Tokai Breezy Sounds are held in very high regard by Tele-addicts and they often reside side by side with the Fender originals. This is one of the last MIJ Breezies before production headed overseas and that MIJ soul and quality character was lost. By the time this guitar was produced, there was a choice between an ATE50 or an ATE70 - alder or Rosewood respectively. Ceramic pick-ups were standard fayre for the ATE50, and we felt the bridge unit was lacking that brittleness and depth. We choose Evil Sheep for our Dreambuild Teles - Mark truly understands the characteristics we need for these MIJ guitars. An Evil Sheep tapped Alnico 5 pick-up now provides the bridge tones - either traditional tele, or a fuller mid-boosted hotter tone that works clean as well as driven. It's neither P-90 nor humbucker - it retains the tele characteristic but thickens up the sound. Unlike coil split humbuckers, there is no dramatic rise or drop in volume between the normal and hot outputs - just a thickening and introduction of more lower mid frequencies to provide a fuller sound - ok, and yes, a bit louder on the clean channel. We had a 920d black chrome control plate just waiting for an upgrade project like this - the mini-toggle between the controls selects the output of the bridge pick-up. ATE-50 Breezies had modern but disappointing specs for controls, so we binned the mini-pots and the sealed switch and replaced them with premium CTS pots, a Sozo PIO capacitor, a CRL switch and a Switchcraft output jack; all connected with proper Gavitt. Also, gone is the TE-VBK bridge plate, and in its place is a new Gotoh Ti-TC2 chrome flat plate - no more uncomfortable palm muting. The titanium barrels provide a very clean and defined attitude to the sound - we love brass and titanium equally, but titanium always provides a definition that brass struggle with, a little tweak on the tone knob will get you back to what brass will deliver. This is all very subtle variation, but that is what Dreambuilds are for.