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Old May 9th, 2008, 08:30 PM   #21 (permalink)
kevinlane
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Originally Posted by PJ View Post
Kevin...a big part of the "tone" of your Tele is going to be influenced by the pickups. I've never owned a MIM Std. Tele. but I suspect the bridge pickup probably doesn't have the copper baseplate that the vintage Tele pickups have. But, you're right. Your model Tele is probably designed to sound a certain way with the hardware and pickups it ships with. I've just gotten used to the vintgae bridge - but if I was unhappy with the resulting tone, I'd probably do the same thing.
Well, chalk it up to my relative inexperience with playing a Telecaster. I mean, I really like my standard MIM Telecaster Ash. But if I were to change out the pickups (which are the "standard neck and bridge pickups), what would be my best options?
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