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OTHG_Wayne
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06/12/2006 6:12 pm
Ok, here we go. If this is answered somewhere else, I'm sorry but I couldn't find it.

I have an American made Strat. I want a Tele, but financially, that is not going to happen for a while. So, to get more twang from my Strat, I am believing a bridge pickup change may be in order.

Is it as simple as refitting my strat with a tele pickup or is that an over simplification? :confused: Any advice would be appreciated.
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06/12/2006 9:09 pm
I believe the tele bridge pick-up has some sort of earth to the bridge so no its not a straight forward pick-up swap, if you want a 'tele twang' you need to change one of the pots for a push/pull type and modify your wiring so you can connect the neck and bridge pick-ups, you can probably find this mod on the guitar nuts site, hope this helps.
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06/13/2006 2:49 pm
Thanks for the reply strat-man. I checked out GuitarNuts.com and there is one bunch of info there, almost too much. From everything I've read over there, they really don't speak to running a Tele PU on a strat. If I do put the tele PU on my strat and I do get it wired correctly, will my strat begin to sound more like a Tele? Or is there more to the Tele sound than just a pickup?

Thanks again and if anyone else has been here before please speak up.
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06/14/2006 12:35 am
or get this....http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/MXR-M102-Dyna-Comp-Compressor-Pedal?sku=151101
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06/14/2006 4:30 am
That sound that you get from telecaster ,that biting twang and smooth sound, isn't just from the pickups. Try playing a tele unplugged in a quite room and then do the same with a strat. It's much different.
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06/14/2006 5:54 pm
Are you saying that I can't get there from here?
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06/16/2006 11:58 am
i think, itll be a strat quack...
i was experimentin it with my H-S-S strat...
u know, removed n filled the mid pickup, n rewired the bridge-neck pickups...
im not sure but, it was like phase out parallel or smthin...
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06/16/2006 2:44 pm
Red, I'm not sure I followed you. What you mean by " it was like phase out parallel or smthin..."?

Thanks man!
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06/17/2006 5:38 am
Originally Posted by: OTHG_WayneRed, I'm not sure I followed you. What you mean by " it was like phase out parallel or smthin..."?

Thanks man!


means wiring pickups like "- neck + +brigde-"
not sure about serial or parallel, but itll be both more quaky n treble...

still far away from signature tele twang...
u know its not depends on the twang factor, theres some natural distortion in tele bridge pickups... also vintage tele bridges helps the tone...
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06/17/2006 5:56 am
Thanks Red! ;)
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