This is along the lines of the last thread (knowing a guitar) but I'm looking for some specific advice on a mod that I am planning on getting done to my electric. To begin with, someone in that thread mentioned a friend who was a skilled player but wouldn't even go so far as to change his own strings. Well, I change my own strings, but I didn't even start doing that until I'd been playing for three or four years, and that's currently about as far as my knowledge extends. So this mod will be done by a trained professional. Anyway, on to the mod...
I have a circa mid-eighties Japanese Telecaster with a custom pickup arrangement of S/S/H (dunno the brand of p-ups). I've been playing the guitar for about five years now and I'm pretty comfortable with it. I like the way it plays and the tone is decent, but I'm not all that impressed with the electronics. While the tone is ok, it lacks some consistency; a little murky in the lows and something...the volume or presence or something...changes between each range. I can't seem to work these discrepencies out with my amp's EQ and the tone knob on the guitar is useful only from like the 8.5 to 10 section of the dial. I've been able to deal with these things for as long as I've had the guitar, but now I have the proper funds and the interest to make a change.
So I'm planning to upgrade to EMGs to give me a little boost and some consistency in my tone. Here's my proposal. I think I want the EMG-FT in the neck, a EMG-RT in the middle, and maybe an 81 in the bridge for a humbucker. Contrary to what someone said in the "How well do you know your guitar" thread, I'm a Tele owner who isn't all that concerned with "that Tele sound." I just want sweet tone with some bite.
So if anyone has any personal and/or professional knowledge and/or actual experience with such a mod, please let me know what you think. I mean, I know that the RT is designed with the bridge position in mind, but it should sound fine in the middle, right? Also, there are combo EMG systems that include two single coil SAs and either an 81 or an 85 in the bridge. Would this be better for what I have in mind? I've read that the EMG-FT is EMG's best pickup and is designed for a Telecaster so I think I want that incorporated. But as I mentioned earlier, the Tele sound isn't my number one priority so maybe the FT is too much. I love the guitar but is the entire mod too much money for the guitar that's being modified? Anyway, I'm uncertain. Be honest. Any advice is welcomed.
gritzy
I have a circa mid-eighties Japanese Telecaster with a custom pickup arrangement of S/S/H (dunno the brand of p-ups). I've been playing the guitar for about five years now and I'm pretty comfortable with it. I like the way it plays and the tone is decent, but I'm not all that impressed with the electronics. While the tone is ok, it lacks some consistency; a little murky in the lows and something...the volume or presence or something...changes between each range. I can't seem to work these discrepencies out with my amp's EQ and the tone knob on the guitar is useful only from like the 8.5 to 10 section of the dial. I've been able to deal with these things for as long as I've had the guitar, but now I have the proper funds and the interest to make a change.
So I'm planning to upgrade to EMGs to give me a little boost and some consistency in my tone. Here's my proposal. I think I want the EMG-FT in the neck, a EMG-RT in the middle, and maybe an 81 in the bridge for a humbucker. Contrary to what someone said in the "How well do you know your guitar" thread, I'm a Tele owner who isn't all that concerned with "that Tele sound." I just want sweet tone with some bite.
So if anyone has any personal and/or professional knowledge and/or actual experience with such a mod, please let me know what you think. I mean, I know that the RT is designed with the bridge position in mind, but it should sound fine in the middle, right? Also, there are combo EMG systems that include two single coil SAs and either an 81 or an 85 in the bridge. Would this be better for what I have in mind? I've read that the EMG-FT is EMG's best pickup and is designed for a Telecaster so I think I want that incorporated. But as I mentioned earlier, the Tele sound isn't my number one priority so maybe the FT is too much. I love the guitar but is the entire mod too much money for the guitar that's being modified? Anyway, I'm uncertain. Be honest. Any advice is welcomed.
gritzy
