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With all due repect, I've been stringing my Tele's like that for 25+ years, and it always works. The key is a clean install, with layered winds, no sloppy overlapping. I've used this technique to open shows for The Police, U2, Sqeeze, Iggy Pop, Jools Holland, UB40, record 2 albums for A&M, and do a feature film for Lorimar, situations where I need to stay in tune through very hard playing, and tuning issues I do not have. Give it a shot and see if it works for you also. Concerning the dullness, I would say the magnetic qualities of the strings are not interacting well with your pickup magnets, if it rings unplugged. Try a different metallic composition. Slinkys always work for me, but all PUP's a different, even the same make and model.
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