Aero Instrument Tele Pickups
Submitted at: 23:27, 2/20/99
Product Info
Pickup features: Single Coil-tapped rear-Single front,humbucking in the middle position
Impedence or other specs: ???????????-Custom wind and who knows what else????????
Price Paid: N/A
Purchased from: Directly from Aero Instrument
Instrument
Model of guitar or bass: Tele
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced:
Other pickups on guitar:
Artists using this pickup: Don't know of any
You musical style(s): blues,rock,funk
Reason for pickup change: Tone
Sound
Perceived output level: Increased output level-I would say 30-40% more output than typical(weak) Tele P.U.'s
Tone: The front is balanced to the back interms of output-Front:warm,round,big,clarity Back:same characteristics but with the bite and treble
Sonic evaluation: I use a Fender Deluxe Reverb-an older model.Larry Pollack(Aero)has rewound 2 of my strat pickups,has wound his own Aero Tele & Strat pickups for me, and built his own Aero humbuckers for my PRS McCarty.I have a Tele,2 strats,& PRS.All of my guitars have Aero P.U.'s-clarity & tone make the difference.
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Blues,rock,funk
Overall Rating
Comments: If any of these guitars were stolen, I would obviously replace them.Larry first rewound some original Strat p.u.'s for me- 1965's.Most guitarists would call me crazy for rewinding two originals strat p.u.'s but,the bottom line is,they sounded like "Shite".Before they were dead & now they are alive with clarity & warmth(& so is the guitar). So are all of my guitars which were all ongoing projects before.I met Larry and he asked me to describe the sound that I was looking for in my Strat p.u.'s.I played him some examples and he matched the sonic characteristics in his wind.I'am not up on all of the terms but I know inspiration when I hear it.That is what good tone is to me-when I hear it,it makes want to play & when I hear it while I'am playing,I play better.That means a great deal to me-I always want to play better.Larry knows his stuff-in each case I've told him what I wanted in terms of tone & he knows the winds & wire &.....to produce these tones.Check out the review of his Jazz Bass P.U.'s in the Bass Player Pickup Shoot-Out,He got the "ToP Tone" award for his Bass Pickups.He builds them all this way-one guy,one by one-to your tone specs.My guitars were catatonic before,now they are schizophrenic and I'am ecstatic(not Schizophrenic).Aero Instrument,Carlsbad,Ca.(760)754-1185 or www.AeroInstrument.com.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this pickup a: 10 Fantastic value