Tele Pickups

[jellodog]

Have a set of Suhr Mateo Asato Classic Ts here ready to
go into my Tele in the next few days. No really. It's gonna happen.

Oooh.... yes, I'd like to hear about the Asatos.

Please report back

 

[FuzzyAce]

Noice. I like "sweeter" but I didn't want to influence you before you made a tonal comment.

I also like a bit of bite, but not too bright or strident.

They're definitely not strident or too bright imo. The neck is perfect, smooth, buttery, with a hint of salt on top.
The bridge is snappy, not shrill but still vintagy enough. Decent output too.

250K pots and rosewood fingerboard fwiw

 

[dcburn]

You only need one.
Blow your wad for two on one single bad ass pup!

Ive got a Lollar 52 single and a Fralin 43 (P90), both for bridge.
Both great and fairly priced.

 

[la szum]

Oooh.... yes, I'd like to hear about the Asatos.

Please report back

I need the extra incentive and pressure. Thanks, JD!

 

[la szum]

They're definitely not strident or too bright imo. The neck is perfect, smooth, buttery, with a hint of salt on top.
The bridge is snappy, not shrill but still vintagy enough. Decent output too.

250K pots and rosewood fingerboard fwiw

100 bonus points for outstanding use of adjectives in a Streaming Series.

 

[la szum]

Noice. I like "sweeter" but I didn't want to influence you before you made a tonal comment.

I also like a bit of bite, but not too bright or strident.

I like to focus on magnet type when I think of tonal characteristics. A2, A3, or A4 are going to
be a bit sweeter/rounder, in my experience, and be not as strident. A5 is going to have more bite
and immediacy to the attack than either A2, A3, or A4.

Just helps me hone in on what I am going after to think about magnet used rather than the
specific pickup.