! Very straty like you say. Much nicer than what you had in there before!. Great vid mate!

[@PherotoneStudios]

Totally agree although when I listened on my phone it was difficult to tell the difference. What did you listen on?

[@Cameron9788]

@@PherotoneStudios The way you listen to these comparisons really does make a difference lol. That's why I always take tone demos with a pinch of salt. I listened on my laptop with decent quality headphones

[@gillesthibodeau7078]

I find those pickups to bright! Prefer a warmer fuller sound. I like pickups that rock like strats. The Fender Tex-Mex is fuller sounding. See reviews on youtube. You will like it unless you like bright type of sound, chicken picking type of the 50's. I found that harsh to the ear and would use tone control to warm it. With 250K pot + .047uF cap. Brighter with 500K - .022uf combo. The lower the cap, the brighter the sound. The higher the pot also brighter sound. There is a lot of room for experimentation! Thanks for your excellent reviews. Good work. 😊

[@Philc231]

I don’t want my tele to sound like a strat .

[@bsorryrthatsit7055]

I got the hot vintage alnico 3 set, it's like 10 ohm in the bridge, 8 in the neck. The 3 has less out put so I still get a decent chime in the bridge and the neck is jazzy. The key is to get the ash body for this vintage sound. It's true single coil.

[@commandohornet2295]

The twisted tele comes in the fender mexican baja. I don’t play about with pickups very often but it’s the best! (To my ears) I think people really undervalue low outputs for bareknuckle and the likes. Just let the amp work x

[@PherotoneStudios]

Well said. People obsess about hot pickups but in reality what matters is how good it sounds

[@beefnacos6258]

@@PherotoneStudios true I mean in general I do like hot pickups though. But I have a guitar with just like medium output and they sound absolutely fantastic

[@samizdat113]

I preferred the 51 with a little dirt. But the cleans on the new one are fantastic. Picked the Strat out right away though

[@ereimul1444]

Nice demo. have you tried Jason Isbell Tele? the neck really straty at least to my ear. Btw, i might want to buy DP51. Cheers.

[@JasonGabler]

Identifying the difference between the strat and a tele is very easy. Play a tele almost exclusively for 30 years and it's obvious. Immediately, I could tell that the tele was first and it was only confirmed when the strat was played second.

[@mikeySHBK]

Does it make sense to get the full set of the dp50? Or bridge Custom Shop 51/neck DP50?

[@johnschillo4452]

Lindy Fralin pickups - best forever

[@katamedo5703]

The best telecaster pickup is the Fender Muddy Waters signature Telecaster bridge. Glad to help

[@CrazedFandango]

For clean sounds, the Montys, but Fender for driven sounds. However, I didn't hear enough difference to convince me to go for one over the other. When playing clean & strummed hard, the difference is even less. I listened on headphones.

[@CastlesMadeOf...]

This 100% ^^ such an insignificant difference in the grand scheme of things

[@thehonestguitarist6543]

Strummers know best...ha

[@DelStevensongtr]

Interested in what amp are you using in this video? Sounds great

[@Mr.5hady]

Got damn man! Sooo much info and nerdsmanship! I love it, but I also fear for your sanity 😂

[@cobowe]

Neck Pickups are in different positions relative to the bridge, You'd have to put them In the same position for a better comparison

[@SeasonedSalmon]

Sunbear broad five o is still the best tele pickup set I've heard yet

[@standupstraight9691]

You just prefer the sexy name.

[@RickMcCargar]

Just not a big fan of what seems to me to be the shrill tone of Alnico 5 magnets. Just a big fan of Alnico 2....thanks for the demo

[@DougHinVA]

Some Telecaster players do NOT go through an overdrive, so the bridge pickups may be very different...

[@thecrankedamps]

Ever think it might be pete's playing you like and not the pickup? Guitar players obsessing over tiny details is bewildering to me.

[@standupstraight9691]

it's all cork sniffing b.s..

[@adrian_V99]

Monty's the Man! I'm moving to the UK just for the free shipping!😊

[@unhookedunhooked3219]

I know the guys at Montys. Absolutely top blokes.

