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replayboy
01-08-2009, 01:57 PM
Hi Guys, firstly a genuine thanks to those who offered help with my guitar pictures etc when selling my new Anderson hollow drop top T. ( see Sad Day)
I took it off Ebay and sold it to a friend so there is an outside chance i may get it back in the future?
So, one of the things i thought was great with the new guitar was i had a strat VA5 pickup in the neck and TV3 in the bridge, question is can i get a similar sounding pickup maybe with the silver cover to go in the neck of my fender 52 thin skin re issue tele? I would be happy with one of Tom's but if not, what pickup maker has one that sounds like a vintage strat neck pickup but will fit the Tele?
Any ideas?

tom
01-08-2009, 02:37 PM
since the tele pu is smaller we use smaller wire than on the VA5 to get enough output to match as close as we can. so we don't have a "VA5" sounding pu that fits under the chrome cover. the staggered magnets will also make it different.
someone else may make something, but i expect it would be noticeably different sounding.

1990hollow-t
01-09-2009, 04:32 PM
Harmonic Design do a mini Strat pup for the neck that doesn't require any mods for size.Its uncovered however.....(Just scroll down)


http://www.harmonicdesign.net/allpages/teles.html