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I just picked up a 1990 MIJ 69 Thinline RI. It has a maple neck with a maple fingerboard, semi-hollow mahogany body, and the regular tele pickup set. After setting it up with a 10-46 string set (Everly B-52's, great string BTW) it sounds fantastic unplugged. It is not as bright as my solidbody ash tele, but the low mids are more present and the highs have a very nice airyness to them that I love.
The only problem is the pickups. The stock pickups sound muffled and have much less output than the JD in my other tele and even the MM/SD Albert Lee setup. What kind of pickups should I get for this thing? Should I get the Vintage Rythm and a Broadcaster Lead? Maybe I should look into the stack series? I don't know. I think the JD would have too many mids and not enough highs in the guitar for the sound I want. thanks for the help, gentlemen.
I just picked up a 1990 MIJ 69 Thinline RI. It has a maple neck with a maple fingerboard, semi-hollow mahogany body, and the regular tele pickup set. After setting it up with a 10-46 string set (Everly B-52's, great string BTW) it sounds fantastic unplugged. It is not as bright as my solidbody ash tele, but the low mids are more present and the highs have a very nice airyness to them that I love.
The only problem is the pickups. The stock pickups sound muffled and have much less output than the JD in my other tele and even the MM/SD Albert Lee setup. What kind of pickups should I get for this thing? Should I get the Vintage Rythm and a Broadcaster Lead? Maybe I should look into the stack series? I don't know. I think the JD would have too many mids and not enough highs in the guitar for the sound I want. thanks for the help, gentlemen.
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