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Originally Posted by Axis39

TV Jones makes the Classics. These are awesome. I think wound a touch hotter than the Gretsch offerings? I do know you can get a slightly hotter bridge pickup to better balance the tone and volume of the two.

Gretsch currently makes HS Filtertrons and Blacktops (which I do believe are the same pickup... just, amazingly enough, one has black tops. But, I am far from an expert on this!). I believe the plain old Filtertrons were pre-FMIC. I have a pair of the HS Filtertrons in my 6129tls and they are absolutely incredible!!

I wondered about the TVJ's until my buddy brought his Setzer Hot Rod over. I was playing through my '69 Vibrolux and he was playing through his '67 Bassman. They sounded much more similar than I imagined they would! Killed any gas I had for a pickup swap.

I honestly don't think you can go wrong with either of these choices (HS Filters or TVJ Classics).

The pre FMIC Filtertrons had ceramic magnets. When Fender came into the picture they went to Alnico magnets and called them HS Filtertrons.