Originally Posted by
TS808
What I like about the MIM standard teles or strats is that you can get a decent guitar at an affordable price. Plus, you can always upgrade down the road..add better pickups, better bridge saddles, a custom pickguard, and you have an even better guitar than you started out with.
I had a standard strat...I upgraded the bridge saddles to Graph Tech and the pickups to Texas Specials, and it was pretty sweet.
I certainly agree. I would really look at a MIM Tele if I was going that route after my experience with my strat. I also think that sometimes they must pay a little extra attention with the special edition MIMs. At least mine seemed that way. The pup upgrade from the regular std. pups I think made a big difference.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
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