HH pickup selection challenge! Mahog tele w. trem

GrooveHT

GrooveHT

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Gents,
I have an all mahogany tele-style guitar with a mahogany neck and ebony board, and predictably it's a little on the dark side. I currently have two 36th anniversary pickups in it, but even with those it's a tad bit dark. In my stash, I have JB and Distortion bridge, and 59 and Jazz neck models, and I figure I have plenty of good combinations there to try before I look elsewhere. What do I try first, and what value volume and tone pot do I put with it? As dark as the guitar seems, 500k pots seem the way to go, but what are your thoughts?
 
Re: HH pickup selection challenge! Mahog tele w. trem

GrooveHT said:
Gents,
I have an all mahogany tele-style guitar with a mahogany neck and ebony board, and predictably it's a little on the dark side. I currently have two 36th anniversary pickups in it, but even with those it's a tad bit dark. In my stash, I have JB and Distortion bridge, and 59 and Jazz neck models, and I figure I have plenty of good combinations there to try before I look elsewhere. What do I try first, and what value volume and tone pot do I put with it? As dark as the guitar seems, 500k pots seem the way to go, but what are your thoughts?
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I'd go 500k DD/Bridge, Jazz/Neck for starters.
 
Re: HH pickup selection challenge! Mahog tele w. trem

I'd put the Jazz in the neck position and the '59n in the bridge position. Both of those bridge pickups that you have will be darker than a 36th Anniversary. The '59n makes a better bridge pickup than a neck pickup IMO (and a better bridge pickup than the '59b).
 
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