Need suggestions

welmo

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Hi, I just bought a lil 59/vintage stack set and am thinking of putting them in an am vintage tele. Since they have 4 conductor, was thinking of using a super switch or mega switch, along with a couple of push pull tone and volume.
I wanted your input as to what combinations would you recommend.
Also, if I mod it and add a strat middle pickup, what additional combinations would you suggest?
Thanks for the input!

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Re: Need suggestions

I am in the middle of my first Tele build so I am in no position to really say much concerning a Tele.

What is the goal here? What tone are you looking for? OR are you just wanting to experiment? If so, nothing wrong with that at all! Give it a go and you will be more knowledgeable regardless of whether you like it or not. :)
 
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I'm looking for the most useful and versatile combinations I can get

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I'm looking for the most useful and versatile combinations I can get

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Useful and versatile for what? What is this guitar going to be used for–personal/solo use? Playing in a band/group?

What style of music do you play?

What gear do you have? Amp(s)? Processor(s)?

Are you wanting Vintage tones? Rock tones? Metal tones?

By "Vintage" Tele are you saying it is an original old Tele or is it just a Tele made to vintage specs? (if a true old Vintage Fender then I wouldn't go modding it to have a Middle Pickup)


Not trying to dog you with questions, just we need to know what the end use of the guitar will be. :)
 
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It's an american vintage tele, as stated, and I play mainly rock. I mean useful, because sometimes you get some combinations which, in practice, are never used or are very similar to others. Hope it helps

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It's an american vintage tele, as stated

AH, missed the "am" as American ;) There are several years of those and depending on which vintage will better help determine which route you need to go. I'm assuming it is like a '52 or '58 Vintage but I'm pretty sure there were other vintage Teles.

Do you know what pickups are in it?

The Broadcaster pickups (I believe something like '50-'51) had really hot bridge pickups while the Nocasters on down through the 60s Telecasters typically had lower output than the Broadcaster (Broadcaster then lawsuit so it became a Nocaster and then the Telecaster.)

My personal opinion would be to not route for a middle pickup on this Tele–you will lose your value in the guitar, IMO. If you want a Strat middle pickup then perhaps you need a Strat too? ;)

Since you already have the Lil 59 and Vintage Stack then give them a try just to see how they are different–not so sure how significant the tone will change between the Stock and the Vintage Stack BUT it will be much cleaner as you will lose the single coil hum. So I'd say give it a go! Worse thing that happen is you have more experience with different pickups! You may love it or you may not, but you will be all the more wiser ;)

And I play mainly rock. I mean useful, because sometimes you get some combinations which, in practice, are never used or are very similar to others. Hope it helps

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What is wrong with the current pickups?

What do you want changed? More output? More sustain? Less trebly?

Seriously, I'm not trying to ram questions down your throat its just that we have no idea where to help lead you. We can tell you what has worked for us BUT we come from just about all ranges of music...more useful for rock is really broad. Kike are you playing classic rock or soft rock or hard rock or southern rock or etc...? Are you mainly lead or rhythm?

What do you find lacking with this guitar when you play it?

Just because its never been used doesn't mean its the wrong choice–I found a DiMarzio Liquifire pairs beautifully with a Seymour Duncan Screamin Demon, that is a pretty unconventional combo but it worked for me.

Again, not trying to hound you or anything just need to know what is lacking/what you want changed...
 
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Well, the reason for the change is to experiment and have a super versatile axe. For that vintage tone I already have CS teles.

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I've put a megaswitch in ( the one that allows you the PRS rotary com inations) , but found one of the coils in the combinations sounding strange. Could it be that the neck is a stack model, and that limits the possibility of choosing one coil or the other?

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It's been fixed!I just had to change the wires. Now it's super versatile

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It's been fixed!I just had to change the wires. Now it's super versatile

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