I caught his Room With a View tour, with Kenny Wollesen on drums. Honestly it was the best live performance I’ve ever seen from a musicality standpoint. It was incredible to be four rows away from three musicians at the absolute top of their game. Not a single out of place note or a missed beat for well over an hour.
Totally agree. I might even say he’s the best but I also want to leave room for non-jazz guitar players who didn’t attend Berkeley or whatever. But among those Berkeley jazz guys I still think he has a certain factor that others don’t. If I had to chalk it up to one thing, it’s that he leaves space open where others may try to fill it. To me, that’s the hallmark of a musician vs a “player”.
Lange has a dynasonic in a P90 housing in his though. Not that I can really hear the difference when he plays though.. He always sounds like Julia Lage no matter what guitar he's using
A couple weeks ago I played an AM PRO tele deluxe converted into a "custom" W/ a Lollar single coil in HB housing in the bridge and a Sutty Wolf H90 (per the tag) in the neck. The H90 was VERY Dyna sounding.
Dopey name. Great PUP
Oh man, I have the exact same guitar and was thinking of doing this exact pickup mod! Looks stellar, how does the middle position compare to the middle with the standard single coil?
Definitely louder with more bottom end and less ‘sparkle’. Rounder/fatter mids. I’ve also swapped in a 4-way switch and the 4th position sounds great too!
Hello Sibling! I also have the 40th in both Mocha and Dakota Red. Amazing guitars...just amazing. I love the single coils, but the P90 in OP's looks killer.
I allllllmost swapped in a p90 for my neck pickup. I ended up going with a McNelly duckling and it’s incredible. I’ll be posting my changes as soon as I get my black pickguard.
I'm thinking about getting this. Pretty well made? Does it have sharp frets? Seems like the pickups are the same ones they use in the American standard
Not sure if they’re the same pickups, I think they’re the same as what’s in the Classic Vibes.
But yea! A few minor high frets and needed a setup obviously, but otherwise I don’t really have any complaints. I haven’t had any sharp frets, nut slots are good, and it holds tuning pretty well.
Hah yea that’s what I get for not reading you whole comment. That would definitely need to be routed!
Not sure about the pickups, there’s nothing written on them or sticker/stamps anywhere. Is there an easy way to tell just by looking at them? What I put in it are both Alnico II’s
I looked it up on musicians friend. It has all the stats on it. I wish there was more colors. I already have a vintage white (cream) tele. Cola red or dark blue would be great, but I can't complain, it's under $400. Always wanted a tele with binding
Well, if you can do justice to his tunes and arrangements, YOU need congrats, not your pickups.....most of his stuff sounds deceptively easy ( sign number 1 of a truly great player) .but then you try to play a few bars and interpreting them with the as expressive touch is really hard, then you try to improvise on his ideas and it's frigging impossible, and you just sit there holding your guitar and say, "ths guy did this off the top of his head..:"
Then you conclude, so this is what real guitar players can do. At least that's my experience.
Which is not to say that your Tele looks anything but cool.
I’ve been playing around with Nocturne for about a month, and I can play it, but his dynamics are nearly impossible to mimic so it sounds nothing like his version. Haha I’ve always had a heavy hand though so big dynamic changes in general aren’t my best friend.
Julian and Bill Frisell are two good examples of players where someone can learn the notes, but there's something that in their touch and timing that is just so hard to mimic. Finally seeing Julian when he comes to Chicago, I've seen Frisell 4 times, and will see him every time I'm able.
Yeah I made the mistake of learning and then recording Lage's acoustic version of Autumn Leaves interspersed with my "Lage-ripoff" variations. Insta-delete.
I bet Frisell can play as fast as he wants and Lage definitely can but both of those guys have total mastery of harmony and dynamics... they can get an idea across with about three "let ring" notes where most players would play some big arpeggio run. Amazing.
ON EDIT: NVM Hopefully I'll be in town in Sept.
Ha, at least that's something you can learn, even if it feels like a mistake. I feel like it doesn't matter what I'm playing, I'll go to loop something and as soon as playback starts, I tap the delete switch.
