Better safe than sorry. Kenny Neal is the son of Raful Neal, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana legend. In addition to being a fine guitarist, Kenny plays a mean bass guitar and blues harp. His FenderTelecaster with the 90's American Strat bridge has toured the world, and Mr. Neal's easily flowing, somewhat traditional blues phrasings sound unique when played on this very untraditional blues instrument through a Fender amplifier. Unlike most Telecaster players, Kenny does not fixate on the treble, or bridge, pickup.
Telecasters are funny instruments.
I have found that no two bass, or neck position, pickups sound alike. As a founding member of the Nighthawks from Washington D.C., Jimmy Thackery has been bending his roundwound strings for nearly thirty five years. Avoid flatwounds like the plague, especially the G string. Mr. Thackery has gained a sizable following in the last few years as a solo guitarist fronting a blues-rock trio, the Drivers, and is continually touring. He notes that two of the four 6L6 vacuum tubes have been eliminated from each amplifier in order to increase the distortion at a lower volume setting.