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Post subject: MIM Tele upgrades
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:26 pm
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Hello all, I am sure this is covered but didn't see it recently...anyway I am looking for suggestions on upgrading my MIM Tele. I love the guitar but the pickups seem a bit weak, and also wondering of the vintage brass bridge would help in the sustain dept. Thanks!


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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:58 pm
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Personally, I'm a fan of the six barrel saddle vintage style bridge. The barrels are brass, but they're chrome plated so you get the best of both worlds (fashion and function). I don't know that it would make that much of a difference though, to be honest. As far as pickups, I just built myself my own version of the Hotrod '52 tele. The body you have should be routed to fit the mini-bucker in the neck position already, so all you'd need is the pick-guard (Guitar Fetish has a great selection for pretty cheap) and the pickups. You'll also want to change the stock pots from 250k to 500k.

Actually, even if you kept your stock p'ups and swapped the pots you'd be amazed at the difference in output. It will sound like a completely different guitar. One of my franken-strats is set up with 500k pots right now and it sounds pretty mean. If you're competent with a soldering iron, swapping out the pots will be about the easiest mod you can do while having a huge impact on the overall tone of the guitar. Best of all not only do you not have to remove the strings with a tele to do so, but it shouldn't cost you more than $10-$15 for both pots. So, if you're just getting started modding, you don't have to worry about screwing anything up. Worst case scenario, you fry the post and are out $15.

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