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[Old Doc Skinner]

Hey, here's a "Strele" question...

I'm going to build an interesting project for a buddy who wants a Tele body with a strat pickup configuration. I'm thinking one master volume, one master tone and a 5-way switch, all of which could fit into a "hot dog" Tele cavity. And Warmoth does a Tele pickguard that will accomodate strat neck and middle pickups (i have a set of Lawrence strat pickups lying around that I will give him). The big question is, will the strat bridge pickup fit into a Tele bridge and Tele bridge rout? Or would I have to combine two Lawrence strat pickups with a tele bridge pickup?

Or, is there another pickguard/rout/bridge option that will allow me to use the full set of strat pickups?

[Pete Galati]

If you go to this page about warmoth Tele bodies:

http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/bodies...=tele_standard

And click on the "Pickup Routing Options" link, you'll go to this page, where they list the S-S-S option:

http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/option...ps_routing.cfm

So it looks to me like they'll route one for 3 strat pickups. I guess maybe you'd want to have the bridge drilled for a hardtail Strat.

The Tele and Strat bridge pickups seem to be at a different angle.

[Keifer]

Here's one from eBay that may just fill your needs (Item number: 170007999633)...you'd have to drill for a hardtail bridge or route for trem, but it's open for either option...you can copy & paste this into your browser

http://cgi.ebay.com/CUSTOM-T-STYLE-H...QQcmdZViewItem

[Big John]

I had Fenders James Burton signature model for a while, it had three lace sensors laid out Strat fashion and i thought "yeah, great idea" but it didn't sound like a Strat and it sure as heck didnt sound like a Tele either !

[woodman]

why on earth would anybody defuse the Tele's main strength (bridge pup) for the characterless Strat bridge sound????

FWIW, JMHO, YMMV, etc.!

[Rick S]

Originally Posted by woodman1

why on earth would anybody defuse the Tele's main strength (bridge pup) for the characterless Strat bridge sound????

FWIW, JMHO, YMMV, etc.!

+1, makes no sense to me. Put a Strat bridge pickup in a Tele bridge plate and you're asking for thin and shrill.

I'm an old die hard Strat player, but my players have Tele style bridge pickups for strat installed. When I really need a bridge tone, I use a Tele. Seems to me this would be the main reason to build a guitar of this configuration.

[maestrovert]

Personally, i'd tend to go with a "Nashville" style Pup arrangement..... i believe it'd be the best option tonally....there's no equal to the Tele's bridge & bridge Pup tone !

[Old Doc Skinner]

Actually, the option I'm leaning toward is a pickguard that will hold two Strat pickups and a Tele bridge (w/Tele bridge pickup, of course). I agree, the strat bridge pickup by itself has no use in my world, unless that pickup is packing some serious beef. Even then, I still prefer a good tele bridge pickup, but I'm building this sucker for someone else. I think the strat-strat-tele option will satisfy him.