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Originally Posted by spankdplank
I recently put BL Keystones in a tele partscaster with a ferrous ashtray bridge and they sound fantastic (photos in my gallary). Not noiseless but much quieter than any other true single coil I have ever used. No feedback problems even when playing with high gain and high volume, and lots of tele sparkle and snap. I also put a chrome cover on the Keystone neck pickup and it still sounds snappy, and is less likely to be damaged. FYI--GFS sells a vintage looking ashtray bridge with three brass barrels that has a non-ferrous plate portion made from aluminum, for about $20. That may be an easy/cheap solution for people with vintage style ashtrays and the BL/bridge/feedback issues discussed above.
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I do agree with you on the sparkle and the beautiful tone that Bill created with his Keystones. I really love them pups. I of course wished they were a wee bit quieter but sacrifices have to be made sometimes to obtain a certain sound.
Spank, where did you get your chrome cover from??
I wonder what would happen if I wound string around my Keystone Bridge and gave it a wax dip?
Becky??
Here is one little trick I have used to get that traditional Tele look from an EMG SAV pickup.
SAV are made for a Strat
What I did was get the Tele base plate from stew mac for a bridge pup. I then used a HOT glue gun to secure the pup to the plate.
Oh and first you have to break off the Strat mount plastic on the ends.
However this is where the mod takes a turn for the ugly. The EMG T neck pup is not chrome. So it still has the ugly non traditional look.
And truly this pup is for a Strat sound and not a Tele. If EMG would just make a traditional T or TC set using the exposed pole and chrome look it would really be cool.