Members pogo97 Posted November 14, 2015 Members Share Posted November 14, 2015 About a month ago, a friend, Kevin, leant me his very very nice frankentele for a few weeks. It was lovely. And it was a very very good fit for how I play electric. I asked about buying it but no. So I went on the hunt. Tonight, I picked up this in Brockville (small city 50k downstream of here): It's a 2008 but still sports its factory setup and too-low and too-light strings etc. etc. but it feels and sounds lovely and is shiny minty perfect. $1k Canadian plus three bottle tops, two coupons and one thin dime ($US). I is happy. As it happened, the seller and I met at a bar where Kevin was playing. And they knew each other. whee this will be no use to me whatever in my solo/duo careerlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDMachiavelli Posted November 14, 2015 Members Share Posted November 14, 2015 Its nice, congratulations on the new guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve mac Posted November 14, 2015 Members Share Posted November 14, 2015 Oh that is a beaut. Congrats, I am sure it will be with you forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted November 14, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 14, 2015 'til deaf do us part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted November 14, 2015 Moderators Share Posted November 14, 2015 welcome to the 'tele madness'...after decades of ignoring them as primitive twang machines, I now have two...little did I realize that not having one made me telecastrated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moogerfooger Posted November 15, 2015 Members Share Posted November 15, 2015 nice -- I sold my regular tele years ago. I only have a deluxe now, been look for the right standard tele ever since. can't seem to find a neck I like, the last time I went tele shopping i came home with the amp I was trying them out through. Oh well, the search continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted November 15, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2015 the neck on this is just fine, but it needs professional setting up (I've roughed it in) once I've put a heavier gauge of string on it. Still, it plays very nicely. Like a professional-grade instrument should. I think of the tele as the entry-level professional electric guitar. Simple. Effective. Has the words "Fender" and "Made in USA" on the headstock. I didn't even consider deluxe or thinlines. Didn't want humbuckers -- have those on my other electric, an Epiphone Dot. I figure that a good trio of electric guitars would be a tele, a 335, and an L5. Wish me luck on that third. Maybe a Casino -- thin hollow-body with p-90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted November 15, 2015 Members Share Posted November 15, 2015 sweeeeeet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted November 15, 2015 Members Share Posted November 15, 2015 HNGD2U - it looks nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shaster Posted November 15, 2015 Members Share Posted November 15, 2015 Nice. Lately I've been seeing a few music school grads playing telecasters along the Ed Bickert lines. They're usually the inexpensive Mexican ones, souped up a little. In fact I was in a music store a while back and heard a jazzer on the other side of the store playing some standards. I walked over expecting to see a guy with a large hollowbody electric, and instead saw a Tele. I heard Mr. Bickert once on a Tele and a Roland stereo chorus. Sweet sounds. Versatile guitar the Tele be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 16, 2015 Lucky you! Yeah, it's a pretty versatile guitar. Funny, given its simplicity. I've never played a guitar where the tone control was so important. I'm playing it through an old Traynor YGM-3. Delightedly clean and sparkly yet warm on demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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