Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: roland_rat on September 14, 2008, 01:46:07 PM
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Hi,
I have got a gordon smith tele thats not geting much play. It got the origanal gordon smith pickups in it. I was planning on upgrading the pickups to a set of brown sugar pickups. I have since realised that it looks like a strat pickup at the neck. So if I do this upgrade im looking at needing a new pick guard made for the smaller sized pickup at the neck. I was wondering if anyone had experience with a tele bridge pickup and strat neck pickup combination? What would you guys reccomend is there a combo that would work or is just bite the bullet for a new scratch plate.
I currently have a set of yardbirds in another tele and was looking for this one to have just a little bit more punch. Out of the clips I have heard of strat pickups the neck pickup on mothers milk is my fav though god knows what it would sound like in a tele.
So far I have not spoken to Tim this upgrade is most likely a couple of months off. Any help greatly appreciated guys.
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Tele neck pickups are traditionally weak, so a Strat neck pickup is a good option for better balance. If you like the Mothers Milk, I'd try that. Sounds like a good combo with a Broen Sugar to me :)
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Twinfan's suggestion sounds good to me.
And getting a new scratchplate might be a little tricky, typically Gordon-Smith use not-quite-standard sizes. You could always take a tracing though, and get one custom made.
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I have a Piledriver/Slowhand combo in one of my teles and really like it a lot. They balance well and they also have a nice contrast. I like the mother's milks too (I have them in a strat), but just wanted the Slowhand for a bit more mid punch on the tele.
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Thanks for advice guyys,
I was not looking forward to the cost of having a new pickguard made. Chances are it may be a couple of months till I actually get the pickups for this guitar but at least I got a plan as to what to get.
Thanks again
Gareth