I'm having a go at transplanting a variax into a tele. I want to keep the controls simple, so I'm not going to use magnetic pickups as well. There is one thing that I am having trouble deciding though ........ I can't make up my mind whether to include 'dummy' pickups and retain the telecaster look as much as possible (even just having 2 knobs), or stick a cap on and go for that smooth sleek pupless look. I thought I'd throw it out for opinions?
So, either regular tele/scratchplate/pickups look, or something like this (although not necessarily a flame or quilt top - just the pupless look):
Opinions?
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Definitely. IMHO.
No way I'd be happy about relying solely on the Line6 electronics for a gig, I'd want magnetic pups as a backup.
http://www.warmoth.com/Gallery/GalleryItem.aspx?id=4929
I think they'd look better with a 'dummy' sound hole, maybe oval?
(edit) Maybe a bit like this?