The_Gent

Hello, I started out wanting to build a tele, and now have the body and neck in the post and somehow along the way started to re-fit my old strat copy. I am trying to work out what pickup configuration in them both to give me two different guitars, bearing in mind that I already have an Epiphone Les Paul I am a rock/metal guitar player but still looking for some diversity in sound in these two guitars. Tele has ash body and the neck is rosewood. I was looking to make this the rock-ier of the two, perhaps a humbucker in the bridge and a singe in the neck. I have been in touch with bareknuckle pick ups in the UK if anyone has heard of them, their stuff is quite brutal! Strat was a far east copy I not sure what wood type it is but it is pretty light, I have got a lovely maple neck to put on it though. I was thinking of making this one less heavy and more dynamic and for some brighter sounds. I was hopeing for something that would cut through the mix for some spacey sounds over some heavy riffing. I didn't want to go for a conventional 3 singles, and had HSS configuration in mind. Would be open to anyones idea's, what you do in my situation?

Thanks Gents, just starting out and trying to be technically correct! As long as there is no significant difference I can go shopping now.

Just one more lefty question. What considerations do I need to make with putting pickups in a left handed configuration. Is there anything different between single, angled single and humbuckers. I have heard that pole staggering affects things, I take it that it is not as simple as turning them upside down. Thanks again, Kev

Much appreciated.

Hello all, My first build, I am building a tele with a humbucker in the bridge and a single coil in the neck. Could someone please tell me if there are considerations to be made for lefties. Does it make a difference in the wiring for humbuckers or singles? Thanks, Kev