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Post subject: Strat to Telecaster modification
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 11:11 am
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Strat to Telecaster modification; has anyone tried this? I gave it a try on a Fender Starcaster and I ended up with something like a weird out of phase sound. I ended up putting it back the way it was and the guitar sounds fine, so I was wondering if anyone else has tried this and what were the results. Below is the youtube link explaining the mod.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PJ8PLZ3jyk


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Post subject: Re: Strat to Telecaster modification
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:28 am
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If you really are looking for tele type sounds from a Strat the easiest thing to do is to switch out the bridge pickup with a duncan Twang Banger. IMHO their best strat pickup, very versatile. The sounds retains the characteristic chime of a strat but a bit twangier. Another easy mod is to add a push-pull and go for the 7 way strat wiring:

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/t ... tocaster-1

With this you can add the bridge pickup to any position. This allows you to get the neck/bridge type tele sound. Did this awhile ago to my strat thinking it would be a bit noisy but it is incredibly quiet, of course I have a pretty well shielded guitar and with a bit of eq tweaking can minimize the noise.


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Post subject: Re: Strat to Telecaster modification
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 8:54 pm
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tabeck5,

Thanks for the reply and I think the seven sound mod is the way to go for me.

I still would like to solve the mystery of why I got an out of phase sound when I simply moved two wires on the pickup selector switch.

Anyway if anyone has any ideas I'd like to hear them.


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Post subject: Re: Strat to Telecaster modification
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 5:30 pm
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Since the Squiers are all routed for HB bridges (which is awesome), why not just order a pickguard from Warmoth with the Tele bridge and neck pickup routes, and then put tele P'ups in the strat? Clean, easy, and a Tele-fied Strat in your hands.


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