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Originally Posted by PJ
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.
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The MIM STND bridge pup is all plastic bobbins and base.
Great pickups don't have to cost a fortune. I like fender Tex-Spec and Seymour's too. But Bill Lawrence Keystone for Tele's are some of the best you can get and cost less than $80 to your door. I also love the Toneriders too, they're a bit more but still under $100.
I changed the bridge on my MIM to see if there was a tone difference But I changed pickups too, so I'll never know.
But i love the classic looks of the vintage style bridge and with the notch I can play with it, with out the notch I can't live with it. My 2 cents.
Ciao