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Moe's Bluesman
*added clips to the page listed below*
I installed my tele Ants last night ...
in short, they are balanced and harmonically rich ... I'll try to make clips later, although I've practically stopped making clips since I got my recorder --- how ironic :sad:
I added a couple (crappy) pics to my ant page:
http://www.bluestheater.net/antiquities.html
I should say first that I still am more of a strat player, but I've been surrounded by tele players, and have kind of set out to figure teles out..
In that ash tele, I had a Broadcaster/ Vintage combo, then went to a JD in the bridge. I liked the crunch of the Broadcaster, but thought it was just a little bright in that ax. I liked the JD a little better for its nice harmonics and fat vocal tone, but I'd like to find the right neck pickup to make a nice balanced set - that, to me, seems to be the trick with teles.
If I get the feeling with a new set of pickups like I just can't put down my guitar, that's a good sign, and that's how I felt about the Ant set. They sounded good in all 3 positions ... the neck sounded nice when pushed, with a smooth overdrive tone; I like the bridge with some tone rolled off, cranking out crunch chords, and the mid position was a good clean rhythm tone. I don't know how Seymour does it (well, I know it's years and years of experience!) but both my Ant strat set and this tele set just seem richer harmonically, and that's what I like.
I installed my tele Ants last night ...
in short, they are balanced and harmonically rich ... I'll try to make clips later, although I've practically stopped making clips since I got my recorder --- how ironic :sad:
I added a couple (crappy) pics to my ant page:
http://www.bluestheater.net/antiquities.html
I should say first that I still am more of a strat player, but I've been surrounded by tele players, and have kind of set out to figure teles out..
In that ash tele, I had a Broadcaster/ Vintage combo, then went to a JD in the bridge. I liked the crunch of the Broadcaster, but thought it was just a little bright in that ax. I liked the JD a little better for its nice harmonics and fat vocal tone, but I'd like to find the right neck pickup to make a nice balanced set - that, to me, seems to be the trick with teles.
If I get the feeling with a new set of pickups like I just can't put down my guitar, that's a good sign, and that's how I felt about the Ant set. They sounded good in all 3 positions ... the neck sounded nice when pushed, with a smooth overdrive tone; I like the bridge with some tone rolled off, cranking out crunch chords, and the mid position was a good clean rhythm tone. I don't know how Seymour does it (well, I know it's years and years of experience!) but both my Ant strat set and this tele set just seem richer harmonically, and that's what I like.
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