New American Professional...Struggling with V-Mods

I really like the tone from the vmods. I’ve always been a humbucker type until I got this AmPro about 1.5 years ago and it’s my #1. I wouldn’t trade it for nothing. I’d be interested in acquiring another set if anyone is looking to get rid of them. I’d like to put them in my Squier thinline.

 

Indeed. My 2017 Ampro ( Olympic White ) has that too, some kind of divine mating in the pocket and all the other components working in concert.

Honestly, it's just so comfortable and feels so good to play and more than the sum of its parts. The specs only tell part of the story.

Your gray guitar is beautiful

 

I bought a new American Professional Stratocaster right after the holidays. I love the look, the feel, and the quality of the guitar, but I also disliked the sound of the V-Mod pickups. Just way too bright for my taste.

I planned on replacing at least the neck pickup right after buying the guitar, but as someone mentioned in an earlier post. I lowered the pickups and the sound of the V-Mod pickups improved considerably.

Now I’ll probably keep the V-Mod pickups in the guitar, even though I prefer the tone of the stock pickups in my older American Standard Stratocaster.

 

I tried at least six different Am Pros before choosing mine. There was a lot of variation. Mine had the biggest neck and was the only one to have low-string twang.

 

I’ve been curious about this too. How consistent are the necks (or any particular part) in a particular line of guitars? Do you have a way to accurately measure your neck? I have a digital caliper. I’d be interested in comparing measurements of several other AmPro Tele necks and see what the consistency is.

 

Hydrated necks in the unfinished rosewood Am Pro are different than a dry neck!

I posted about that a few weeks ago

https://www.tdpri.com/threads/disappointed-american-limited-edition.1009706/

 

I ran into weak pickups ( noiseless) on my Nashville Tele. I raised them up a bit, readjusted my Bassbreaker 15 amp, and things livened up

 

Nice looking Tele, congrats.

 

There's a measure of hand work involved still, one imagines. I found a noticeable difference, especially when you moved up past the 12th.

 

Necks very a good bit at least I can feel the difference
For example my jimmy page mirror tele has a first fret measurement of .83
And I’ve seen them from .79-.86

It might be small but it’s noticeable

 

Every guitar has a unique character and tone.