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4mal · May 12th, 2008, 09:54 AM

I'm with you on using the toggle rather than a push pull - or adding a mini for that matter.

The mini in question is a Duncan Design prior to the current series. with the coils in series it's hot enough to about bury the Vintage Vibe pickup at the bridge. I've got the mini backed off the strings and the VV up close. I'm going to take the mini down as far as it can go to see if I can get balanced better.

The VV in the bridge is just killer on it's own and overall that is kinda the main event in a Tele. There is the possibility that I go back to Pete and ask for a mini-hum that would retain the essential character of the mini but with a little lower output... I'm rapidly becoming a Vintage VIbe Cheerleader. I did a P-Bass replacement in my '87 and WOW. Warm, articulate - and no switches

After spending a little shed time with the Tele. I think the following toggle positions would be real useful. This with the caveat that I need to manually do a tap on the neck and play that a bit to be sure. I suspect that this setup would prover to be pretty usable though.

1. neck both
2. neck tapped
3. neck tapped w/bridge
4. *neck tapped w/ bridge - but 'out of phase'
5. bridge solo

* would this 'duck' similar to positions 2 & 4 on my Strat ? If so - great - if not a 4 -way would be simpler

Looks like I need to get the iron hot and try a couple of these manually - then get a switch ordered. If I go 5-way, then the mega from Stew Mac looks to be a good choice. Whose 4 - way makes sense ?

May 12th, 2008, 09:54 AM	#9 (permalink)
4mal Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Gorge Posts: 2,039	I'm with you on using the toggle rather than a push pull - or adding a mini for that matter. The mini in question is a Duncan Design prior to the current series. with the coils in series it's hot enough to about bury the Vintage Vibe pickup at the bridge. I've got the mini backed off the strings and the VV up close. I'm going to take the mini down as far as it can go to see if I can get balanced better. The VV in the bridge is just killer on it's own and overall that is kinda the main event in a Tele. There is the possibility that I go back to Pete and ask for a mini-hum that would retain the essential character of the mini but with a little lower output... I'm rapidly becoming a Vintage VIbe Cheerleader. I did a P-Bass replacement in my '87 and WOW. Warm, articulate - and no switches After spending a little shed time with the Tele. I think the following toggle positions would be real useful. This with the caveat that I need to manually do a tap on the neck and play that a bit to be sure. I suspect that this setup would prover to be pretty usable though. 1. neck both 2. neck tapped 3. neck tapped w/bridge 4. neck tapped w/ bridge - but 'out of phase' 5. bridge solo would this 'duck' similar to positions 2 & 4 on my Strat ? If so - great - if not a 4 -way would be simpler Looks like I need to get the iron hot and try a couple of these manually - then get a switch ordered. If I go 5-way, then the mega from Stew Mac looks to be a good choice. Whose 4 - way makes sense ?