I'm wondering if anybody has any ideas for replacing a guitar that had two Melody Maker pickups, like my Kalamazoo KG-2.
The guitar looks like this (and you can see the pickups, they don't look like regular Strat pickups)
Would Telecaster neck pickups work? What would it sound like with two Telecaster neck pickups? Has anybody ever tried that? Seems like the Squier "Duo-sonic" is kind of like this.
Anyway... if anybody has recommendations, I'm all ears. I don't really want to route a new shape to the pickguard. I don't mind drilling a new hole, but I don't have the tools to make really nice cuts in plastic. I'm getting a replacement pickguard because my original is shot, and I really just want to get pickups that will be wired up the same (2 x volume and 2 x tone, plus single slide switch) and at least fit in the same spaces.
P-90s are nice but they're outside my budget. That's why I was thinking of getting some cheap tele pickups. But I don't know what else is out there.
EDIT: I suppose I should note that I'm definitely looking for that jangly surf tone with this guitar. The old pickups on my Kalamazoo, which I stupidly threw away when I was a kid, thinking they were "useless because they were so microphonic" (hey, it was the mid '80s and I was into Malmsteen... ugh), were really punchy if I recall. I'm looking for that sound again. I don't play a lot of technical hard rock or heavy metal. I'm more about the aural landscapes nowadays with vintage guitar sounds, like the Beach Boys and Velvet Underground, with a little Hounddog Taylor thrown in for good measure. I play into a Titano (Magnatone) amp, as well as a small 5watt Voxy sounding custom amp made from an old radio. Vox IS the sound to me... love the chime.