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jefrs · June 30th, 2009, 07:13 PM

I think I read somewhere that at least some of Keef's stage guitars are wired to bypass the switch in case he knocks it, whether this applies to the Micawber or not is another matter.

Imo a tele neck hb must match the bridge sc, there's no point going too hot, the tone becomes muddied. I fitted a neck hb because I did not like my two teles sounding so similar, I used a split pole alnico of about 8k. It looks like a wr but it is a full size hb. It can sound like a tele neck sc but more and fatter (it's like having two sc neck pickups), and it does not over-power the bridge when used together.

June 30th, 2009, 07:13 PM	#27 (permalink)
jefrs Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Newbury, England Age: 54 Posts: 2,142	I think I read somewhere that at least some of Keef's stage guitars are wired to bypass the switch in case he knocks it, whether this applies to the Micawber or not is another matter. Imo a tele neck hb must match the bridge sc, there's no point going too hot, the tone becomes muddied. I fitted a neck hb because I did not like my two teles sounding so similar, I used a split pole alnico of about 8k. It looks like a wr but it is a full size hb. It can sound like a tele neck sc but more and fatter (it's like having two sc neck pickups), and it does not over-power the bridge when used together. __________________ There's two kinds of people, those that hear the music and those that don't.