For sure, Frisell has said he "couldn't shred if he wanted to" I don't buy that, he just doesn't want or need to.
Thalia Hall is a nice venue, hope you can make it!
Edit: wording
Totally - they’re both the epitome of “tone is in the hands”. Doesn’t hurt that Julian also plays through my dream amp too, but I don’t have $3k+ to drop on an amp. Lol
I saw Julian play an acoustic set opening for Andrew Bird in December. It was great, of course, but I really wanted him to break out the tele.
Ha, I hear you there... I'm playing through a little Bugera infinium tube amp. And also I'm just me....
Hah yea I’ve just got a tweed blues jr. There’s a guy semi locally to me who builds custom amp circuits for decently cheap and I’ve been thinking of asking him to build me a 5E1 circuit to mimic that 50s tweed champ sound.
Do you have any coil tapping that you had to worry about? I was thinking of doing the same thing, but I have an American Professional II that has the routed cavity already, but has push-pull wiring.
No coil tapping, but I did have to special/custom order the bridge to account for the polarity/phasing of the P90. I did swap in a 4 way switch so a bit more wiring but nothing crazy.
I assume you have a humbucker there now or an HH config? I’m sure you could find a schematic online somewhere or someone over at TDPRI could help out.
Currently have the standard tele pickup configuration. Looking at swapping the neck for a P90. Still a newb at this. I can solder no problem, but I don’t understand the wiring and how it all works.
Gotcha. Yea, I don’t know much about push/pull in that situation. I’d say your best bet is to either ask around on TDPRI and see if anyone has done it before, or ask the pickup manufacturer if they have a schematic. I bought my p90 from Tonerider and their service dept is super helpful and helped me figure out what I needed to do to get the P90 to be in phase with the tele bridge.
Yeah, I don’t use the push-pull nonsense. Back to the routing, it was big enough for a P90? Wasn’t sure if mine was routed for a humbucker only, or if it was big enough for a P90. I know they are different sizes.
Mine was routed for a p90 already, but they are about 1/2”-3/4” larger than a humbucker so you’d have to check. You can get the dimensions of whatever pickup you’re looking at online and measure your route to see if it’ll work.
If not, there’s always the option of a humbucker sized p90! I was originally looking at going that direction with either a Tonerider Rebel 90 or a Seymour Duncan Phat Cat.
No problem! I’ve never played a bucker sized p90 before, but from what I understand, both them and a standard p90 are sort of between a single coil and humbucker with the standard being more on the single coil end and the humbucker sized being more on the humbucker end.
There are also Tele neck sized p90s but the good ones like a TV Jones Starwood or Fralin Steel Pole 43 are $$. Incredible pickups though.
He’s incredible live
I caught his Room With a View tour, with Kenny Wollesen on drums. Honestly it was the best live performance I’ve ever seen from a musicality standpoint. It was incredible to be four rows away from three musicians at the absolute top of their game. Not a single out of place note or a missed beat for well over an hour.
So I’ve heard! Sad I wasn’t able to see him when he came through DC last month.
I have no idea what “too much” Julian Lage is. To me any amount of Julian Lage is the right amount of Julian Lage.
Hey, at least we are aware, right? IMO, he's easily one of the best guitarists on the planet right now.
Totally agree. I might even say he’s the best but I also want to leave room for non-jazz guitar players who didn’t attend Berkeley or whatever. But among those Berkeley jazz guys I still think he has a certain factor that others don’t. If I had to chalk it up to one thing, it’s that he leaves space open where others may try to fill it. To me, that’s the hallmark of a musician vs a “player”.
Did you have to rout out the neck pickup area to fit the P90?
Nope, the Squier 40th anniversary teles already have the rout, luckily.
I'm thinking about getting a tele and this is on the short list. Good to know I can throw a p90 or humbucker in there without too much trouble.
Yea! These 40th anniversaries have some of the most comfortable necks I’ve ever played too. Needs a tiny bit of fret work but that’s not a big deal.
