Hiya,
I've been agonizing about my AmSe Tele for a while now. I thought of selling it, countouring & refinishing the body, & buying a new body for it. It's an alder body w/rosewood board.
Coutouring & refinishing - Not ideal, I'm a BAD woodworker, & I HATE to paint. Stick to my strengths, I guess.
New body - Maybe it'll work out, maybe not. Hmm.
It occurs to me that in actuality, it's a fine instrument, but next to my G&L ASAT Classic, it sounds kind of wimpy & generic.
The last option before I sell it & look for something more suitable - a pickup swap. I've never swapped pups before, so I don't know much about the various brands.
So, your suggestions please-
I'm looking for a pickup set that's not necessarily louder, but more dynamic, more 3-D than standard tele pups. my guitar is pretty dark, so something that would compensate for that would be nice. I LOVE the G&L MFDs, so something in that neighborhood would be cool. Vintage +. Noiseless or not, I don't care.
Affordable & available are key too. I don't want to sink a mint into this (at some point, you might as well just buy a new guitar!), & I don't want to wait a year for them to ship, either.
So where should I be looking? Duncans, Harmonic Designs, Rio Grandes?
Thanks!