>> Mark Bedingfield <atari030@nomorespamplease.optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>> I wondered how you got on with that;-)
>>
>> dvaoa wrote:
>>> (had guests from out of town with us, so I didn't get a chance to put
>>> it through the ringer yet...take this review with a grain of salt).
>>>
>>> Picked up the guitar last Thursday:
>>>
>>> http://store.guitarfetish.com/xvsoashtrrof.html
>>>
>>> I know, how can I get a tele-style guitar without a maple
>>> fingerboard...truth is, I can't stand maple fingerboards. Don't like
>>> how they look or feel. I've always been a rosewood/ebony guy.
>>>
>>> Real quickly:
>>>
>>> Grade: B
>>> The guitar looks and feels very nice. Mine came a little darker, more
>>> "woody" than "honey", and the grain on mine is definitely more
>>> pronounced. I like that. It makes it look gritter, for what it's
>>> worth.
>>>
>>> Pros:
>>> -The neck (my main concern on any guitar), is very nice. The
>>> fingerboard is smooth, and all the frets checked out for evenness with
>>> my fret checker. The frets could use a polishing/buffing, but are
>>> playable as is. No fret ends sticking out. Able to do nice deep
>>> bends very easily.
>>> -Nice graphite nut, smooth nut slots (see Cons)
>>> -Very good fit/finish/construction, doesn't look/feel *noticeably*
>>> inferior to a Fender Strat. Purists may differ. I'm not a purist.
>>> -Bridge pickup: I'm guessing they plunked in their standard GFS Tele
>>> pup set (alnicos), but the bridge pup was a revelation to me; it does
>>> SC tele pops & quacks nicely, but it overdrives and distorts as well
>>> when pushed without getting muddy. Very articulate but ballsy.
>> I put these in my Squier;
>>
>> http://store.guitarfetish.com/re19tealbobr.html
>>
>> http://store.guitarfetish.com/altenepiclch.html
>>
>> Are any/either of them in yours? I'm stoked with the bridge pup, VERY
>> Tele in sound. The neck isn't near as loud, but that's just a Tele
>> problem. Next time I build a Tele I think I'll drop a PAF in the neck.
>> Yes I know, I'm foregoing my puritan single coil loving ways. From what
>> I can see its the only way (besides actives) that you can get a good
>> balance between neck and traditional Tele ball busting bridge.
>
>
> Mark - just a quick note -- you could also retain the stock tele
> single coil slot (neck pup) and just install a tele GFS blade type pickup.
> Yeah - they are blade humbuckers but you wouldn't have to route out
> the wood or order custom pickguard to fit in the blade/rails type neck pup.
> I think GFS has 2 types Tele neck blade/rails. One is lower k vintage sounding
> and the other is higher wound beefier.
> http://store.guitarfetish.com/singlecoil.html
>
> they have them for import size and american standard spacing.
> I do not have personal experience with these though.
> I decided on other pickups but just a reminder to you about
> the tele 'blade' pup options out there.
>
> sorry for busting into the thread.
Tele;-). Still a puritan at heart. I was thinking of something like this;
White bound slimline body, rosewood fretboard and black guard. Mmmmm
Tele;-) Yeah, I know, you don't like Rosewood on a Tele. But hey, its my
jtees4
RichL
