Anyone using JD in a tele for rock?

[Webfoot]

Anyone using a Jerry Donahue bridge pickup in a tele for rock to hard rock?

I have an american standard tele and want to upgrade the bridge for more versatility.

The belief is that with a tele, you can EQ your distortion for the bridge pickup at the amp or with pedals. That is you can coax a pretty good rock sound out of any tele bridge pickup with the right knob twisting. As proof, at low to medium volume, I can use my bb preamp pedal which has excellent voicing and tone control (separate bass and treble) and get a pretty good earlier zz top sound going. Although it not as much body or thickness... it's focused and not that bad. But..... I would like to better... but still maintain a good clean sound....

My thinking is that a JD pickup should help out more in the dirt area with thicker mids and a tapered treble. But also can provide very decent cleans. Plus it seems the JD gets very high praise.

Am I dreaming or is this workable?

Are there other better contenders for the bridge? I have been avoiding the jb jr or lil 59 as they don't seem to work very well when clean in a tele.

[Farkus]

I use a floor shop custom Broadcaster with A2 mags. I use it for rock all the time. Sounds killer to me; not too bright for distortion, yet just enough bite for cleans. In fact I think its got great cleans. My first 'no compromise' Telecaster bridge pickup. I've thought about trying the JD but I have only one Telecaster at this point and this one sounds so good I'm leaving it in. I'm sure some other folks will chime in on the JD though as it seems like lots of players like them.

[Benjy_26]

The JD works well as an all around tele pickup. The STL-2 with a tap option is better, IMHO.

[ES350]

I ike the JD---sounds pretty good under gain for a traditional Tele pickup.

[Luke Duke]

I use a floor shop custom Broadcaster with A2 mags. I use it for rock all the time. Sounds killer to me; not too bright for distortion, yet just enough bite for cleans. In fact I think its got great cleans. My first 'no compromise' Telecaster bridge pickup. I've thought about trying the JD but I have only one Telecaster at this point and this one sounds so good I'm leaving it in. I'm sure some other folks will chime in on the JD though as it seems like lots of players like them.

Big +1!!! The A2 makes for a more midrangey dist. which many teles can use.

Luke