Nashville Telecaster with Stratocaster pickups both neck and middle?

[Blues Twanger]

I don't recall seeing too many Fender-based Nashvilles with Strat pickups in both the pickguard positions. Anyone have one done up this way? G&L does one version of there Nashville (ASAT Classic S) with Strat-sized MFDs in both but I am genuinely curious if this is even remotely popular with Fender folks because it removes the traditional Tele neck pickup tone and aesthetic.

I have some parts in my bin that may contribute to a near-future mod or even build and that includes a pair of Texas Specials from an HSS Strat and a Texas Special Tele for bridge I got somewhere I can't even remember.

I'll probably call it my Texas Tele instead of Nashville. (Unless something else is already nicknamed the Texas Tele.)

 

[0SubSeanik0]

I don't recall seeing too many Fender-based Nashvilles with Strat pickups in both the pickguard positions. Anyone have one done up this way? G&L does one version of there Nashville (ASAT Classic S) with Strat-sized MFDs in both but I am genuinely curious if this is even remotely popular with Fender folks because it removes the traditional Tele neck pickup tone and aesthetic.

I have some parts in my bin that may contribute to a near-future mod or even build and that includes a pair of Texas Specials from an HSS Strat and a Texas Special Tele for bridge I got somewhere I can't even remember.

I'll probably call it my Texas Tele instead of Nashville. (Unless something else is already nicknamed the Texas Tele.)

Might as well just get a Strat at that point, I would think.

 

[AAT65]

It's not a Tele, but.my Shergold Masquerader has a Tele bridge & pickup and two Strat pickups.

Sounds kinda like a Tele on the bridge, kinda like a Strat on middle and/or neck!

 

[AAT65]

Might as well just get a Strat at that point, I would think.

But then you have (a) a Strat bridge pickup and (b) the Strat controls. A Tele (or my Shergold as per other post) solves those problems!

 

[John C]

I don't recall seeing too many Fender-based Nashvilles with Strat pickups in both the pickguard positions. Anyone have one done up this way? G&L does one version of there Nashville (ASAT Classic S) with Strat-sized MFDs in both but I am genuinely curious if this is even remotely popular with Fender folks because it removes the traditional Tele neck pickup tone and aesthetic.

I have some parts in my bin that may contribute to a near-future mod or even build and that includes a pair of Texas Specials from an HSS Strat and a Texas Special Tele for bridge I got somewhere I can't even remember.

I'll probably call it my Texas Tele instead of Nashville. (Unless something else is already nicknamed the Texas Tele.)

Depending on the pickguard and pickup cover color it is hard to tell, but the ASAT Classic S with MFD pickups does actually have a Tele-sized neck pickup and a Strat-sized (well, S-500 sized) middle pickup. They aren't all that different in size; about the only combination where you can see it is when they have black covers on a white/cream/mint pickguard.

 

[Blues Twanger]

Might as well just get a Strat at that point, I would think.

Mixing is more fun! I already have Teles and Strats covered. This guitar formed in my head around ideas to use up the Texas Special mixed pickups I have, 1x tele bridge and 2x Strat neck and mid. An idea of Nashville style came into being, then as I visualized color and which neck I could use from the closet'o'parts the build concept solidified.

 

[Blues Twanger]

Depending on the pickguard and pickup cover color it is hard to tell, but the ASAT Classic S with MFD pickups does actually have a Tele-sized neck pickup and a Strat-sized (well, S-500 sized) middle pickup. They aren't all that different in size; about the only combination where you can see it is when they have black covers on a white/cream/mint pickguard.

Thank you, I never looked closely enough at images I guess. It's one G&L model I've never come across in the wild.

 

[John C]

Thank you, I never looked closely enough at images I guess. It's one G&L model I've never come across in the wild.

I've never seen the MFD version in the wild either; just the alnico version where it's easy to see the neck pickup is a Tele-style (chrome cover) and the middle is Strat-style.

 

[boris bubbanov]

I converted a MIM Deluxe Nashville (9.5 board "old" version) to two Duncan SSL-1 pickups, neck and middle and a Bill Lawrence Keystone "T" in the bridge. The middle pickup is RWRP towards both its neighbors and the switching is stock.

I've got the middle pickup fairly low (and also don't use it much by itself) but N, N+M and M are quite vintage Strat. And of course the Keystone is a weapon - effective but very sharp.
Still called a Nashville. FMIC has used up all Texas names - sorry!

