Do Telecasters Have Humbuckers?

The Telecaster has long been a favorite guitar for "hot-rod" customizing. ... The most common variants of the standard two-pickup solid body Telecaster are the semi-hollow Thinline, the Custom, which replaced the neck single coil-pickup with a humbucking pickup, and the twin-humbucker Deluxe.

Can you put humbuckers in a Telecaster?

Here's how it's done. Fitting a full-size humbucker in the neck position of a Telecaster is sometimes called the Keith Richards mod but he was by no means the first to do it. ... Compared to pretty much every other twin-pickup electric guitar, the Tele only had two useable sounds when it should have had three.

What pickups do telecasters have?

The Telecaster typically has two single-coil pickups, with the bridge pickup being wider and longer than its Strat counterpart. What's more, it is mounted on the Tele's metal bridge plate, which can give it a more powerful tone. (Fender also makes Stratocaster and Telecaster models with humbucking pickup options.)