Phil O'Keefe Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 And a good day to you too, sir! Seriously, I think you'll really like those saddles. Like I said, they're on my Duo Sonic II and my Tele, and in both cases, they're a HUGE improvement over the three straight steel stock saddles in terms of both tone and intonation. For ten bucks, IMHO, it's one of the easiest and best sounding mods you can do to a three-saddle bridge equipped Tele. Compensated brass saddles - Highly recommended. :phil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members TravvyBear Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 Awesome! Thank you for those links, Phil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 Yeah, I got the bridge discounted from a local forumite that bailed on a tele project of his own. I've bought one set of those brass compensated saddles from WD and if there's a difference between those, I can't see it. I'm very picky about intonation and I'd say on this guitar and one other in particular, they are close enough for me. The D/G saddle... the G is very close but not perfect. I might try adjusting the string heights, but to my ears, a slightly sharp is pretty garish, esp with gain so I err on the side of a slightly flat D rather than a slightly sharp G. On another guitar, I could intonate it perfectly. I use 11s if that makes a difference. Radically better than non-compensated saddles. I love the Lollar Christian pickup. It's the reason I built that particular tele. A couple years ago, I got a used Dr Z Carmen Ghia from a local guy who is an absolutely KILLER player. Part of the deal was I gave him an older Weber P12NT which we installed in his 64 or 65 Deluxe Reverb. (He had both! ) He was so happy with the improvement, he kept trying different guitars and pulled out an old, beat up tele with a B Bender and a G Bender and it has the CC in the neck. Partly because of the great sounding amp and partly because of his playing, I was floored and new I had to do one at some point. It's definitely different than a P90. I'm still getting to know it so I'd hate to overly praise it, but for subdued, clean jazzy tones, I don't know that you can do better in a solid body. It's definitely pretty hot though, but not in a growly, mean P90 kinda way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members udi9 Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 Are Esquires allowed in this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 The black guard maple neck Tele is long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RadioSilence Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 B bender on the sunburst one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members big_cat Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 praise christ you own BOTH versions of the paisley tele!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 B bender on the sunburst one? Yeah.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members woolyh Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 Wish I bought a Tele-Sonic while they were cheap :edit: Anyone remember how much James Iha's sold for on ebay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members RadioSilence Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 Nice, I've always wanted to try one of them. I've been looking at hand- or hip-operated after-market B-benders but they all look ugly and clunky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members big_cat Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 sell me the blue paisley and i'll vigorously defend you on these forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 Wish I bought a Tele-Sonic while they were cheap :edit: Anyone remember how much James Iha's sold for on ebay? Check the used gear at guitar center website. In the upper right hand corner, key in what you're looking for and it should tell you if they have it and the location. I saw a Telesonic on their used gear site 2 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 praise christ you own BOTH versions of the paisley tele!? Yeah, my wife found that blue flower Tele for me years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 sell me the blue paisley and i'll vigorously defend you on these forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members turnstylepoet Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 Are Esquires allowed in this thread? Hell yeah, that is one classy guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juri Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 And a good day to you too, sir! Seriously, I think you'll really like those saddles. Like I said, they're on my Duo Sonic II and my Tele, and in both cases, they're a HUGE improvement over the three straight steel stock saddles in terms of both tone and intonation. For ten bucks, IMHO, it's one of the easiest and best sounding mods you can do to a three-saddle bridge equipped Tele. Compensated brass saddles - Highly recommended. :phil: I am using one of these now, they recommended it to me when I replaced my cheap mim bridge. As you can see the saddles are angled.http://www.allparts.com/Joe-Barden-Vintage-Style-Bridge-p/tb-5140-001.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members turnstylepoet Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 sell me the blue paisley and i'll vigorously defend you on these forums. Or you could just buy this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Urinate Forever Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 http://translate.google.co.jp/translate?hl=ja&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2F1484.bz%2Fshibuya%2Fc0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members woolyh Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 This needs explaining ?_? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Operator Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 This needs explaining ?_? I think it is perfectly self-explanatory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WAWBanks Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 One day my grandad was reading some magazine with lots of photos of snoop in. That evening I cut up said magazine and glued to squier telecaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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