Beauty Contest.... For my Tele (Take2)

Beauty Contest.... For my Tele (Take2)

  • #1

    Votes: 4 13.8%

  • #2

    Votes: 3 10.3%

  • #3

    Votes: 2 6.9%

  • #4

    Votes: 7 24.1%

  • #5

    Votes: 10 34.5%

  • Leave it stock

    Votes: 1 3.4%

  • Rob Option.... Sell it and buy a Les Paul

    Votes: 2 6.9%
  • Total voters
    29
  • Poll closed .
Re: Beauty Contest.... For my Tele (Take2)

LEt me tell you about the time Aceman had a Tele....

Honestly, WTF is that gold cover in #3? Back to my Tele:

Duncan Tele bridge of your choice.
Middle: Hot rails tapped for splitting with a push/pull on the tone pot
Neck: Pearly gates in double black

Wire this thing with a five way switch, B, B+M, M, M+N slug coil, N

All kinds of awesome....

However, I do dig the P-90 goodness. Is a P-rails an option? -Rails plus a Hotrails would be super awesome too!
 
Re: Beauty Contest.... For my Tele (Take2)

You should probably decide what kind of sound you want from the neck before deciding based on looks alone.

From those offered, I, personally, would most likely go with the P-90 neck and no middle pickup. I've never liked the sound of middle pickups, though.

I agree with Aceman, though. A P-rails could be really sweet.

Also, what's up those weird-ass half-breed headstocks? Did you do those with Kisakae? I assume they got hit by copyright issues or something?
 
Re: Beauty Contest.... For my Tele (Take2)

you need a single/ full sized Humbucker option, so i refuse to vote .
 
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Re: Beauty Contest.... For my Tele (Take2)

I like #5 best for appearance and for the tonal possibilities with a JD bridge, vintage P-90 neck and 4-way switching.
 
Re: Beauty Contest.... For my Tele (Take2)

Aceman said:
LEt me tell you about the time Aceman had a Tele....

Honestly, WTF is that gold cover in #3? Back to my Tele:

Duncan Tele bridge of your choice.
Middle: Hot rails tapped for splitting with a push/pull on the tone pot
Neck: Pearly gates in double black

Wire this thing with a five way switch, B, B+M, M, M+N slug coil, N

All kinds of awesome....

However, I do dig the P-90 goodness. Is a P-rails an option? -Rails plus a Hotrails would be super awesome too!
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I have a Gibson Mini HB with a gold cover from somewhere laying around, and I wanted to see how it would look to install that. I don't know if it's possible/easy to change the cover on it to chrome.
I dunno about the Hotrails I'm not really a hard rocker, the P-Rails is a possibility though.
 
Re: Beauty Contest.... For my Tele (Take2)

Kam said:
You should probably decide what kind of sound you want from the neck before deciding based on looks alone.

From those offered, I, personally, would most likely go with the P-90 neck and no middle pickup. I've never liked the sound of middle pickups, though.

I agree with Aceman, though. A P-rails could be really sweet.

Also, what's up those weird-ass half-breed headstocks? Did you do those with Kisakae? I assume they got hit by copyright issues or something?
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Well, I am kind of all over the place musically. But I prefer warm clean tones. I use light overdrive at times, but nothing extreme.
I play, more classic rock, some jazz, and some punkish kind of stuff.
Like I said, I'm all over the place.
Basically I want to keep a nice tele sound in the bridge, but something a bit warmer and beefier in the neck.
I had a JazzN in there once upon a time, it was cool, but not really what I would call warm, nor really organic sounding.
I do like P90's and am kind of leaning that way, but I have this Mini HB laying around that might be a good fit too.
 
Re: Beauty Contest.... For my Tele (Take2)

YES! someone else voted for the LP too!

whomever you are you rock brother... you rock!
 
Re: Beauty Contest.... For my Tele (Take2)

Kam said:
Also, what's up those weird-ass half-breed headstocks? Did you do those with Kisakae? I assume they got hit by copyright issues or something?
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I used the V Guitar builder on USACG's site.
 
Re: Beauty Contest.... For my Tele (Take2)

I would say 1 and 2 will give you more sound options. 5 could be a simple and yet very useful set up. I would have to say in all honesty I have no experience with P-90s or mini-buckers.
 
Re: Beauty Contest.... For my Tele (Take2)

I voted #5, but I'm a little torn because I also liked #4 almost as much...

Whatever you do, don't use gold anything...just doesn't look right.
 
Re: Beauty Contest.... For my Tele (Take2)

#5
Tele bridge pu is the the best pu ever made. Followed by P90.
There, I said it.
 
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