>>>>> 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
>>> 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
jtees4
RichL
