What's the best sleeper Telecaster? Upgrading to Cobalt Chrome pickups!
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This made the thing sound like a strat.
Thats what i was thinking too. Not that good of an upgrade
@nelos7519 yeah, unless your in the market for a hardtail strat... this stole all that Tele magic.
Same thoughts honestly.
I had Fender Samarium Cobalt jazz bass pickups took them out right away. Too clinical, clean with no depth or girth.
Honestly preferred the original pups
Fair. Squires are insane these days.
@@JeremySheppard the squiers of today destroy the Mexican standard models I had in the mid-90’s. My kids have squiers and when I play them I honestly wonder if you really need anything more
@jcwoodstl yes, you needs more.
@@caiusmadison2996 “need”
The original tone was so wonderful!!!!
I think i liked the standard pickups more lol
I’m in that small camp of people that actually like the tele neck sound so I definitely like the originals more as well.
But this is a good quality demo - straight to the point, highlights the differences so I certainly appreciate you, sir
I like the tele neck for being a tele neck. While I prefer the Strat neck in general, the state neck cannot do what the tele neck does. It’s just different and sometimes that difference is necessary
@@chrisparker5278 nice, dude. Well put.
I've got a Squier Affinity Tele, in Butterscotch Blonde. As a beginner, it's a great starter guitar
Love it! They're really good!
Did you rework the neck, fretboard round over and fret polishing & fret end dressing on the squire?…
@@tjminasi1442 not all of that, but certainly fret polishing and rounding
I think the Fender Cobalt Chrome pickups sounded well balanced and smooth. 👍
Good example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should".
I got one just like it and love the way it sounds. Not saying it couldn't be better but it's great the way it is 😊
I got the brown one yesterday. Ordered replacement PUs after half an hour! I went with a set of Porter Gatekeepers. Can't wait to hear what happens. It's a cool guitar, but on mine, the body is a bit of a joke. It's only made from two parts, but they're radically different in color, and one of them is about a third, the other two thirds of the body. Looks goofy af. Oh well.
I like the stock pickups in mine and didn’t see a need to change them. Better pots switch jack and wiring was a good upgrade
I just got one of these for $250 used at GC. It’s awesome. I actually dig the stock pups and will probably keep them.
I shouldn't have changed them. The stock ones are awesome.
I have wanted a tele forever and just can’t decide on which model. I love the twang and crisp tones.
I have this exact guitar in the exact color and I love it so much! Now I know what pickups not to put in it so thank you!
🎉I'm not of the Mod'str mentality. I prefer to keep things original as much as possible. Sounded fine before the change. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
Wow, that’s a sexy telecaster. I love the satin finish and black binding. I actually like both sets of pickups!
There was one at my guitar center on sale and now i have the money for it, it sold
Best guitar Ive ever played there
definitely a difference! I like the stock ones, personally. yes those 40th anniversary teles are slick.
Thanks for the tip bro! I have a Squire Thinline but I'm going to look into this 40th anniversary 😉
bro now it sounds like a strat.. why
If I wanted it to sound like a stray, I would have bought a strat. You buy a tele for the original sound it has.
vintage tele pickups are way better than these ones.
I like the first ones better, ceramic?
It's astonishing how great Teles are. Even the cheap ones.
Maybe just replace the neck pickup. Keep the Bridge pickup to keep the tele sound.
Both pickups in a telecaster have unique tones. Neither is less Tele than the other.
I liked the original pickups.
Squier Paranormal Strat with the Nashville Tele set up ,,,, and them there pups
The new pickup’s sound fuller but personally I’d lower them to get a little more clarity to come through
I allllmoossstt bought one of these last week, but I found a used MIM tele for just under the Squier retail price. If not for that, I 100% would have pulled the trigger on that bad boy 🥵
No matter what you do.... the headstock sounds before the pick ups dude!
differnt with the Classic vibe?
The original pickups are awesome. Don't change them!
If the intention is to have an apmost strat sound on a tele body, yes, but the original pick ups is all you need when you want the real tele tone.
Both pickups before and after woulda been nice.
I can tell they a bit hotter, got more output, not a deal breaker though.
I liked the original pick ups better
Came to make the same comment. No need to spend $ on an upgrade.
Plus those are 300$. Might as well get a used usa tele. Your right around the same $ after upgrade and u can get your $ back if u wanna resale. The squire won’t be worth near that even with these pickups.
@@bigtsshackfestival9563 You're so right. You know, you gotta do the math.
@@briankeenan4901 yea I really didn’t under stand this upgrade at all. I think a set of tex Mex would be much better for this guitar. U can get em for close to 50 used or 75 new. I just saw where a 1998 USA standard sold for 900 on the verb yesterday. Even if u can’t find one listed right at 900 a lot of times people asking for 1050 and 11 will take 900 if they have had the guitar up for months. Just gotta dig sometimes
@bigtsshackfestival9563 honestly, this is why I give Squier mod-heads so much guff, because they simply cannot add... and whatever they make has zero resale. Totally a boner's practice, if you approach USA prices used, and it says Squier and Korea on the back, you fucked up in my mind. It's wasted time and effort, honestly. Look for great USA used, and mod those. That's what is missing.
Virtually identical
But $300 was spent. 😂
I hate that fender puts that binding on a $2000 telecaster and a $400 squire. The one I can't afford and the one I can't stand!! 😡
Looks cooler than it sounds.
This pickups?
So it’s that great it needs a pickup swap?
Tweaking electric guitars is the best part.
I have always wanted a Tele, but now I have no need...but for the right place....
Would’ve been better to play the same exact riff
Youd do better by swapping capacitors or pots
Fralins blows away any of the fender pick ups snd they are very reasonable
put it back put it back!
Pot metal frets
Band name. Called it.
Silky!
Sounded better with stock
Sounded better before
The nickel cobalts are shite. I don't know why I see so many videos recommending them. Just because they are new I guess. Even the Fender people said it's a challenge to get a nickel cobalt pickup to sound good, and that they had to do crazy things to make these sound even somewhat good.
The Harley Benton tele is the best sleeper tele and are cheaper than a squirt. Don’t believe me try for yourself. You’re welcome.
Btw never mess with swapping pickups in a tele. It’s the perfect match of bright bridge and mellow neck. Unless of course it’s your YT video, in that case do whatever you want!
CZcams makes every guitar sound the same regardless of pickups or style
Jeremy, you convinced me to do this in store, now you’re trying again over the internet and I don’t appreciate it
I recommend the 51 Nocasters myself 😂
Largely the same
Thought you were say it ain’t so lmao
Probably the best telecaster IMO has to be the Baja Tele
Sounded about the same TBH.
Just buy a Strat?
You're not my Dad....
@@JeremySheppard k..?
Not really a long enough demo to compare.
Cobalt were more detailed.
I can’t tell the difference
Can't see the point of this, other than to make a lot of money for someone else. Like a guitar shop owner...
I could. Even tell the difference. Lol😂
How to make a telecaster sound like a Stratocaster 😂
Sounds exactly the same
This pickupS? These* pickups
English is hard...🥴
this ruins the original sound of the telecaster 😢
Sounds the same both ways
Bro just shave it
At this point you might as well buy a strat😂
Sounds the same
What are the Cobalt pick-up's pronouns?
Original pups sound way better
Cooler? Nope, it doesn't, it sounds like a strat. Get a strat instead, saves you the work and the crime you just did 😅
I dont hear a difference. NEXT
I didn't hear much of a difference. Couldn't justify paying that kinda of money and achieving nothing special
Pickups cost more than the squire 😅
$499 or guitar and $299 for pickups but you're not that wrong.
I can’t tell the difference