S-D recommendations for a Thinline Tele?

ThreeChordWonder

ThreeChordWonder

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It'll be another DIY build.

Hopefully a half decent US made (but not Fender) body and a Fender licensed (but not made) neck, rosewood fingerboard, just because I like them.

I just want it to sound like a thinline should, no flavors or bias towards a particular musical genre, nothing iff the wall or too hot.

Thanks
 
What is it routed for? Original Wide Range Humbuckers? New standard humbuckers? Standard Tele single bridge and neck? Single bridge, wide range neck?
 
I always liked A2 pickups with thinlines (no experience with Tele thinlines, but with ES 335s).The thinlines tend to have a stronger attack, which is softened with A2s.
 
I see Antiquity, Antiquity II and Antiquity 55 sets. The EQ graphs look much the same and the tone sound samples always sound much of a muchness to me on my PC, let alone my phone.

Some are also available "aged" and "not aged". My preference would be for the latter.

The body isn't going to arrive for several weeks. I pushed the button on a Chinese not plywood - hopefully - mahogany last night. The wood choice bring down to personal preference for looks, very light, fully hollowed not half hollowed, and pre-finished.

Buying a decent neck will have to wait for more beer vouchers to accumulate now, so no real rush.
 
^ Reminds me of British and Italian cars from the 70s.

People used to (half) joke only the Italian car factories could make PLASTIC rust...
 
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^ Will do.

The body is on a slow boat from China (quite literally I expect), and I still have to find a modest neck I like the look of, so it'll probably be another month before assembly begins.
 
The La Brea pickups arrived at lunchtime and I'm now waiting for the Amazon van to deliver the rest of the electronics.

Initial confusion on the wiring colors on the bridge pickup was fixed by seeing which one had a lik to the baseplate, and I presume that's the negative or ground side.

The bridge pickup needs an independent casing ground, a third wire, to suit my intended 5-way superswitch wiring, so that's been done too. The solder blobs on the bottom of the pickup was un-soldered from the jumper to the coil negative / ground and a third wire attached in its place. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
 
ThreeChordWonder said:
The La Brea pickups arrived at lunchtime and I'm now waiting for the Amazon van to deliver the rest of the electronics.

Initial confusion on the wiring colors on the bridge pickup was fixed by seeing which one had a lik to the baseplate, and I presume that's the negative or ground side.

The bridge pickup needs an independent casing ground, a third wire, to suit my intended 5-way superswitch wiring, so that's been done too. The solder blobs on the bottom of the pickup was un-soldered from the jumper to the coil negative / ground and a third wire attached in its place. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
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Look forward to the review of these!
 
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