The Steel Guitar Forum

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?

Does it pick up all the strings OK ?

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

That's how I want to sound!

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