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Originally Posted by originalmatthew
mix one part "experimentation" with two parts "maybe", add a dash of "I wonder" in a 90% solution of "practice, practice, practice" and cook on low for about 20 years. See the back of the package for high altitude instructions.
Really though, there is no "recipe". You can try different pups, pickup height adjustment, pots, strings, caps, etc. and keep playin with it till it sounds the way you want it to. If you are going to use a tech to help you, it would be a good thing to let him or her hear the guitar, and then you will be on the same page when you start describing the sound you want, and what you dont like about it now.
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plinkiness ? i take that to mean a two sizes too light string gauge with thin plectrums and/or the action set too low type of sound, easily remedied.
Bell tone.....depends on the timbre you imagine your Tele-bell having...
is it Big Ben like, or a top-of-it's-range Glockenspiel ?
your picking/attack is a large part of it, and your amp has a fair bit to do with it also....
can you post some examples of what you're trying to describe so we're all on the same page ?