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previous: FredG Well, after 30 years of being stric... -- 9/11/1999 2:34 AM

Re: Q's from a Tele virgin (long) - Steve A. take note !

9/12/1999 5:27 AM
Steve A.	Re: Q's from a Tele virgin (long) - Steve A. take note ! Fred: With the 3 pickups, you ought to look into the Sup'rStrat wiring harness on my site: 9 different linkages using a stock 5 way switch and something like a DPDT p-p pot to access the alternate linkages. To get humcancelling linkages with the neck and bridge pickups, I switched the bridge and middle pickups on one of my strats. Unfortunately you would not have that option with your Nashville Tele (that would have a strat middle pickup between the tele neck and bridge pickups- right?) One solution to that would be to find a tele bridge pickup that is RWRP compared to your neck pickup. (I believe that DiM pickups are "backwards" compared to SD's and Fenders, but I'm not sure if that means that they are of both Reverse Winding and Reverse Polarity.) Steve Ahola P.S. Those string retainers are supposed to fall out when the spring breaks so that you have to order replacements from Fender. They figure that you will like the guitar so much that you will never buy another guitar so they need to nickle and dime you to death buying string retainers (or whatever they are called). And without replacing the entire bridge you may be able to find some heavier saddles that fit.

9/12/1999 5:27 AM

Steve A.

Re: Q's from a Tele virgin (long) - Steve A. take note !

Fred:

    With the 3 pickups, you ought to look into the Sup'rStrat wiring harness on my site: 9 different linkages using a stock 5 way switch and something like a DPDT p-p pot to access the alternate linkages.

    To get humcancelling linkages with the neck and bridge pickups, I switched the bridge and middle pickups on one of my strats. Unfortunately you would not have that option with your Nashville Tele (that would have a strat middle pickup between the tele neck and bridge pickups- right?) One solution to that would be to find a tele bridge pickup that is RWRP compared to your neck pickup. (I believe that DiM pickups are "backwards" compared to SD's and Fenders, but I'm not sure if that means that they are of both Reverse Winding and Reverse Polarity.)

Steve Ahola

P.S. Those string retainers are supposed to fall out when the spring breaks so that you have to order replacements from Fender. They figure that you will like the guitar so much that you will never buy another guitar so they need to nickle and dime you to death buying string retainers (or whatever they are called).

    And without replacing the entire bridge you may be able to find some heavier saddles that fit.