
Took an Arbor tele knock off, with single coil bridge pup, mini humbucker neck pup and top loader bridge purchased a few years back.

First mods were to add a Wilkinson top loader brass saddle bridge and put in a G&L Alnico bridge pup. This was OK but just not there for me. So I went into the drawer o' stuff and pulled out Z coil bridge pup and a large MFD (cuz I saw one years ago that our own Will Ray had with a set up like this thanks to Mac). After a little (excellent) routing here and there for the pups this what my local guitar guru did for me.





Should I route the neck pup opening and add the guard or leave it black with small black screws to fill the holes?

Have played some tonight and it has all the spank and snarl you expect from a Z coil and the ASAT neck sound is sweet as usual, but the blend of the two can be a little jazzy to a richer rock tone depending on amp channel, tone knob adjustment and attack.
Next possible mods are to add a Saddle Lock bridge since it's a top loader and routing space is available, or add a bridge plate with Z cut out, I know a guy where to get one.... To make this a true completed project I should do one of the two. #1 because I love the Saddle Lock and #2 the Z coil needs a bit more stability.
As it is right now, very happy with the results.
