GRETSCH TENNESSEAN W/HILOTRONS
I recently purchased a Gretsch Tennessee Rose model G6119-1962HT. I am thoroughly impressed with the guitar, but the Hilotron pickups are quite weak. I was expecting to see a difference in their output vs. a Strat or Tele, but WOW! They're almost non-existent! I am tempted to swap them out for a pair of TV-HT1's. Any thoughts? I'm a Beatle guy, and I'm looking for the "Ticket to Ride" and "Beatles for Sale" era tone that George Harrison got with his Gretsch Tennessean thru Vox AC30, 50, AND 100's. Many have said that these pickups are the best of the best for clarity and twang, and not be intimidated by the lower output. But won't that require more volume to drive them, which means asking the tubes to work harder, therefore producing distortion even when I don't want it?
I recently purchased a Gretsch Tennessee Rose model G6119-1962HT. I am thoroughly impressed with the guitar, but the Hilotron pickups are quite weak. I was expecting to see a difference in their output vs. a Strat or Tele, but WOW! They're almost non-existent! I am tempted to swap them out for a pair of TV-HT1's. Any thoughts? I'm a Beatle guy, and I'm looking for the "Ticket to Ride" and "Beatles for Sale" era tone that George Harrison got with his Gretsch Tennessean thru Vox AC30, 50, AND 100's. Many have said that these pickups are the best of the best for clarity and twang, and not be intimidated by the lower output. But won't that require more volume to drive them, which means asking the tubes to work harder, therefore producing distortion even when I don't want it?