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I have seen 'Nashville' style guards which have a T type hole in the neck and then a Strat pickup in the middle position. If you've got a Tele ashtray type bridge but with a humbucker in the back you might have to widen the cutout at the back of the pickguard to accomodate it as I think I'm right in saying humbucker Tele bridges are a bit wider than normal Tele ones but that might be a start.
Dont know if there's an easy solve for the middle position as thats not something you'll find on a stock Tele !
As for the bridge, if you wanted to get an even more Tele tone there might I recommend the Oil City Brass Knuckle, as @ICBM has said on more than one occasion splitting to just the front coil gives a very good approximation of the Tele bridge pickup because it isnt wound like a standard bucker.
I currently have one on the bridge of my Strat that I might be looking to move on as it goes. It's brilliant at what it does but I'm after a more classic bridge humbucker sound.
Dont know if that helps at all !
The Bucker in the bridge position, when tapped to single coil has a lot more tele twang than the current neck pick up
Les
The way to get it how you want is a better Tele neck pickup, a Brassknuckle in the bridge, and switching which gives you the front coil + the neck pickup. Second best option if you still like the humbucker as it is, is just to replace the neck pickup and change the switching.
You may also be losing some 'twang' simply because there is a middle pickup - the magnetic field will damp the strings to some extent. Lower it as far as you can get away with.
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Would still be up for selling on this Brassknuckle if you're interested