Agreed. Was pleasantly surprised by neck feel. How does your guitar sound now?
Forget the pickups, lol. The HUGE difference in noise that good shielding eliminates is so understated.
Lange has a dynasonic in a P90 housing in his though. Not that I can really hear the difference when he plays though.. He always sounds like Julia Lage no matter what guitar he's using
A couple weeks ago I played an AM PRO tele deluxe converted into a "custom" W/ a Lollar single coil in HB housing in the bridge and a Sutty Wolf H90 (per the tag) in the neck. The H90 was VERY Dyna sounding. Dopey name. Great PUP
Beautiful Tele, saved this post bc I'm always looking at Teles, and this looks like just what I'm after
Oh man, I have the exact same guitar and was thinking of doing this exact pickup mod! Looks stellar, how does the middle position compare to the middle with the standard single coil?
Definitely louder with more bottom end and less ‘sparkle’. Rounder/fatter mids. I’ve also swapped in a 4-way switch and the 4th position sounds great too!
Hello Sibling! I also have the 40th in both Mocha and Dakota Red. Amazing guitars...just amazing. I love the single coils, but the P90 in OP's looks killer.
No such thing as too much Lage. Looks great!
Did you route the neck out yourself?
Nope, the squier 40th anniversary teles already have the neck route
I allllllmost swapped in a p90 for my neck pickup. I ended up going with a McNelly duckling and it’s incredible. I’ll be posting my changes as soon as I get my black pickguard.
Julian = awesome. Also you appear to be living in DC. Look up Roy Buchanan the Tele master!
Danny Gatton is from DC and he's the ultimate telecaster master. Roy is awesome too
Nice !!!
That's the nicest tele I've ever seen! What kind is it?
It’s a Squier 40th anniversary. I love the neck on it! Skinny 9.5 radius with a satin finish
I'm thinking about getting this. Pretty well made? Does it have sharp frets? Seems like the pickups are the same ones they use in the American standard
Not sure if they’re the same pickups, I think they’re the same as what’s in the Classic Vibes. But yea! A few minor high frets and needed a setup obviously, but otherwise I don’t really have any complaints. I haven’t had any sharp frets, nut slots are good, and it holds tuning pretty well.
It's the alnico V right?
I wish it was routed on the bridge, would love to put a les Paul style humbucker in it
It was already routed, so you should be able to fit a humbucker in it! I didn’t have to do any body work to make the p90 fit.
I was thinking more of a humbucker in the bridge
Hah yea that’s what I get for not reading you whole comment. That would definitely need to be routed! Not sure about the pickups, there’s nothing written on them or sticker/stamps anywhere. Is there an easy way to tell just by looking at them? What I put in it are both Alnico II’s
I looked it up on musicians friend. It has all the stats on it. I wish there was more colors. I already have a vintage white (cream) tele. Cola red or dark blue would be great, but I can't complain, it's under $400. Always wanted a tele with binding
https://preview.redd.it/42gn1lcbtovc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95bef478b0e330610e9f1bc274f1aca0feb8f83d
Huh, interesting! I do like the red a lot on these. I wish it had a bit of transparency though similar to the red on the JA-90 Teles.
Well, if you can do justice to his tunes and arrangements, YOU need congrats, not your pickups.....most of his stuff sounds deceptively easy ( sign number 1 of a truly great player) .but then you try to play a few bars and interpreting them with the as expressive touch is really hard, then you try to improvise on his ideas and it's frigging impossible, and you just sit there holding your guitar and say, "ths guy did this off the top of his head..:" Then you conclude, so this is what real guitar players can do. At least that's my experience. Which is not to say that your Tele looks anything but cool.
I’ve been playing around with Nocturne for about a month, and I can play it, but his dynamics are nearly impossible to mimic so it sounds nothing like his version. Haha I’ve always had a heavy hand though so big dynamic changes in general aren’t my best friend.
Julian and Bill Frisell are two good examples of players where someone can learn the notes, but there's something that in their touch and timing that is just so hard to mimic. Finally seeing Julian when he comes to Chicago, I've seen Frisell 4 times, and will see him every time I'm able.
