Full Circle GMS
Musicians are well aware of the dreaded GAS, or Gear Acquisition Syndrom. Well, it seems I have a case of the equally dreaded Gear Modification Syndrom or GMS. I have decided to put my adopted Telecaster back together as a stock guitar. Well, almost stock. The plan is to pull the P-90 from the bridge and replace it with the standard lipstick case tele special from Lollar guitars. The Lollar Tele Special neck pickup is hardly standard--it sounds absolutely beautiful! I realized after a couple of years of playing the current P-90 + Tele Special bridge configuration that I just like the sound of a standard single coil better in the neck position. I will also install a small mini-toggle switch in between the volume and tone potentiometers on the guitar for a series kill switch. Once you flip that little switch the guitar bypasses the switch and defaults to the neck + bridge pickups in series. I'm not sure how good this is going to sound with the Lollar pickups but I'm totally willing to give it a try. Gratitude goes to Deaf Eddie for wiring diagrams and help in that area, and to Jason Lollar for being willing to send me telecaster pickups with dedicated ground leads.
Fortunately for me guitar tinkering is reversible. Who knows. Maybe in a couple of years I'll go pack to the P-90 configuration. I'm definitely keeping all my old parts and prewired control plates for that exact reason 
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