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Originally Posted by KDOG
So, I just got my Yamaha Telecaster ( 102S ) and now I want to start making some changes. From the looks of it everything on the guitar is box stock original. This being a budget guitar, I'm sure Yamaha didn't put optimal pickups into this guy when they designed and built it, so I guess a good place to start might be the pickups. There are so many choices I don't know where to begin. The guitar has an alder body and a maple neck and a bubinga finger board. Is it compatible with all the off the shelf tele pickups? As you can guess I am pretty green about all this stuff, and could use all the help I can get.
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I would say first off, play the guitar for a few weeks. If you find something about the guitar you don't like, then think about customising.
It may already be great as it is? Stock doesn't necessarily mean bad...
But especially when it comes to choosing pickups, you need to know what you don't like about the pickups you have (thru a decent amp) and what sound you want from a new set before you buy. Otherwise you'll become bogged down in the huge amount of choice out there.