> >> 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
