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May 11th, 2007, 07:42 AM
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ontario Canada
Age: 47
Posts: 308
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Tele copy pickup swap
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.  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.  Thanks for any suggestions. Eric |
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May 11th, 2007, 08:07 AM
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Tele-Afflicted
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Long Island, New York
Age: 58
Posts: 1,216
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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.
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May 13th, 2007, 08:28 PM
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Belmont, Ms
Age: 64
Posts: 189
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+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.
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May 13th, 2007, 11:08 PM
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Friend of Leo's
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Great Pacific NW
Age: 58
Posts: 4,078
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A big ditto on Toneriders. Huge tone and build qualityfor low dollars. Also, check out the classified section here. Great deals to be found! |
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