upgrading a squier affinity advice please..

mike steel · November 30th, 2009, 10:25 AM

Ok, so the guitar plays great but sounds strange. the neck pup is creamy but carries no weight. the bridge one has so much trebble i can't play with reverb.[and i love reverb]
never had to use a tone knob til i got a tele!
so i need advice on pickups which are available in the UK, not expensive and tele sized.
Anyone?

jimbach · November 30th, 2009, 03:25 PM

In the UK? How about Tonerider?

B.J.TELE · December 1st, 2009, 10:52 AM

Mike:

I just joined myself. Don't despair! The Squier Affinity tele is the best budget tele out there. I also own one. They are extremely brittle and glassy on the bridge pup. Both the vol. and tone pot are 500k. I replaced the tone pot with a 250k pot and WOW!; literally night and day difference! The brittle edge is gone but the chacteristic twang is intact. Make this change and I guarantee you'll love that little guitar!

yegbert · December 1st, 2009, 11:19 AM

I agree with B.J.TELE, try switching the pots to 250K.

Several months after I replaced the stock pickups in my son's Affinity Tele I tried them in another Tele with 250K pots. That does make them less trebly sounding. After playing them for a few weeks with the 250k pots I decided they were still a little more brittle feeling than I like, and I replaced them.

But I wouldn't recommend you dismiss them as unusable until you try them with 250K pots.

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November 30th, 2009, 03:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
jimbach Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Columbus OH Posts: 290	In the UK? How about Tonerider?

December 1st, 2009, 10:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
B.J.TELE TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chinook, MT Posts: 27	Mike: I just joined myself. Don't despair! The Squier Affinity tele is the best budget tele out there. I also own one. They are extremely brittle and glassy on the bridge pup. Both the vol. and tone pot are 500k. I replaced the tone pot with a 250k pot and WOW!; literally night and day difference! The brittle edge is gone but the chacteristic twang is intact. Make this change and I guarantee you'll love that little guitar!

December 1st, 2009, 11:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
yegbert Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Clinton, Maryland (US) Age: 56 Posts: 6,021 95 Photos	I agree with B.J.TELE, try switching the pots to 250K. Several months after I replaced the stock pickups in my son's Affinity Tele I tried them in another Tele with 250K pots. That does make them less trebly sounding. After playing them for a few weeks with the 250k pots I decided they were still a little more brittle feeling than I like, and I replaced them. But I wouldn't recommend you dismiss them as unusable until you try them with 250K pots.

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