Bought a Fender Ultra Luxe, didn’t like it

[DanglingNutslots]

The pickups that is. It came with Fender Noiseless which aren’t horrible but I got spoiled by my other Telecaster which had the Custom Shop Twisted Tele’s in it.

Scoured Reverb and found a used set for an OK price. Put those in the Tele and now I love it. The stainless frets are a joy to play and the Seafoam Green is a great colour for a modernish Tele.

Here’s a pic before the pickup swap.

 

[ChrisDowning]

Good call - just what I was going to suggest. Cool pro guitar but like you I really don't like those noiseless. I think they must be some sort of stacked pickup. The twisted Teles are rather leaning towards the Strat sound pups. I have the Lollar RoyalT and Vintage Tele as a set. And like yours, I think those specs sit between the Tele and the Strat. That guitar must play and sound amazing.

That guitar looks stunning

 

[DanglingNutslots]

Good call - just what I was going to suggest. Cool pro guitar but like you I really don't like those noiseless. I think they must be some sort of stacked pickup. The twisted Teles are rather leaning towards the Strat sound pups. I have the Lollar RoyalT and Vintage Tele as a set. And like yours, I think those specs sit between the Tele and the Strat. That guitar must play and sound amazing.

That guitar looks stunning

You‘re right, they are stacked.

 

[hemingway]

Beautiful colour. I have a G&L in that colour. Looks amazing with a white guard. Just saying.

 

[kuch]

Nice tele!!
Did you have to change the pots when you switched out the pickups?

 

[black_doug]

Seafoam Green is my new favourite colour.

 

[DanglingNutslots]

Nice tele!!
Did you have to change the pots when you switched out the pickups?

Nope. Kept the S1 switch in place and it works too.

 

[ChrisDowning]

That's interesting because if they are 1mg pots (as I think they are with the noiseless) they'll be sounding quite bright for the twisted set. And then.... if I was going to change the pots I'd work out a treble bleed. And then..... install two vol pots and use the S1 for switching in a treble-cut circuit instead of the tone pot. But I am a tinkerer for live guitars to make them fail-safe. The trouble is I found a guitar tech who's into this stuff and that took the brakes off.

It's a stunning guitar - not noticed that colour - I'm getting a severe case of GAS.

 

[hotcoffeenochill]

The pickups that is. It came with Fender Noiseless which aren’t horrible but I got spoiled by my other Telecaster which had the Custom Shop Twisted Tele’s in it.

Scoured Reverb and found a used set for an OK price. Put those in the Tele and now I love it. The stainless frets are a joy to play and the Seafoam Green is a great colour for a modernish Tele.

Here’s a pic before the pickup swap.

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I’m a sucker for a matching headstock. Absolute beauty.

 

[gimmeatele]

Very nice.

 

[AAT65]

That's interesting because if they are 1mg pots (as I think they are with the noiseless) they'll be sounding quite bright for the twisted set. And then.... if I was going to change the pots I'd work out a treble bleed. And then..... install two vol pots and use the S1 for switching in a treble-cut circuit instead of the tone pot. But I am a tinkerer for live guitars to make them fail-safe. The trouble is I found a guitar tech who's into this stuff and that took the brakes off.

It's a stunning guitar - not noticed that colour - I'm getting a severe case of GAS.

Nope, the Noiseless 4th gen pickups are set up with 250k pots (in the Elite series at least).

 

[DanglingNutslots]

That's interesting because if they are 1mg pots (as I think they are with the noiseless) they'll be sounding quite bright for the twisted set. And then.... if I was going to change the pots I'd work out a treble bleed. And then..... install two vol pots and use the S1 for switching in a treble-cut circuit instead of the tone pot. But I am a tinkerer for live guitars to make them fail-safe. The trouble is I found a guitar tech who's into this stuff and that took the brakes off.

It's a stunning guitar - not noticed that colour - I'm getting a severe case of GAS.

It’s a teensy bit brighter than my other Tele but nothing that can’t be easily adjusted with the tone knob.