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Old September 12th, 2012, 08:22 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I've recently given an order for an American Standard Telecaster.
I would like to know if it is possible to fit a humbucker in the neck position.
Is there a routing/cavity for a humbucker under the pickguard?
What has to be done to fit one in the neck position?

Thanks beforehand :)
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Old September 12th, 2012, 08:28 AM   #2 (permalink)
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The American standard comes w a humbucker route in the neck and middle pickup route. Check out pics on ebay search for American standard telecaster body and the stratospheres auctions will pop up
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Old September 13th, 2012, 04:25 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I've been searching, but can't find a "Std American Tele" body.
Is there a cavity for the humbucker or is it just routed for one?
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Old September 13th, 2012, 09:33 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Not to troll but a humbucker in a Tele is blasphemy!

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Old September 13th, 2012, 09:36 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I bought a Telebration Hot Rod & thought I liked it. Just bought a '52 5-hole pickguard & Fralin +2% neck & changed it. Not a hot rod any more! Love the Fralin single coil neck pups!! Have the matching +2% in bridge. This guitar is right now!!
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Old September 13th, 2012, 09:50 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Is there a cavity for the humbucker or is it just routed for one?
There is a cavity routed for a humbucker (they mean the same thing).

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Old September 13th, 2012, 09:53 PM   #7 (permalink)
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There is a cavity routed for a humbucker (they mean the same thing).

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That's sharp right there! Really like the one on the right!
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Old September 13th, 2012, 11:11 PM   #8 (permalink)
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No such thing. It's just a guitar, DWYW.

Ever heard of Keith Richards?



Next you'll be sayin' a Tele has to have 6 strings! ;)
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Old September 13th, 2012, 11:18 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I bought a Telebration Hot Rod & thought I liked it. Just bought a '52 5-hole pickguard & Fralin +2% neck & changed it. Not a hot rod any more! Love the Fralin single coil neck pups!! Have the matching +2% in bridge. This guitar is right now!!
I have the SD 59 in my Road Worn Modern Player.. was disappointed with it too.. The SD mini-humbucker in the Hot Rod blows the 59 away..
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Old September 14th, 2012, 11:43 AM   #10 (permalink)
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I have a Duncan Antiquity full size humbucker in the neck of my American tele. The guitar is routed for a humbucker but if the bucker has long legs you will have to route a little for the legs to fit. My bridge is a Duncan Donahue which works great with the Antiquity humbucker. It is my #1 guitar and works extremely well from Jazz to Soul to Funk to Rock to Country Twang. Install and enjoy!
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Old September 14th, 2012, 11:57 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Old September 14th, 2012, 12:01 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Both of these sound very nice.




The second one had a HB in it that just didn't work in that guitar, the Strat pickup stays!
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Old September 14th, 2012, 06:11 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I have the SD 59 in my Road Worn Modern Player.. was disappointed with it too.. The SD mini-humbucker in the Hot Rod blows the 59 away..
Exactly! I have the SD mini-humbucker in my Brent Mason signature & really, really love it. That is what I judge neck pups by, at least the ones that have 2 coils!!
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Old September 14th, 2012, 07:28 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Old September 14th, 2012, 07:40 PM   #15 (permalink)
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If you put a humbucker in a single coil guitar, you have a weaker excuse to go buy a guitar with humbuckers.
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Old September 14th, 2012, 07:44 PM   #16 (permalink)
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If you put a humbucker in a single coil guitar, you have a weaker excuse to go buy a guitar with humbuckers.
What about when you take a humbucker out & a put a single in???
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What about when you take a humbucker out & a put a single in???
Gives you a weaker excuse to go buy another guitar
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Old September 16th, 2012, 05:22 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Any views on the Gibson 57 pickups?
And what about Suhr Humbuckers?
Any good for jazz on a tele?
Your opinions..?
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Old September 16th, 2012, 03:47 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Go Lollar Regal or Telenator WRHB if you want a HB... everything else (humbucker) sounds like MUD compared to the WRHB... Yes other HB's will "fatten" up your sound, but they don't have the deffinition or the chime that the WRHB has. IMO it's head and ahoulders above all these SD and Gibson "things" people call Humbuckers. I have yet to play a 50's Hot-Rod Tele with the "little" HB in it, but I've played a god-awful ammout of HB guitars and specific HB's and NONE of them copare to the WRHB.

The big question would be if the bodu is routed for a WRHB or just a regular sized HB as they're slightly bigger.

YMMV...

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I pick sd 59 of the neck humbuckers I've tried for jazz
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