Eeeeeek! I've gone and bought an 2012 American Standard Tele, it should be here tomorrow! Can't wait to pop my Tele cherry! Unfortunately upgrades to noiseless pups will have to wait for my wallet to recover. I'm also waiting to hand some money over to Danny... I may as well learn to enjoy single coils.
EDIT: Finally got it home. Photos in this post: http://nzguitars.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 30#p718317
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Cool. Congrats. Don't rush to sanitise it. Standard pickups can sound great.codedog wrote:Eeeeeek! I've gone and bought an 2012 American Standard Tele, it should be here tomorrow! Can't wait to pop my Tele cherry! Unfortunately upgrades to noiseless pups will have to wait for my wallet to recover. I'm also waiting to hand some money over to Danny... I may as well learn to enjoy single coils.
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The standard pickups actually sound really nice clean, especially with generous reverb. I'm just a little apprehensive about tweaking that gain.Molly wrote: Cool. Congrats. Don't rush to sanitise it. Standard pickups can sound great.
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you really need to wait until it arrives for pics dude....no one likes rushing 
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Yeah, you're probably right. I've done this twice nowwillow13 wrote:you really need to wait until it arrives for pics dude....no one likes rushing
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Lots of great pickup options. Teles weren't meant to be noiseless and polite. That part of the charm. Also three brass saddles it must have.
Check out cavalier pickups. The lion and lioness are particularly toneful twangers
Check out cavalier pickups. The lion and lioness are particularly toneful twangers
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Gain is an abomination!codedog wrote:The standard pickups actually sound really nice clean, especially with generous reverb. I'm just a little apprehensive about tweaking that gain.Molly wrote: Cool. Congrats. Don't rush to sanitise it. Standard pickups can sound great.
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What pickups does the 2012 have? I have a 2014 and the broadcaster bridge loves grunt
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Custom Shop Fat 50s I believe, now they have different C/S pickups in emnull_pointer wrote:What pickups does the 2012 have? I have a 2014 and the broadcaster bridge loves grunt
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It's the broadcaster in the bridge too. http://www.musicradar.com/reviews/guita ... 012-553095null_pointer wrote:What pickups does the 2012 have? I have a 2014 and the broadcaster bridge loves grunt
Did you keep yours all stock?
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Yep ain't changing a thingcodedog wrote:It's the broadcaster in the bridge too. http://www.musicradar.com/reviews/guita ... 012-553095null_pointer wrote:What pickups does the 2012 have? I have a 2014 and the broadcaster bridge loves grunt
Did you keep yours all stock?
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The one I played had really low action and a set of 9s. The strings were flapping in the breeze. I'm not a shredder, I imagine that's the first change I'll have to make.null_pointer wrote: Yep ain't changing a thing
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10-46 elixirs and a clean is all I did to this onecodedog wrote:The one I played had really low action and a set of 9s. The strings were flapping in the breeze. I'm not a shredder, I imagine that's the first change I'll have to make.null_pointer wrote: Yep ain't changing a thing
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Should be clear - without a pickup change or ridiculous compression-level OD you will always get grit with Tele's, but that's their charm.