Jerry Donahue Lead?

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I've been looking at all of these Tele modding threads and started to think about modding my own MIM Tele. Currently it has a standard Tele 3-way, a QP neck and bridge, and a master bass cut switch along with the standard volume and tone.

What I was looking at was replacing the neck and bridge with a Seth Lover and Jerry Donahue Lead pickup. My question was, does the JD have enough bass so that if I turned on the bass cut switch, the bridge position wouldn't be too thin sounding.

I hear this is a mighty versatile set, and I don't want to have to remove the bass cut switch, because that would mean I would need to get a new control plate, plus it's rather useful for the neck pickup if I want something more jazzy.
 
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Maybe wire the bass cut to only affect the neck pickup? I'm gonna wire my tone knob to only affect the bridge.
 
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Oh, I forgot to mention. I use the Liberator system, and do not currently have a soldering iron. I might be willing to get a soldering iron if I ever get enough of an interest to amass the big collections of guitars that some of you guys have, but I don't really want to spend money on a soldering iron and solder if I'm only going to use it to move one cap.
 
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The JD has plenty of bass. I've never used it with a bass cut switch- but I'd imagine you'd like the JD so much, it wouldn't need one. The Seth/JD combo is my fav for Teles.
 
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The JD has plenty of bass. I've never used it with a bass cut switch- but I'd imagine you'd like the JD so much, it wouldn't need one. The Seth/JD combo is my fav for Teles.

So you're saying that I should be good keeping the bass cut switch in and that it would still give me a useful sound in the bridge only position?
 
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Well, you can try it, but I've never really used that kind of wiring with the JD...it sounds great as it is.
 
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