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When you only need a little

I put together a nice Tele partscaster with everything as close to vintage correct as possible. I had an aged ash body from MJT and a neck from United Gears. Also, hand-wound pickups from Don Mare. I wanted the wiring to be authentic as well. To me, that means cloth covered push-back wire like this, that Fender used back in the 50's. But I don't plan on doing a lot of these, just the one guitar for myself. This was the perfect amount, and the wire is good quality and of the correct gauge and color. It would have been a waste for me to buy three full rolls. This is perfect when you only need a little.

Quality and Tone!

Normally, I would do my own wiring and soldering, but after breaking my wrist in two places I found myself in a cast rendering one hand almost useless. (Luckily, I broke the wrist on my picking hand so I can still play guitar) I didn't want to wait eight weeks to give these True Velvet pickups a try so I decided to let the good folks at Sigler put the whole package together for me. I couldn't be happier! They use good quality pots, caps and switches and their soldering technique is as neat as a pin. The wiring is all done in the vintage style push-back cloth covered type. And the price wasn't much more than buying the components separately. After seeing what a fine job they did, I plan to let Sigler put together all my upgrades like this from now on. My Tele not only sounds a heck of a lot better, but it now has a higher resale value. I wasn't very impressed with the stock pickups. DiMarzio True Velvet pickups sound terrific, with rich mid-tone harmonics and clear, sizzling highs that sustain very well. Chords have depth and clarity, with good string articulation and definition: NO MUD! To sum it up, what these pickups gave my Tele that it didn't have before is great PRESENCE, and to me, that makes all the difference between a good guitar and a great guitar. Kudos to Sigler Music Company and the DiMarzio True Velvet pickups!