 

[SPUDCASTER]

I have a partscaster with two Strats and a Tele bridge.

The best of both guitars.

Obviously will sound different that a regular Strat with the traditional Tele type bridge assembly.

 

[drmordo]

But then you have (a) a Strat bridge pickup and (b) the Strat controls. A Tele (or my Shergold as per other post) solves those problems!

Also you'd have a Strat tremolo.

A Nashville is definitely a different beast than a Strat.

 

[wabashslim]

But then you have (a) a Strat bridge pickup and (b) the Strat controls.

And a Strat bridge! The horror...
here's mine...

oops, just noticed the date.

 

[Blues Twanger]

And a Strat bridge! The horror...
here's mine...
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oops, just noticed the date.

It's all good, you just reminded me I was working on this project before getting distracted taking contracts to make the money to do it lol.

 

[Maguchi]

I don't recall seeing too many Fender-based Nashvilles with Strat pickups in both the pickguard positions. Anyone have one done up this way? G&L does one version of there Nashville (ASAT Classic S) with Strat-sized MFDs in both but I am genuinely curious if this is even remotely popular with Fender folks because it removes the traditional Tele neck pickup tone and aesthetic.

I have some parts in my bin that may contribute to a near-future mod or even build and that includes a pair of Texas Specials from an HSS Strat and a Texas Special Tele for bridge I got somewhere I can't even remember.

I'll probably call it my Texas Tele instead of Nashville. (Unless something else is already nicknamed the Texas Tele.)

Yeah, they got 'em. I had one like this a few years ago. Shoulda never sold it. Oh well, coulda, shoulda, woulda.

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[LGOberean]

I don't have a Nashville tele. I've thought about them a lot, but I've kind of come to the conclusion that the three pickup/5-way selector option isn't for me. I get the reticence to lose "the traditional Tele neck pickup tone." But that doesn't prompt me to want 5 switching options plus an S-1 or 7-way selector, or anything complicated like that. I've given up on the idea of having "one tele to rule them all."

I've got five teles, and I use each of them a little differently. Two have the traditional 3-way switch, two have a 4-way switch (but no S-1), and one has Bill Lawrence's Keystone pickup set for teles with his 5-way wiring scheme.

The latter does give me a half out of phase tone in the 2nd position, which approximates "Strat quack" well enough for my purposes. This switching/wiring system also gives me the standard bridge/both in parallel/neck selections (in selector positions 3, 4 & 5), and the neck pickup with 10% less low end in the 1st position. I call that 1st position "neck lite," and honestly, I don't use it much.

If a performance application warrants it, I'll take two of my teles to a gig. But most of the time I just use one of my two teles with the 4-way switch for gigging. That to me is the ideal in terms of both simplicity and versatility. It doesn't give me "quack," but I get most everything else I need from it.

 

[wabashslim]

3 pickups don't necessarily require a 5-way Strat switch. My Warmoth shown above has the usual 4-way parallel-series w/pull-volume to turn the middle on. Pulling the tone applies a .003 cap for the hollow-body-humbucker tone (one way to describe it). Now, the 3-position mini toggle does things that I've never seen discussed on this board or any other. Until I do, it's MY baby.

I also have a relatively unmolested 52RI with what I believe are the stock pickups for going au natural. I've considered doing the "half out of phase tone in the 2nd position, which approximates "Strat quack" well enough for my purposes."

 

[Tall-Fir]

I owned a G&L Classic S for quite a while. It was a beautiful guitar in sunburst with a non-C real fat neck great for bending. As my playing progressed into hybrid picking, I could never get used to the feel of the presence of the middle pickup—always in the way of my pick, something I decided I wanTed to change. I finally did sell the guitar. They are great guitars IMO. I now have several other G&L ASAT Classics for my playing. Love them all. The Classic S sounded great with seven different sounds with the three mfd pickups. I am happy, however, with my choice to continue on my country playing with the traditional pickup configuration. Many of the top notch players have a tele with the middle pickup, but it just wasn’t for me. Just something I thought I would mention.

 

[hotraman]

I'm blessed to have a 1999 Fender telecaster Nashville with a B bender. Wouldn't change a thing.

 

[Blues Twanger]

If I ever do get this Texas Tele built you all will be the first to see it.

 

[Paul45]

i was just killing time and came across this beauty...



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