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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on October 17, 2015 at 5:04am

Do you mean a pickup like this? It's a cheap single coil

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Permalink Reply by Scruggy on October 17, 2015 at 5:56am

yes although some iv seen are almost flush with thw box!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on October 17, 2015 at 9:44am

The height is adjustable

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Permalink Reply by Cliff Kent on October 17, 2015 at 10:29am

I like that pickup where can you get them from? Is that volume and tone arrangement form a telecaster or is it home made?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on October 18, 2015 at 12:17am

The pickup  and Tele style control plate are from Musiclily,the pup mounting plate is from CHguitars in South Shields

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Permalink Reply by Scruggy on October 18, 2015 at 5:47am

Do you remember the cost?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on October 18, 2015 at 6:56am

The pup's were 2.25 GBP ,even when you add on shipping,p&p and taxes they are still cheap

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Permalink Reply by Scruggy on October 18, 2015 at 7:00am

thats nothing really cheap! would love to hear what it sounds like!

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Permalink Reply by Sean on October 18, 2015 at 3:53am

Telecaster neck pickups are going to be the most common pickups without pole pieces. They are single coil. You can also find a lot of lipstick style pickups for single coils too.

Solid cover mini-humbuckers are also pretty common. Cheap ones on eBay, and Guitar Fetish has a barnburner called the WIld Dog.

You don't have to line up the pole pieces perfect on a CBG though, the pickups create a wide enough magnetic field that they'll still pick up the string vibration without a noticeable difference. I have a three string with an angled single coil - two poles match, the middle doesn't. Can't tell the difference through any amp I've tried it through.

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Permalink Reply by Scruggy on October 18, 2015 at 6:57am

the telecaster neck pickup what is that like is it actually on the neck?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on October 18, 2015 at 7:02am

It's the one closest to the neck near the end of the fingerboard

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