Texsunburst59 Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Well first of all, I really need for you guys to assure me that this guitar is "MANLY" enough to play in a redneck or biker bar. Yesterday I found this very loud '85 Fender MIJ '69 Reissue Pink Paisley Tele at one of my regular stop pawnshops for a really good price. It came with a period correct 80's Fender Embossed USA road case, which was a nice little bonus. As far as I can tell the guitar is all original except for the EMG's that are in it right how. and I'll be pulling those here pretty quickly. I'm really amazed how great a shape this guitar is in for being 33 yrs. old. I hardly has any marks on it at all and you'd have to look pretty hard to find any. I'm assuming who ever owned it played it for a very short period before sticking it under the bed or a closet for most of its life. The neck on this guitar feels amazing and it's not a really heavy guitar at all. I'm going to be spending some time on youtube researching possible replacements. Anyway, here's some pics of my PPPT guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, Texsunburst59 said: redneck or biker bar. Redundant. As for the guitar, I LOVE those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkavenger Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Those are cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
django49 Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Nuttin' wrong with pink. As someone here opined a long time ago, "Elvis wouldda loved that one!" Play it proudly and loudly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy p Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 It's uber cool, Skip. I'd even play it in the kind of dive where bikers stare at cowboys, who are laughing at the hippies, who are praying they'll get out of there alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyboy-UK Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 looks phenomenal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I dig the color scheme, I wish that Fender woulda used something else besides basswood for the bodies, though. Funny thing is, the Brad Paisley Tele has a Paulownia core sandwiched between a spruce top and back, and that seems to me to be an even softer wood combination than basswood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudshark Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Rockabilly cats wore pink as a statement they were man enough to wear anything they damn well wanted to wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsunburst59 Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 29 minutes ago, Biz Prof said: It's uber cool, Skip. I'd even play it in the kind of dive where bikers stare at cowboys, who are laughing at the hippies, who are praying they'll get out of there alive. Thanks Jon. That's too funny!!!! I'm not sure I agree with Kiz though, as here in my neck of the woods, the rednecks and bikers kinda stay within their own. I'm sure there's a little overlap, but not much. I'm not sure which group would be more tolerant ,and which group I rather try to defend the guitar with. Either way, I'm not sure I'll have to find out any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsunburst59 Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, mudshark said: Rockabilly cats wore pink as a statement they were man enough to wear anything they damn well wanted to wear. You're probably right, but I bet those that did were big huge burly men who would have no problem defending themselves. Sometimes guitars like this can be very polarizing,but I'm sure that was the whole reason they were made in the 1st place. You want attention, then you got it, and everything positive or negative that goes with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Some history here about the original late '60's models and James Burton: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/1968_69_Paisley_Red_Blue_Flower_Fender_Telecasters http://www.vintageguitar.com/20341/james-burton/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_S Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Me & my old friend Tina: We told Tina back in '85 that she should buy one of those paisley Teles that Fender just reissued, 'cuz, you know.... it was pink and she was a girl. We weren't serious, it was just friendly band teasing. Tina stumped us by thinking it was cool or awesome or something, and went right out and purchased one. That MIJ guitar was later lost in a house fire, but her boyfriend surprised her with a CIJ version for her birthday. The boyfriend passed away unexpected a short time later, so Tina's paisley is very special guitar to her. Me? I have a pink paisley Rat clone, and a matching Fuzz Rite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobB Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Gawrsh, Paw! That’s a whole mess’a ex-plan-ayshun points, bah golly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_S Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I should add that, although my post above concerns a woman with a paisley Tele, you should not take that to mean I think them unmanly. I’d rock a paisley if Tina didn’t already have one. I should probably get a complementary blue floral one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM OF HAMER Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Very cool score Skip! The originals were not very well received back in the day [But then neither were Les Paul "SUNBURSTS"] but they are very expensive to buy now.................. I always thought they looked cool.Congrats on another fine find! Oh BTW not a fan of "Country" music but this guy plays pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerDave Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I wouldn't be in too much of a hurry to replace those EMGs. While I'm not a fan of most EMG pickups, I had a set of those in an MIJ Tele Custom throughout the 80's. That guitar worked for everything from power pop to punk to a sub-genre we called polkabilly. As I recall, they were clear, warm and worked well with pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsunburst59 Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 36 minutes ago, ARM OF HAMER said: Very cool score Skip! The originals were not very well received back in the day [But then neither were Les Paul "SUNBURSTS"] but they are very expensive to buy now.................. I always thought they looked cool.Congrats on another fine find! Oh BTW not a fan of "Country" music but this guy plays pretty good. Thanks Gary. I guess if there's are contemporary artist today that makes the Pink Paisley guitar acceptable is Brad. I still think you have have the live chops to pull it off. I think I'm borderline, so I may have to woodshed a bit before playing out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGJ Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I think it's perfectly fine to play...especially if your audience is dropping acid. I jest, of course. Anyhow, there's apparently a science to the psychological effects of color. When DreamWorks SKG first formed in the mid-90's, they invited a group of us studio artists from our company to tour their studio while they were in production on "Prince of Egypt" and they showed us an entire wall filled with color keys for every scene throughout the film. The color pallettes were chosen for the emotional response they wanted the audience to feel in order to correspond to the mood of the scene. It was pretty impressive. I caught a news segment on research regarding the psychological effect pink has on men. I won't tell you what they found because I don't know how accurate it was and I wouldn't want to be accused of making things up. It was interesting, to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMERMAN Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 I always thought those were cool. And I would consider it coming with EMG's a plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigolsparky Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 5/5/2018 at 11:23 AM, kizanski said: Redundant. As for the guitar, I LOVE those! In Alabama there is a stark contrast from redneck bar to biker bar. If you walked into a redneck bar with your biker gear on, you may be overdressed and considered snooty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shankyboy Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Congrats on the score. I have always wanted a Tele and Strat in both Pink and Blue Paisley. I have yet to find a good deal on those models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptm1diver Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Hey, No problem as long as your makeup is appropriate and your chaps have the ass cut out.👌🏻 😏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 1 hour ago, shankyboy said: Congrats on the score. I have always wanted a Tele and Strat in both Pink and Blue Paisley. I have yet to find a good deal on those models. I like them both as well. Technically speaking, the blue version was a floral motif, not paisley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 1 hour ago, bigolsparky said: In Alabama there is a stark contrast from redneck bar to biker bar. If you walked into a redneck bar with your biker gear on, you may be overdressed and considered snooty. That's a hoot. I can just visualize such a scene in rural Alabama. ETA: For those uninitiated to DAC, this is the source of my original quip in response to Skip's awesome score. Of all of DAC's self-absorbed, outlaw-cred-seeking material, this might be my favorite: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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