[@musicplaylists59]

i could hear subtle differences with my worn out old headphones, i'm getting some new high quality headphones soon so if i remember i'll have another listen with those out of interest. I did slightly prefer your new lower output pickup, especially for clean sounds, but i think my favourite sound in the video was the strat to be honest. i've always thought the perfect fender setup might be tele bridge pickup and strat neck pickup.

[@plexitele]

As soon as you kick on the OD it’s the nocaster by far

[@yobanyhernandez125]

Would love to see you play an away classic / asap special

[@DesigneLearningTutorials]

Test 1: Guitar 1; Test 2: Guitar 1; Test 3: Guitar 2. I guess I like the Fender pickups better

[@JibbarJabbar]

Preferred Guitar 2 (Nocaster) with drive, more midrange bite.

[@superdrizzle7342]

I liked guitar 2 on both sounds like vanilla ice cream to me, for a nice midwest emo sound.

[@MP-gq4uj]

Try a Harmonic Design mini strat for tele.

[@R1SKYB1Z]

I think the term and the concept of being terminally online started in guitar customizing forums

[@vinivola]

Dimarzio Twang King for the neck pickup end of story.

[@jameselliano1203]

could not tell? I find the best way to test a pickup is with overdrives.

[@docdoc8556]

im about to put one of these into my harley benton te-62! Cant wait :D

[@humiut2041]

If they are cheaper than the Nocasters then it is very good.

[@drewg3087]

42 sounds amazing

[@floatinganarchychannel3204]

what guitar is it?

[@NotALizardPerson81]

I hate these blind tests. Just tell me which is which while I'm listening. Also, I feel like these are too bright. Neck pickup should be dark. Bright is what the bridge pickup is for.

[@jameshunt8373]

Does it really matter?

[@marcospintor1333]

I honestly can’t really pick because they’re both sound good. Almost similar? There’s a difference but I do hear them in the same tier

[@humiut2041]

And when the band joins in, there will be less difference and when you are live, there will be much less difference.

[@onewiththings]

I preferred Guitar 2 in both samples. It seems to have more detail in the mids and sweeter highs.

[@martinskanal]

So did I, which means we liked both pick-ups for different reasons

[@shred5]

I guessed guitar 1 was the Tele only by the harmonics. Tonally, it does sound very stratty.

[@dtmateo]

It sounded thin and lacking in the lower registers

[@richsackett3423]

I’d rate the difference as zero out of five shits given.

[@matthewthomas9312]

"deeper inside, just how your mum likes it" hahahah +1 suscriber.

[@standupstraight9691]

Hard to tell once KZbin is done compressing and limiting the sound.

[@derekjohnson5720]

The thing I dont get with the monty set is they are not actually an accurate copy of Petes Fender pups. Montys dp set use alnico 5, Nocaster 51 use alnico 3, so they have no actually copied Petes original pups at all 🤔🤔

[@PherotoneStudios]

I wondered the same thing as the bridge is quite different too. I’m wondering whether it achieves the same sound though

[@derekjohnson5720]

Whats the tune you start playing at 1:40, i notice it's a go to riff, I've started playing it myself now.

[@PherotoneStudios]

​​⁠that’s a tune with a current working title of ‘EZ’. It’s a lot rockier than in this video. It’s a good tune to test intonation due to the open strings. There’s more of that song in my Crimson Guitars Descendant video

[@derekjohnson5720]

Cracking tune, I will check it out 🤟🤟

[@jay4vice]

I prefer Volume Adjusted GUITAR 2

[@PherotoneStudios]

I agree. Out of interest, what did you listen on?

[@jay4vice]

@@PherotoneStudios The CLEAN sounds.

[@simonsmith2642]

Not enough difference to fuck with it in my opinion. But if it came already installed yeah, I would leave the monty in it. No doubt.

[@dananthony6258]

I want a strat pickup in my tele.

[@GAnderson1954]

To me, guitar one sounds more pleasant than guitar two.

[@paulbiggs874]

I listened on my mobile phone and they both sound the same 🤔

[@maakatipa4613]

After listening to this and other " shootouts" between upper priced pickups. More often than not there is a negligible difference between them. And in my humble opinion not worth spending upwards of $100. On something with a pennies worth of difference.

[@Puddelito]

What telecaster model is it?

