Hongteck
I have a Telecaster Deluxe Plus which previously had a Blue Lace Sensor P/U at the neck and 2 Red Lace Sensor P/U's at the bridge. They sucked! Over the summer I decided to change them. I took off the pickguard and discovered that I had enough room to add a middle pickup without additional routing. After doing a lot of research on different brands and styles of pickups, I bought 2 Rio Grande Tall Boy P/U's for the neck & middle and a Seymour Duncan APH-1 humbucker for the bridge (all used). I also changed the 3-way switch to a 5-way Megaswitch (from Stewart MacDonald). At pos. #1 (the SD) I can get a nice Les Paul tone, really crunchy like early ZZ Top. Pos. #2 & #4 I get a real nice Strat quack, crystal clear! Pos. #5 gets a nice, sweet jazz tone. And in pos. #3 I get the Tele tone, just like a standard Tele with both P/U's activated. So, out of this setup, I'm getting tones as if I had 3 or 4 different guitars! And I'm planning on buying the Snarling Dogs Veri-Tone pedal to add even more tonal choices. I highly recommend the Rio Grande Tall Boys, and the SD APH-1 if you want a nice breakup but not harsh. And I HIGHLY recommend the Stew-Mac "E" Model Megaswitch if you want a bunch of different tones out of your P/U's.
Jim
