I know another tele question in the acoustic forum...

[martingibson70]

I played a standard red mim Nashville Tele. I loved the strat tones combined with the tele feel but I did not like the neck nor the looks of the guitar.

 

Ever hear of anyone modding a "good" existing tele into a Nashville by changing the $10 switch and adding a middle strat pup($25-75)?

[JasmineTea]

Yes, I imagine that's how it got started.

[Frets99]

Yes, a number of people have made that mod. It's a matter of personal taste.

[martingibson70]

Thanks for the feedback. As usual, this post was buried in the electric forum.

 

I'm considering it.

[JasmineTea]

Try this. I can't vouch for it but it looks interesting. http://www.telemodders.com/

[Terry Allan Hall]

 

Originally posted by martingibson70 I played a standard red mim Nashville Tele. I loved the strat tones combined with the tele feel but I did not like the neck nor the looks of the guitar. Ever hear of anyone modding a "good" existing tele into a Nashville by changing the $10 switch and adding a middle strat pup($25-75)?

 

 

I've converted several, including my own MIJ tele (my '64 MIA is strictly un-modified).

 

Recently, a client brought his back and is having me replace the original single-coil (neck P/U) w/ a Gibson tapped 'bucker, thus giving him a few more tonal colors to work with...bucker/bucker tapped (neck)/strat (middle)/Tele (bridge). Should be interesting!

[martingibson70]

Great info. I especially liked the tele mod web site. That made me feel better about modding an already great guitar. I went for it. I dropped it an extremely reputable shop. They are also grounding and spraying the bridge pup to reduce noise, and tweaking the setup. Total cost $150. I've gotten guitars repaired and set up here before. They always come back better.

 

BTW, I just traded my Rivera Pubster 45 for a 1968 all original Super Reverb.

[tiger roach]

G&L makes a 3-pup version of the ASAT that is worth looking into as well.