The Unofficial String, Wood, & Noise Pub Crawl Thread

[emptyisvarah]

Originally Posted by slapshot

I thought it was obvious?
if they sucked they wouldn't have been around for 62 years in their original form now would they?

awww slap lay off the grumpy gravy once in a while why dontcha? LOL. never had any desire to try and pick one up. but since there were so many pics posted, i thought what the hell, for $150 got a squire tele standard, all stock 1 month used so in pristine condition. and WOW! easy neck to play with. sustain was pretty surprising. tuners hold. intonation was 97% spot on. now i can just wonder how those high end one would do? pretty amazing im sure. another GAS on the horizon i suppose. my local tech make teles which garner high praises and lots of MIJ teles here for sale local so now, officially, im DEAD.

[Udonitron]

Tele's are the top of the heap IMO.
They achieve the award for the most utilitarian multi-toned versatile tool in the shed.

Slap is still upset I didn't sell him the Fresher but I didn't want it to get a face lift and end up looking like Mickey Rourke.

[JamesT]

Tele's are the swiss army knife of guitars. Every recording I have been involved in, the Tele ends up on there in large doses. It's not always the first guitar picked up, but it's always the RIGHT one.

This one is my current favorite. I've done some mods since this photo and if I ever find a rosewood board neck that I like as much as this, I'll swap it out.

[Udonitron]

Slap just got his Greco rosewood Spacey Sounds neck today...I think he is digging it

[JamesT]

Wait, hang on. There is a Spacy Sounds Rosewood Tele Neck? From what guitar? I'm pretty sure all the Grecos have Maple necks in the catalog...

[Udonitron]

Yeah...I almost bought it but held off.
Brass nut, rosewood neck, skunk stripe, etc.

[JamesT]

I've never heard of that before....hmm...Slap....photos?

[slapshot]

no idea it was bolted to an *uhem* se-700 strat body.
rosewood veneer not slab board.1 string tree,brass nut could be aftermarket,nothing on heel,skunk stripe.A little thinner than I usually go for but it should make for something different on this project anyway
and of course the heel is about 1mm or so smaller than stock fender but not as small as the matsumoko greco teles



*just had a butchers at a few cattledogs and yeah never noticed the lack of rosewood on teles to be honest.I guess if following convention it would have come of whatever greco was making as a "60s" tele

[GammyBird]

[JDB]

Have we seen this yet ?and I missed it? More pics please.

[mono]

I need a damn tele.

[GammyBird]

Originally Posted by JDB

Have we seen this yet ?and I missed it? More pics please.

Oh yeah, had it's own NGD thread and celebration

NGD!!! Fresher FT-450 Telecaster

[Thomas/Sweden]

This arrived with the post today, uncracked! It was packaged just as good as the MIJ's I've got! Original '54 Sun Records in VG condition, That's All Right and B side Blue Moon Of Kentucky.

[o0mobius0o]

[mono]

Ok people... here's the deal.
I'm going batshitcrazy revising for these exams and I'm gonna treat myself to something when they are over and/or I pass.
Something.... tele-shaped.

Anyone got any opinions on MIJ tele's? (dumb question )

Gotta have a rosewood board and a light finish

[JamesT]

New or old Andy?

[mono]

preferably old

[JamesT]

OK, assuming you want a blonde tele, the problem is that most makers like Greco, Burny, etc. didn't make blonde Teles with rosewood necks for the most part. You can find a nice MIJ Fender or Squier Tele with a rosewood neck.

If I were you, I'd get this Tele and replace the neck for another 10k. That's the easiest way to go. That this is gorgeous. I'd snap it up if I needed another Tele. I'll PM you the link so no poachers snag it

[mono]

Dayum that is tasty and thanks for the PM

It's a bit more than I wanted to spend unfortunately and I also think I'd rather find a tele that meets all of my criteria as stock... replacing strat/tele necks is always a bit of a lottery I reckon what with different pocket sizes and heights.
I made a tele partscaster a while ago and the major issue with that was getting the bridge to line up with the lateral angle of the neck... had to sell it on cause I couldn't get it as I wanted it

[JamesT]

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Squiers are way underrated.

[GammyBird]

Ahhhhhhhhhh Friday night! Anybody wanna drop in for a beer?

[cooljuk]

How about straight bourbon on ice?

I'm f#ucking sick. I don't get sick. I can't even remember the last time I got sick, other than a tooth infection. I had to come home from work early today. I don't miss work.

It's my wife's company's xmas party tonight. I had to watch her walk out the door looking smoking hot in a little black dress and heels all done up by herself. I feel like crap.

Fortunately, she had gotten a gift set of Jim Beam earlier in the day from a co-worker. Suits me just fine. Not the nicest bourbon, but it's better than many. Two full tumblers deep at this point. Figured if I'm gonna feel like shit, I might as well get sloshed.

I tried to work on a mixdown while I was home, but I got a headache from staring at the monitor and concentrating. Back to the couch.

[o0mobius0o]

That's excellent self medication. Best of luck.

[slapshot]

thanks for the user ID james

[cooljuk]

Originally Posted by o0mobius0o

That's excellent self medication. Best of luck.

Friday night on the couch with whiskey, an SG, and a laptop. Par for the course around here, right?

[JamesT]

Haha....no problem Slap....you biddin?

[slapshot]

on the '55

[slapshot]

Originally Posted by GammyBird

Ahhhhhhhhhh Friday night! Anybody wanna drop in for a beer?

don't drink but we can go to starbucks for a chai latte?

[twchua]

Why all the love for Rosewood board on a tele?
What's wrong with a maple board?

[GammyBird]

Originally Posted by slapshot

don't drink but we can go to starbucks for a chai latte?

A what?? Sounds like something the girls would do.