So, I'm "reformatting" my 2019 Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster. It's and alder body maple neck, pau ferro fretboard with a heavy stainless steel bridge with six saddles; like the old American Standards. Stock, they come with a set of Fender Vintage Noiseless pickups; a Tele set and a Vintage Noiseless Strat pickup in the middle.
I am "reformatting" it. Removing the bridge and replacing it with a Wilkinson ashtray assembly with compensated brass saddles; as well as removing the pickups. I have another T-style for them. I want to make this one a 2-pickup Telecaster. I installed a set of Fender Tex Mex Tele pickups and they don't sound all that great. My Baja Tele (ash body and maple neck) sounded great with the Tex Mex's when I tried them in that guitar. That guitar now has a JD/APS-1 combo with the Jerry Donahue wiring.
I don't want another JD. The Tex Mex's, in the Nashville are a little thin. I attribute that to the the pau ferro fretboard and bridge assembly. So, I need a new pickup set that are loud, proud, meaty, and still twangy. I was thinking about the La Brea set. BTW, here's a before and after of my Nashville Telecaster.
I am "reformatting" it. Removing the bridge and replacing it with a Wilkinson ashtray assembly with compensated brass saddles; as well as removing the pickups. I have another T-style for them. I want to make this one a 2-pickup Telecaster. I installed a set of Fender Tex Mex Tele pickups and they don't sound all that great. My Baja Tele (ash body and maple neck) sounded great with the Tex Mex's when I tried them in that guitar. That guitar now has a JD/APS-1 combo with the Jerry Donahue wiring.
I don't want another JD. The Tex Mex's, in the Nashville are a little thin. I attribute that to the the pau ferro fretboard and bridge assembly. So, I need a new pickup set that are loud, proud, meaty, and still twangy. I was thinking about the La Brea set. BTW, here's a before and after of my Nashville Telecaster.
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