Amazing Telecaster Transformation! - Pickup Swap in a DanoCaster - Ron Ellis Pickups

This is not your grandads Fender Telecaster..... In this video we take a Danocaster single cut (telecaster) and swap the factory pickups for Ron Ellis Pickups. This pickup swap uses Ron Ellis 50/60 and JL pickups, and the result is AMAZING! Join me in the video doing a quick pickup swap and finding some amazing guitar tones!
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Skip around:
0:00 - Intro
1:32 - Begin Pickup Swap
5:40 - Check out Ron Ellis Pickups
7:13 - Measuring Pickups (DC Resistance)
9:00 - Installation
14:40 - Pickup Height Setup
15:30 - Setup & Settings (Amp & Pedals)
16:20 - Before & After - Neck Pickup
18:32 - Before & After - Bridge Pickup
23:20 - Recap - AWESOME!
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Two Rock Classic Reverb Signature through Two-Rock 1x12 Cabinet/Speaker
Amp Settings (all numbers out of 10):
Bright - Off
Mid - Off
Deep - Off
EQ - Up position
Gain Structure (middle position)
FET: 0
Treble: 6
Middle: 5.5
Bass: 5
Gain: 7.5
Master: 3.5
Send: 4
Return: 3
Contour: 4
Pedals:
EP Boost: 3/10
ZVex 59 Sound: Boost: OFF, Volume: 3.5, Drive: 6, Tone: 3.5
Mic Setup:
SM57 & TLM 102 mixed 50/50 through UA Apollo X4 using 1073 Unison preamps, no EQ applied
Reverb to taste
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[@TeleCaster66]

Since the 90's I've had Van Zantz, Lollor, Fralin, Don Mare, and Ron Ellis pickups in a Strat and a Telecaster, for me the Ron Ellis pickups win. All were good, don't get me wrong, but I prefer the Ron Ellis sets and I'm done modifying my guitars, after the Ellis sets I consider them as good as they're going to get.

[@tjnilsen]

I’m in the middle of a Strat pickup swap myself. The Ron Ellis pickups in this guitar were really impressive. I agree, they might be the best out there

[@andrezirkler9062]

Many would consider Peter Florance Voodoo TE50s as holy grail pickups. On top of that, Dan Strain carefully matches pickups to each guitar he builds (see his interview with Ask Zac), so he thought the TE50s were the best pickups for this guitar (though maybe Ron Ellis pickups were not available when this guitar was made). Bottom line: I would not expect a dramatic improvement going from TE50s to Ron Ellis pickups, in fact, I'm not sure I heard any improvement at all. I would add, lastly, that to call Peter Florance pickups "factory" pickups belittles his memory.