Seymour Duncan STL-2 Hot Bridge Tele Single Coil Pickup - Black

I am a big fan of the OV Fender pups. I like how mellow yet balanced the Alnico 3 magnets are an have those pups in most my guitars. I recently put together a partscaster and got this SD hot Tele pick up and am really impressed. I was a bit worried about the Alnico 5 as I’ve had Texas specials and they were ice picky. The SD hot lead has plenty of volume, is we’ll round and can be warm but also cut through when you roll up the tone. It breaks up nicely and when paired in the middle position with the Quarter Pounder in the neck cleans up beautifully with a wide tonal range. My partscaster has been my main workhorse of late and this pick up is the reason why.

Straightforward installation. Much improved tone and greater output on a Squire Tele. Wish I did this sooner.

I was pleasantly suprised after i installed this into my Classic Vibe tele. What i like most about this pickup is that its NOT like an ice pick thru the head. its very warm and full. with distortion it isnt squeeling to beat the band. i get the impression im playing an old gibson humbucker thru a marshall. its very classic rock sounding. it matches my tele 50s antiquity neck pick in the clean mode perfectly. i will consider this pickup for my next squire upgrade.

If you want the vintage spanking clean twangy country Tele tones the Seymour Duncan Hot Tele bridge pickup might not be the ideal pickup for you. It will get clean, but it's a less twangy clean. It's great for any rock and roll... blues - rock, southern rock, classic rock, punk rock, soft rock, hard rock, heavy metal, hair metal, etc... It's fat and can get very close to humbucker tones. If you're a rocker but you love your single coils this might be the pickup you're looking for.

This is an awesome sounding pickup

Soundwise somewhere between a Little 59 and a traditional Tele bridge. You lose the ice-picky highs, but you are sacrificing some of the traditional twang here. There is no metal base plate on the bridge. It's a good choice if you play rock and roll on a tele- particularly if you use a moderate amount of gain.

Perfect combination is Vintage bridge on a fender telecaster guitar made in Mexico. STL-2 enhances the midtones but if you use a vintage bridge, all the tones are balanced.

This pickup is the perfect blend of golden ears fine tuning and e'qing it, workmanship of a brilliant team of musicians and electronic genius, and one of the industry leader's in producing pick-ups, pedals Poweramps and more, Seymour (because of design like this we definitely don't want to see less of this genius) Duncan! Because this pickup like the quarter pounder, hot rails, 59, jb, and many others is a slam dunk of a Duncan design! Aside from that here's how it actually sounds.. .. nice crisp but not brittle highs, perfect midrange body, punchy precise lows that track like a lazer and hot hot hot! Not your grandpa's single coil, this one has the trademark character mids, but not ice pick up per mid spike 2 7 k to 3k, nor a brittle presence.. think paf, mixed with a touch of p90 and tele growl, and that might give an idea of it's tonality. If you play a lot of lead with Gain aka marshall, boogie, boss katana, trainwreck, Soldano bogner etc. This the quarter pounder, lil 59 hot tele stack and hot rails will be your single coil smorgasbord of complete tonal Bliss.. yes it's that good.