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On 8/29/2018 at 12:42 PM, Pieman said:

Curious.  Does the Fishman/piezo take anything away from the "pickup" (?) side?

I had and loved one of these.  But it sounded nothing like a fender and could not be made to with any pickup change.  That said, it was great.  The powerbridge required a stereo or twin ended cord.  Most of my amps are single input so I had to use two to get the most out of it.  I sold it to a worthy owner here.  They are great, but not tele sounding.

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On February 12, 2019 at 7:04 PM, T-51Fred said:

I had and loved one of these.  But it sounded nothing like a fender and could not be made to with any pickup change.  That said, it was great.  The powerbridge required a stereo or twin ended cord.  Most of my amps are single input so I had to use two to get the most out of it.  I sold it to a worthy owner here.  They are great, but not tele sounding.

Swap the bridge for a Fender ashtray bridge/brass saddles and it'll get you to a Tele sound, depending on your choice of pups. I think that ashtray bridge is what really gets that Tele twang. The stock T51 bridge may have performed well, but I don't think it was the right fit for a Tele clone. I mean, either go all the way with the clone or make an intentional, substantive departure, like the Talladega. 

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Totally agree about the bridge. Scale length and pickups will get you in the ballpark, but you need the ashtray to get out on the field.

I feel the same way about strats and stamped saddles: to get what I consider to be the "real" vintage strat tone you need them. Obviously there are different opinions and plenty of strats have been made without, but if you ever hear an A/B comparison with all other things being equal, it's a pretty noticeable difference.

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19 hours ago, ArnieZ said:

can't believe I still own this bump..... make an offer, reasonable of course😃

arniez

I still have love for this guitar but none of mine have sold so I can't buy this masterpiece. Yet!

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So just to clarify, one can or cannot use this as-is with a regular mono cord?  And despite piezo and wiring replacing w plain standard tele bridge is easily reversible?  Dumb questions, but not clear to this bloated (for more... natural reasons) old fart. 

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2 hours ago, stedge said:

So just to clarify, one can or cannot use this as-is with a regular mono cord?  And despite piezo and wiring replacing w plain standard tele bridge is easily reversible?  Dumb questions, but not clear to this bloated (for more... natural reasons) old fart. 

Can be used with a mono cord, will only have magnetics available. Would assume bridge can be changed, obviously no piezo then. I do have a standard t51 control plate that comes with the guitar. For full transparency I do not know whether the current bridge uses the original holes for installation. Never asked and never looked

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