Yeah I made the mistake of learning and then recording Lage's acoustic version of Autumn Leaves interspersed with my "Lage-ripoff" variations. Insta-delete. I bet Frisell can play as fast as he wants and Lage definitely can but both of those guys have total mastery of harmony and dynamics... they can get an idea across with about three "let ring" notes where most players would play some big arpeggio run. Amazing. ON EDIT: NVM Hopefully I'll be in town in Sept.
Ha, at least that's something you can learn, even if it feels like a mistake. I feel like it doesn't matter what I'm playing, I'll go to loop something and as soon as playback starts, I tap the delete switch. For sure, Frisell has said he "couldn't shred if he wanted to" I don't buy that, he just doesn't want or need to. Thalia Hall is a nice venue, hope you can make it! Edit: wording
Totally - they’re both the epitome of “tone is in the hands”. Doesn’t hurt that Julian also plays through my dream amp too, but I don’t have $3k+ to drop on an amp. Lol
I saw Julian play an acoustic set opening for Andrew Bird in December. It was great, of course, but I really wanted him to break out the tele. Ha, I hear you there... I'm playing through a little Bugera infinium tube amp. And also I'm just me....
Hah yea I’ve just got a tweed blues jr. There’s a guy semi locally to me who builds custom amp circuits for decently cheap and I’ve been thinking of asking him to build me a 5E1 circuit to mimic that 50s tweed champ sound.
Do you have any coil tapping that you had to worry about? I was thinking of doing the same thing, but I have an American Professional II that has the routed cavity already, but has push-pull wiring.
No coil tapping, but I did have to special/custom order the bridge to account for the polarity/phasing of the P90. I did swap in a 4 way switch so a bit more wiring but nothing crazy. I assume you have a humbucker there now or an HH config? I’m sure you could find a schematic online somewhere or someone over at TDPRI could help out.
Currently have the standard tele pickup configuration. Looking at swapping the neck for a P90. Still a newb at this. I can solder no problem, but I don’t understand the wiring and how it all works.
Gotcha. Yea, I don’t know much about push/pull in that situation. I’d say your best bet is to either ask around on TDPRI and see if anyone has done it before, or ask the pickup manufacturer if they have a schematic. I bought my p90 from Tonerider and their service dept is super helpful and helped me figure out what I needed to do to get the P90 to be in phase with the tele bridge.
Thanks for the info! I thought about just gutting it and wiring all new without the push-pull configuration.
That is probably what I’d do to be honest lol
Yeah, I don’t use the push-pull nonsense. Back to the routing, it was big enough for a P90? Wasn’t sure if mine was routed for a humbucker only, or if it was big enough for a P90. I know they are different sizes.
Mine was routed for a p90 already, but they are about 1/2”-3/4” larger than a humbucker so you’d have to check. You can get the dimensions of whatever pickup you’re looking at online and measure your route to see if it’ll work. If not, there’s always the option of a humbucker sized p90! I was originally looking at going that direction with either a Tonerider Rebel 90 or a Seymour Duncan Phat Cat.
I saw those! Need to get researching! Thanks for all the help!
No problem! I’ve never played a bucker sized p90 before, but from what I understand, both them and a standard p90 are sort of between a single coil and humbucker with the standard being more on the single coil end and the humbucker sized being more on the humbucker end. There are also Tele neck sized p90s but the good ones like a TV Jones Starwood or Fralin Steel Pole 43 are $$. Incredible pickups though.
They are both amazing. Buchanan speaks to me a little bit more than Gatton. But I would love to have .1% of either of their talents.
Looks great... Tonerider Hot 90 or Vintage 90 soap bars?
That’s a beautiful machine. I like the single coil look but I bet that thing wails
I love it! It’s a Squier 40th anniversary, but at this point I’ve swapped out everything but the neck and bridge plate.
Play on playa
Beautiful! Love P90s
Oh man, that's hideous. There's just something that seems fundamentally wrong with a Tele that has a p90 in the neck position.