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Nocasters are nice, also whatever they put in the Baja 50’s.
Bare knuckle make some nice ones as well, I have had the Flat 52’s and Brown Sugar.
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But my Tele has BKP Flat 50s and they’re awesome. The bridge pickup has the right balance of beef and bark. The neck pickup sounds like a Tele neck pickup, it’s a little lower output but can still balance ok... for me Teles are all about snarl from the bridge pickup and sometimes the nice chiming in between sound. I’m more of a Strat fan for neck pickup tones.
The Californian has more character than a normal Tele neck pickup. It’s closer to a Strat pickup, but with more midrange. Whilst it works well on its own it also blends well with the tapped Wapping Wharf to give a Strat like middle position.
The bridge delivers massively. I dabbled with a much higher output Cobra T bridge, but recently switched back to the Flat 50's and it's a lot more along the lines of what I need in the Tele now I've got what the Cobra T did in some of my other guitars.
They're a really nice set!
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
Have them in both teles now!.
I considered the Californian but really wanted a traditional covered pickup for the neck. I use the Mojo 52 which sounds just as I expect an early 50s neck pickup to be. I'm happy with that.
Non-Fender, Lollar vintage t sound exactly like a tele should sound. My personal favourites are broadcasters from Klein. There’s a reason that blackguards have a near mythical status. Buy these pickups and you find out why