The Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups is a Fender other, currently around $139.99. It pairs well with the 1970s Mesa/Boogie Mark I 'Snake King' and the Carr Mercury V.
Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups
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Twisted Tele is a Fender Custom Shop neck pickup designed for extra output and top-end clarity compared to a stock vintage Telecaster neck pickup, and it forms half of the pickup pairing in Brad Paisley's Fender signature Road Worn Telecaster, matched with a custom-wound bridge pickup based on a '64-spec design. Paisley's rig leans on the Twisted Tele's brighter, more defined neck voice to cut through his fast Telecaster country lead lines rather than sitting back with a darker, vintage-correct neck tone. Sold both as a stock component in his signature guitar and separately as an aftermarket pickup, it lets other Telecaster owners chase the same neck-position clarity without buying the full signature model.
- clarity
- country
- modern
- dark
- vintage
- articulate
- lead
- presence
Price updated Aug 27, 2026
Genres the Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups is commonly used in
- Rock
- Country
- Blues
- Jazz
- Metal
cited
Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Classic Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Amps that pair well with the Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups
1970s Mesa/Boogie Mark I 'Snake King'
Mesa Boogie
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Carr Mercury V
Carr
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/100 Head
Mesa Boogie
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Bogner Barcelona
Bogner
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Mesa Boogie Lone Star Head
amplifier
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Milkman Sound Creamer 20W Combo
Milkman Sound
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Dr. Z Amplification Z-Wreck Head
amplifier
tonal matchDr. Z Amplification Z-Wreck Head's glassy balances out the dark tone
Marshall 2245 JTM45 Head
Marshall
tonal matchVoiced for Fender-style amps
Pedals that stack with the Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups
Tone City Dry Martini
Tone City
tonal matchFender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups leans into a clean amp's front end, precisely the platform Tone City Dry Martini wants
Ashdown Geezer Butler Signature
Ashdown
tonal matchAshdown Geezer Butler Signature is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups gives it exactly that
Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive
Boss
tonal matchInto Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups, Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive is right at home: it's built around a clean amp's front end
ProCo RAT 2
Proco
tonal matchProCo RAT 2's own voicing points at a clean amp's front end, and Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups delivers it
Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz
Black Arts Toneworks
tonal matchFender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups leans into a clean amp's front end, precisely the platform Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz wants
Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz
Behringer
tonal matchBehringer SF300 Super Fuzz is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups gives it exactly that
AnalogMan Beano Boost
Analog Man
tonal matchAnalogMan Beano Boost is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups gives it exactly that
Catalinbread MontaVillian
Catalinbread
tonal matchFender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups leans into a clean amp's front end, precisely the platform Catalinbread MontaVillian wants — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Questions people ask
What pairs well with the Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: 1970s Mesa/Boogie Mark I 'Snake King', Carr Mercury V, Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/100 Head — Voiced for Fender-style amps.
How much does the Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Pickups cost?+
Around $139.99 (live listing price, updated Aug 27, 2026).