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Danley wrote:Here's a video comparing a Fender with alnico pickups to MFDs that is to my ears pretty representative; MFDs in general have more output, focused attack and crisp tightness; they also sound a bit darker, but they still fall more into the 'bright' single coil camp than giving humbucker thickness. They can achieve more 'modern' driven tones, which means a bit more versatility than the alnico singles.
This is not at the *total* expense of the traditional Telecaster tone, but the alnico chime/open sound can't really be imitated; for me one can't replace the other so I would buy one of each For a lot of people & styles the standard telecaster sound is too twangy/weak/thin, but traditional Telecaster players might find it easier to get the 'classic' sounds (no surprise) from alnico.