serial Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Kiz and McChris have absolutely nailed truth.
Feynman Posted February 24, 2012 Author Posted February 24, 2012 You shut up (and it was Firemist Silver).I'll add a nice Nocaster to my list of options, for those who haven't forgotten that I'm still looking for a Tele.I know some of the things I want will require a bit more money, but the stretch amount can't be TOO much.
Jeff R Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Picture yourself onstage playing a fun, high volume set, with a full crowd of partygoers dancing along to your music, and college girls are jumping on stage popping up their shirts and rubbing their boobs all over your sweaty chest and groin while your playing, as the rest of their friends are feeding you longnecks and shots.Now kill that thought. Now think about compensated saddles and strobe tuners.Echoplexing Kiz, the Muse and Serial.
MCChris Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 That and Intonation is for pussies.You know what else is for pussies? Plain G strings. With an original bridge configuration, I'm sure a Tele's intonation would be dead-nuts accurate with a wound G on there.In sum, the Telecaster is a man's guitar in every way. Which is precisely why I've never been worthy of one.
kizanski Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 You know what else is for pussies? Plain G strings. With an original bridge configuration, I'm sure a Tele's intonation would be dead-nuts accurate with a wound G on there.Well, I've had a carload of them, but never made that transition into "wound G string manliness".Perhaps one day.
MCChris Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Just saying that the Tele bridge was designed before plain Gs became prevalent. With or without one, though, the impact on intonation is negligible. I'd rather have a Tele that sounds like a Tele than a Tele that intonates like a Strat.
velorush Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 One of my fraternity brothers (that statement dates this to the mid-eighties) was fond of wound G's. He'd come up playing bluegrass on acoustics and mandolins, so he kept a wound G on his Les Paul Recording (or Professional, can't remember, but it had those awful low impedance pickups and tons of knobs and switches with labels like 'Decade'). He was really good at quick, bluegrassy runs all over the neck, but he never bent a string - ever. I never could get used to it and he could never get used to any of my guitars with plain G's - to each their own.I really like Teles and hope to get one when I absorb my latest gear splurges. I much prefer the old style bridges, but I think it has as much to do with looks as anything else. I don't abhor intonability (sp?), but after all these years I've discovered that any stab at intonation is at best a compromise.
specialk Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Hum.... Didn't Mitch have a Blue Tele???Yeah, that sounds familiar. But maybe it wasn't actually blue. It sure was a nice one, though.
Feynman Posted February 24, 2012 Author Posted February 24, 2012 Lock it up! I am Tele-less no more.Many thanks to Joe - I believe in second chances...I won't let you guys down again - I promise.
cynic Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 I'm calling dibs on this one for a second time.....but I hope you enjoy it every day you have it
murkat Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 I won't let you guys down again - I promise. Okay
Bobby Marshall Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 She is going to sound beautiful through the recently acquired Fender amplifier. Congrats.
Feynman Posted February 25, 2012 Author Posted February 25, 2012 I better calm down with this stuff or Jay's sig block will be as big as Brent's.
bubs_42 Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Its possible that you've found what you like. Remember that if it doesn't sound exactly like you want it, it is cheap to try new pickups than a new guitar.
backinit Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Assembling the guitar of your dreams yourself MAY create a more lasting bond.
velorush Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Its possible that you've found what you like. Remember that if it doesn't sound exactly like you want it, it is cheap to try new pickups than a new guitar. Sound? What's that ever had to do with anything? sound...
Hfan Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 I've got, say, $1500.I like my Teles to say "Fender" on them, and to have been made in the United States of America. Custom Shop is even better, especially at my desired price range. Mint condition is great, and I want all of the stuff it comes with. It doesn't matter what it sounds like, as long as it looks cool.Despite the asinine level of pickiness I seem to possess, these threads have been very good to me in the past.Some helpful considerations:Good, but not mandatory: bigger frets, flatter boards, rosewood, binding, black,white, butterscotchModels I am drawn to:62 AVRI Custom (thin skin for the preferred neck stuff would be super)Hot Rod 52Thin Skin 52 AVRIAmerican DeluxeMasterbuilt Feynman SignatureAre you divulging what you wound up with? I'm deep into Teles lately.
cynic Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Are you divulging what you wound up with? I'm deep into Teles lately.When you've had as many as Feynman, you never wind up with anything new, you only revisit things you've already had.
Feynman Posted February 26, 2012 Author Posted February 26, 2012 Yep - this one's coming home, thanks to the one of our very fine HFCers: It's a good one, and I was a fool to let it go the first time. Edit for info - it's a Custom Shop Limited Edition '67 Tele in Firemist Silver (1 of 200!). It's basically a '67 spec in a rare custom color, with a very light aging/relicing, and a 9.5" radius board with medium-jumbo frets. Pickups are CS '63.
specialk Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 Yep - this one's coming home, thanks to the one of our very fine HFCers: It's a good one, and I was a fool to let it go the first time. Anyone called dibs yet? Just cause... you know... eh?
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