bek
Junior Member
I have a great-sounding Tele (Washburn Laredo) with what I believe is called a "Broadcaster Set," which is an SD Broadcaster in the bridge and I think a '52 in the neck. I don't really know what the neck one is, but the thing sounds terrific; strong, detailed cleans and good driven tones. The Broadcaster is, as the name implies, kind of a benchmark for good bridge pickup tones. The neck pickup is really perfectly nice and great for jazzy stuff and rhythm work. That said, I swapped in a Big Bottom set from Rio Grande. The bridge is about the same as the Broadcaster, and the neck pickup is even better than the SD, sounding more in the direction of a P90. Better yet, they were silent, not too expensive and easy to find. I only took them out because they are GREEN SPARKLETOP (!!) and I couldn't handle it in the natural swamp ash Washburn. Anyway, Lawrence Keystones get a LOT of love over on TDPRI and they're cheap, too.