[@PherotoneStudios]

Player neck and a body I made

[@Tt-nt1iu]

They sould practically the same to me.

[@HighlineGuitars]

The DP51 has a brighter top end. Almost too bright.

[@Jon-j1m]

Hard to beat a strat neck pickup

[@Spaceman-jo5mz]

Very close, 2 is a bit warmer.

[@PherotoneStudios]

Well spotted. What did you listen to it on?

[@Spaceman-jo5mz]

@@PherotoneStudios listened through the television speakers - no headphones.

[@kcsvantasticvoyages9729]

I love fat 50’s mainly for Dire Straits sounds reasons

[@omicronvariant7279]

Volume matched, it doesn't matter.

[@PherotoneStudios]

On a phone I couldn’t tell the difference! In the studio it was night and day though. What did you listen on?

[@robrippen]

Idk if I wanted a stratty sound I'd get a strat but being it's a telecaster, why would u want to make it sound like a strat. I could here subtle differences but nothing significant enough to warrant changing pickups. I mean if I would have invested in pickups to make my guitar sound better & this difference as shown in this video was the same, honestly I'd feel as though it was a waste of time & money....

[@thehonestguitarist6543]

Lovely pickups although a bit pricey, but hey, one gets what one pays for....do the job once and do it right...

[@rotepillenfresser4544]

It's unfortunately nonsense here on YT since you can't hear barely any difference due the bad sound quality! And I own high-end HPs. 1 is maybe a little brighter and detailed but not worth the update 'cause of EQ. In natura maybe there're differences ...

[@user-xd7rc9mj3x]

Simple solution. EQ.

[@jeffharrison1140]

Guitar 2 has a little deeper richer tone. very nice

[@larryalexander900]

Weak magnets always sound dull.

[@Mark70609]

They sound the same on my phone.

[@Captain-Obvious1]

They sound the "same" to literally all humans except a few tele players. And to them, when you adjust the amp. Sonic "Expertise" is one of the best ways to burn money ever invented.

[@edwither8284]

I don't want my telecaster to sound like a strat.

[@jamieboydmusic6956]

Holy smokes. Strat and tell hard to tell. Tele is no2

[@jamieboydmusic6956]

Ha ha got it wrong

[@danbuffington75]

00:50 😂

[@yourguitarist]

One is slightly brighter than the other...very minimal difference to my ear

[@PherotoneStudios]

Out of interest, what did you listen through? What I’ve noticed that in the room and during editing, some things are very obvious but once uploaded to KZbin, their compression seems to remove a layer of audio or something so it’s hard to tell

[@unhookedunhooked3219]

Play with a band. No one will ever know any differences.

[@laurifinlandia]

would it really be so effin' difficult to play the same riff on both pickups, instead of always playing the first half on one and the second on the other? just to hear an actual, straight up comparison. your entire video has this frustrating aspect of never playing the same two tones on different pickups.

[@rdavid3848]

Guitar 2 is fuller range of low mids. I prefer Guitar 2.

[@AgeCobra]

Guitar 2.

[@christopher-miles]

it sounds good if you like that awful top end LOL!

[@GilgaFrank]

I die a little every time a self-proclaimed guitar expert equates DC resistance to output. Do your research, DC resistance does not indicate output.

[@PherotoneStudios]

That’s a bit pedantic. I did explain that it’s the Alnico V magnet that makes the DP51 louder

[@Baci302]

No. 2

[@ildarrrr2]

Just One Word: ALUMITONE

[@speelbergoMF]

I couldn’t tell the difference if my life depended on it

[@patrickcasey357]

I honestly don’t hear any appreciable difference

[@KarlSheridan]

I love it deep 😳

[@Captain-Obvious1]

As usual, small ("nuance") changes in pickup design yield zero practical differences that can't be adapted for by an amp.

[@blustulagu]

Casual mum joke haha

[@jamieboydmusic6956]

Guitar 2 again with drive

[@michaeldutill9921]

Nicky 5 is o course the better one

[@justincase4925]

Guitar 2 best tone

[@kcsvantasticvoyages9729]

G2

[@michaelhicks5150]

I prefer Guitar 2

[@jamieboydmusic6956]

Guitar 2