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Tele copy pickup swap

zosofan
May 11th, 2007, 07:42 AM
Hi all.
I just recently picked up a Cruiser by Crafter telecaster copy.
It was a present from my wife actually.
It has string thru basswood body,3 saddle bridge,rosewood fret board and has the usual 3 way switch with 1 vol. 1 tone.
It plays fine and looks o.k. but the tone isn't what I was hoping for.
Does anyone have any ideas on what replacement pickups I could slap into it?
I'm a classic rock player mostly,but what I'm looking for
is the "Luther Perkins" kind of tone.:cool:
What pickup if any would put out that kind of tone in this beast?
The price obviously would be a consideration since I wouldn't want to put $200 worth of pickups into a $150 guitar.:shock:
Thanks for any suggestions.
Eric

dibber124
May 11th, 2007, 08:07 AM
For bang for buck can't beat GFS, The Lindy Fralin Telecaster pup would be a good choice if you wanted to drop $ 80 into it.

Douglas_Holt
May 13th, 2007, 08:28 PM
+1 on GFS pups also checkout Tonerider.http://www.tonerider.com Have their Vintage Plus set in one Tele and it will do the Luther thing.

Doug

BB
May 13th, 2007, 11:08 PM
+1 on GFS pups also checkout Tonerider.http://www.tonerider.com Have their Vintage Plus set in one Tele and it will do the Luther thing.

Doug


A big ditto on Toneriders. Huge tone and build qualityfor low dollars. Also, check out the classified section here. Great deals to be found!