Mahogany Tele Build

[GuitarDoc]

Hey! I finally made a tone test just for you guys on the SDUGF. It shows each pickup position and what that sounds like, both clean and dirty.

I hope you enjoy it

https://youtu.be/-qOYTad1cck

Man, I love that 1/4 pounder all by itself!!

[ImmortalSix]

Man, I love that 1/4 pounder all by itself!!

Yeah! It's great - this is my first time using one and I'm impressed so far. Really lives up to it's description of getting humbucker type fat tones. It sounds strangely like a regular Telecaster pickup clean, but dirty it really feels big

[jeremy]

nice lick. wonder where ya heard that?

[ImmortalSix]

nice lick. wonder where ya heard that?

Haha I told you I made it just for the SDUGF

[GuitarStv]

That clip was mostly the Quarter Pounder bridge pickup. I love that pickup.

EDIT: I had the switch backwards (up was bridge, down was neck) and have since remedied that to make more sense. You're not seeing things, though, I had the switch "up" in that clip

I agree that the mini hum is more muddy than anything else right now. I think I know why - I have it on a 250K audio-taper pot, and I need/want to change that to a 500K linear taper pot.

250K to 500K will brighten it somewhat. And audio taper is nice for volume or tone sometimes, but I think I actually prefer linear taper across the board. For this Blend pot, even more so - it does nothing from 1-9, then from 9-10 it goes from barely detectable to overpowering the other pickups. Linear will sort that out.

I looked in my email and I bought all these parts in 2011 (!) when I was less informed.

As you may have guessed, I am a tinkerer (aren't we all, if we landed on the SDUGF?) so changing things here and there is fun/interesting for me

Failing that, as a worst case scenario just replace it with a firebird pickup and you should be able to get the same dark tones but with much brighter options. And it'll still look the same. :P

[GuitarDoc]

I agree. If changing the pot doesn't do it, a Firebird should help with the brightness.

[ImmortalSix]

That's an interesting recommendation - I hadn't thought about Firebird pickups at all. Thanks for the rec!

[GuitarDoc]

I think that's going to make your guitar as awesome as it can get. Good luck.