I spent the whole of yesterday's playing time listening to how good TESLA pickups are in a straight through plug-in. The pickups you see here are:
- Neck: Plasma 2
- Mid: VR-1
- Bridge: Nitro
In summary, these TESLAs give me great drive response, even the medium output Plasma 2 does just that. This is perhaps one of the reasons why I kept toggling between the 2 humbuckers just to hear them in action.
As for the VR-1, I'm not expecting a Fender-esque twang but something equally drive responsive to keep up with the humbuckers & that's what I get from this single coil pickup. Great performance from a brand name in the shadows of the other more renowned labels but certainly not one to be churning out dud tones.
