Thinking about some Aesthetic Changes to my Tele...

[Butch Snyder]

I found a 3-ply black pickguard in my parts drawer and held it up to my Tele and thought it looked pretty good. It's a hum-single route. I thought it might look cool with my candy apple red Tele. the top pic is a mock-up of what it is currently. The pic below is what I'm thinking of changing to.

Current -

Option 1 -

Option 2 -

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Thinking about some Aesthetic Changes to my Tele...

Dig it!!!

I like the last one,the p/up cover kinda "counters" the bridge...

 

[jake_xms3_punk]

Re: Thinking about some Aesthetic Changes to my Tele...

Ye the covered neck hum would look cool. That's the great thing with fender style guitars, extremely easy to alter the overall look and sound of a guitar and its completely reversible.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Re: Thinking about some Aesthetic Changes to my Tele...

Okay, I made an executive decision and went with option 2. I like how the chrome cover of the neck pickup balances with the bridge assembly. The neck pickup is a great PAF humbucker but with 250k pots, it's a little darker than I would like. I'll adjust the pole screws up a bit and see what I get.

Option 2 -

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[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Thinking about some Aesthetic Changes to my Tele...

Got Blk knobs?

 

[Butch Snyder]

Re: Thinking about some Aesthetic Changes to my Tele...

Got Blk knobs?

Nope, gonna keep'em stock.

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Thinking about some Aesthetic Changes to my Tele...

I like it best as is. If you do switch to the neck humbucker, I like it better covered.

 

[d1dsj]

Re: Thinking about some Aesthetic Changes to my Tele...

Yep, that looks very cool indeed!

 

[925SS]

Re: Thinking about some Aesthetic Changes to my Tele...

Okay, I made an executive decision and went with option 2. I like how the chrome cover of the neck pickup balances with the bridge assembly. The neck pickup is a great PAF humbucker but with 250k pots, it's a little darker than I would like. I'll adjust the pole screws up a bit and see what I get.

Option 2 -

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I like the look
Could you bypass the tone circut (like a strat bridge) to brighten it up a bit

 

[ratherdashing]

Re: Thinking about some Aesthetic Changes to my Tele...

Yep, covered humbucker is the bestest.

 

[Kam]

Re: Thinking about some Aesthetic Changes to my Tele...

Red, black and maple is one of my absolute favourite colour schemes for a Tele. My next Tele is gonna be pretty similar. Good call on the covered 'bucker. I like that one best.

When I put a dark and fat P90 in the neck of my Tele, Pwdered Toast Man recommended the Fat Tele wiring to brighten it up a bit without losing the tone of the bridge pickup. It worked a treat.

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Thinking about some Aesthetic Changes to my Tele...

Nope, gonna keep'em stock.

Boo...

 

[TheLivingDead]

Re: Thinking about some Aesthetic Changes to my Tele...

2, eh?

That's gonna look great, man.

Pix when ya get it done!