Carter Starter Mod - Telecaster Pickup Swap

[Clinton Erb]

Hi Guys,

I wanted to get a brighter tone out of my Carter Starter so I took out the stock pickup, drilled new holes, and put in a GFS Telecaster Bridge Pickup 7k in it's place. I also removed strings one and two because the pup wasn't picking them up.

http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/ww20 ... 1270785569

I really dig the way the guitar sounds now. It's much clearer and brighter than before. I think it sounds a bit more like an old Fender, which is what I wanted.

Here's a sound clip to demonstrate.

http://www.box.net/shared/vf5p7donuc

So have I committed total blasphemy?

[Tor Arve Baroy]

Does it pick up all the strings OK ?

[Tor Arve Baroy]

Sorry, see know that you removed some of the strings!
Gonna check out the sound clip later....bad sound on my work computer..

[Ben Jones]

That sounded really cool. You should consider having Jason Lollar make you a pickup like that for ten strings!

[Bill Dobkins]

I would try a 705 or 710 if you want the Tele bite.

[Clete Ritta]

Clinton,
That does sound dramatically different than the Starter pickup!
Really matches the Tele tone closely. Too bad you're not getting all strings. I'd look for a 10 pole replacement as previously suggested, unless you're happy with it as is.

Clete

[Ryan Barwin]

That sounds great...lots of bite. It's a lot like an old Fender. And I like how you're getting that snappy phrasing like a cable guitar.

[John Burton]

I like it! And cool playing, Clinton. Definitely a Bakersfield style sound. I would say it's ALMOST too "telecaster" sounding though.
What does a Carter Starter have stock, a Humbucker? If so then, maybe replacing it with any single coil Pedal Steel pup might get closer to what you want.

[Terje Brattsveen]

That's how I want to sound!

[Tor Arve Baroy]

I really liked that sound....it cut really well...