Tim Lerch - Lollar neck pickup comparison with 5 different Teles 

I could listen to this guy play all day!

CCs.. such an old fashioned, beautiful tone!

For your style of playing the CC rule, beautiful chime with great warmth - a fantastic character for jazz playing.

Kinda proves once again that it's all in the hands. Mr. Lerch, you'd sound great playing thru $7 Chinese pups....

BTW You are a wonderful teacher.

Somehow,,,,,, too many Telecasters seems just right .

Whatever you play sounds fantastic!!!!!!!

This is the kind of playing one strives diligently to achieve! Beautiful tones too. 👍🏽🎶

CCs for sure but man that stock neck pickup of the 50s road worn isn't bad at all!

Tele Tim always gets it warm... One of tastiest tele players on the planet!

I liked the CC for its warmth and Special T for its clarity. I would probably have both and switch between for long periods, and try to decide like that which one i'd keep

Thanks for everything TIM. I marvel and chill at the same time watching and listening to your Tele videos.I have a couple myself. For what it's worth I preferred the Imperial pick up.It had a very distinctive sound.

great playing as always. Really illustrates that most of this stuff is fairly subtle in the hands of a good player. I liked the presence on the Special T more than any of the others...so that would likely be my choice.

I scrolled through to figure out my favorite... but they're all special in their own ways. Great video :)

I was surprised that the gold foil sounded the best to me, I might actually consider using one of those.

Hi Tim, your channel has been a real find for me. I love your playing, so nice and really inspiring.

Great idea for a video, I hope to see many others like this one. Such a beautiful way to compare these sounds, and you playing was very sweet.

This is extremely helpful for pickup selection. Surprised that the Road Worn and the Special T sound almost identical.

Hey Tim, I recently heard one of your compositions on our local jazz station. It had two guitars, one yours, and an accordion. Really sweet. When the announcer mentioned your name I thought, I know that guy.

I like the warmth with clarity of the CC's.

I can't decide. These Lollar pickups are so good.

Your #1 with the CC pickups sounds great, though I would be torn between the last vintage piece with the special T. Both nice and crystal clear. I just redid my CS Nocaster; rewired and put in SD Alnico II pro pickups and I love the mod over the stock stepup. Love your videos and your playing. Great jazz tone with a bit of a bluesy bite just where a tele fits. Cheers!

... Congratulations! ... very fine instruments!

They are all good. And what a player! Tasteful

incredible playing and incredible sounds!

Thanks Tim. I have tele's with the 52 set and the El Rayo. Great if you would add those. The CC is my favorite for jazz and gospel but the El Rayo covers a lot of ground, reacts great to rolling the tone control back and has no hum. In find it similar to the 52 and CC in some ways but with a wider tonal range. Your demos, as always, are great and so telling.

Just wanted to say thanks for taking the time and effort to post these videos, which are always tastefully done & educational. Keep up the good work, Sincerely, Jeff B

Fabulous playing 🥰

Excellent comparison, just what I was hoping for. The Tele single coils are still a fair bit brighter than the Gold Foil or CC, but lovely tones all around. I like the GF, CC and Road Worn, but it changes back and forth. Nicely done.

The Road Worn & the Special T do sound way better than the rest, especially for jazz !!

Thanks a lot for all your videos, Tim. They have been a great inspiration for me. Particularly because I ordered å Nocaster with Lollar CC in the neck only because of your extremely well sounding videos. :-) At the moment I am probably about to swap the neck burstbucker in my 335 for a Lollar Imperial (I somehow never really liked the burstbuckers, wether in a 335 or on a Les Paul). Have a nice day, Tim!

Rock on mate! Your a star 🌟 u deserve more recognition. Nuff said.

All great. The CC had a bit more depth than the others I thought.

Surprisingly similar sounding

C'mon guys, this isn't TGP (The Grooming Page)! Great playing Tim! Thanks for the comparison...

They all sounded good. I particularly enjoyed the Special T & the CC's. I have been entertaining the idea of Barden pickups or Fralins however the choices keep increasing. Originally I was leaning towards an Ed Bickert configuration, he used a stock Humbucker. I also do not wish to route too much... so the hunt continues, or as Holmes oft put it - "The game is afoot" (which was actually a quote from Shakespeare). Cheers!

Hello it's a good ear training..to hear this..many times!!! I don't have acoustic guitar..but they sound like acoustics ..i noticed a little defference with special T.. I can't say why..!!

I have lollar pickups in my tele. they sound great

Love the lolar humbucker Tele

54 Tele with the Special T was the best of all

The CC reminds me of a P90, sort of but not quite because it is brighter. The '54 at the end isn't very well rounded to the ear as the Lollars are but it still sounds great. It's all a case of subjectivity, thankfully you have them all and can pick one up based on your mood lol.

Great Demo, Thanks Tim !

Thanks for doing this. Especially like the Gold Foil here.

Love Roadworn Tele's

with that mellow jazz tone they all sound the same to me to be honest

Great playing. I wish you had a better mic to help hear the differences.

Very nice friend ! 😁🖒

i don't care much about the difference of all these teles, they all sound great.. i am more focused as to how you make those sound great with these chords you play.. you are an amazing guitarist. you can make a person buy a squier telecaster with just playing it. lol

I liked the first one best followed by the last one.

Gold Foil HBs I prefer.

I have a feeling that if you had my tele in your hands I wouldn't recognize my pickups

Wow! Do you own that '54 Tele? They're worth upwards of $35-$50K these days. The CC's sound amazing, but that '54 is extra special. I'd always thought expensive old gear was more fetish than anything, but that '54 is something else altogether.

Hey Tim,Have you tried the Ry Cooder string through pickup by Loddar on your telecaster? I interested in the screaming tone but haven't tried it. I love the neck CC pickup.. maybe a combination.thanksJerry

Hi Tim, I love the passages you're playing here. could you recommend a particular lesson plan of yours that I can try that's similar? Happy to donate. Best regards, Jim.

Tim, I like the CCs except for associated instillation issues. I have a '52 Reissue Hot Rod model which comes with a neck SD mini-HB. Any experience with the Lollar mini, or any mini that would get close to the CC?

Thank you for your great tone and helpful demos (on behalf of decisions about: which pickup fits better). Could you be so kind and tell me, which strings you used on your CS Nocaster with the CGs?

Hey Tim, do you play any noiseless pickups or do you work with a dummy coil? I'm really annoyed how much noise the singles pick up but I want to get that classy Tele sound. Do you have any recommendation on this topic. Here in Austria certain venues are so dirty, you just can't go along without noiseless pickups.

Gold foil.

Great playing, nice tones. Did you roll the treble off the guitar and/or the amp a bit?

WTF You are a great player! What’s this song? Or you are improvising? So beautiful ..I want to Learn!

What is the best tele neck pickup for jazz?

I really like the road worn, but is it the $899 model or the Custom shop?.?

What was your gold foil experience?Love them?

Could you play the CC with the bridge together to see if it still makes a good middle position tone.

That gold foil sounds amazing. How does it sound with distortion? Can I play jazz and still do metal chugga chugga power chords?

what amp are you playing through? beautiful playing

Jesus three CCs on a Nocaster? Get out of my dreams...

maybe the mex is equal and costs 100 times less?!?!?

The CC's do it for me-agree with above comment ditch the beard.

Thanks T. You sound just like you. Fantastic as always. now go in the bathroom and trim up that damn facial hair. Yer lookin 10 years older. Contemporize, Boy !

not enough difference to render it interesting...