crunchee Posted March 13, 2020 Posted March 13, 2020 No affiliation. Yellowed blonde, ash body, .88 at the first fret, .93 at the 12th, weight 7.8 lbs.. Anybody got $4500 that I can borrow? https://davesguitar.com/products/fender/tele-70/
ARM OF HAMER Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 I love the look of a old worn Fender Telecasters,body wear and fingerboard wear,I think they look so cool. I have owned a few but I have always sold them, just something about that guitar that just does not feel like home for me. Love to look at them but that is about it....................this IS a very cool guitar and I had one just like it long ago..............HAD.
gtrdaddy Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 3 hours ago, crunchee said: No affiliation. Yellowed blonde, ash body, .88 at the first fret, .93 at the 12th, weight 7.8 lbs.. Anybody got $4500 that I can borrow? https://davesguitar.com/products/fender/tele-70/ That sure looks sweet! Maybe @hamerhead can run over and give us all a tone report?
hamerhead Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 Not leaving the house. Besides, me and Teles have an agreement: If they stop giving me G.A.S, I'll stop trying to figure out how to make one sound right. So far, we're both holding up our ends.
velorush Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 My fear, after 34 years of being a "Strat guy" is my perfect Strat is in reality a Tele. OTOH: does anyone else remember the sheer disdain these 70's Fenders were met with back in the 80's? I marvel now at how highly regarded they seem to be. Granted, there were good and bad in all of them, but these prices! ETA: this particular one doesn't suffer the "northern ash" issue of competing with Gibson contemporaries for "heaviest instrument." My S9 Strat was close to 10 lbs!
Steve Haynie Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 22 minutes ago, velorush said: My fear, after 34 years of being a "Strat guy" is my perfect Strat is in reality a Tele. Purple Haze was recorded on a Telecaster. You need a Tele to get Purple Haze to sound right. Face your fear.
velorush Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 I could inhabit the mortal coil of Hendrix himself and still not get that right!
crunchee Posted March 29, 2020 Author Posted March 29, 2020 For comparison (and again, no affiliation), DGS Madison just recently got in a 'typical' '79 Strat...blonde finish, ash body, 9.8 lbs (AKA about 9 lbs 13 oz) with weight relief...needs a refret, so apparently the weight didn't prevent someone from playing it. Check out the photos of the interior routs: https://davesguitar.com/products/fender/stratocaster-79-madison-608-405-8770/
Hfan Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 I have my 73 Tele from high school. Traded for it in 73 with another kid who actually couldn’t play. He had it but no amp. I had a shitty ss amp and a shitty electric, a Harmony maybe. He was happy. He just wanted to make noise .. he was an eccentric artist type. Mine is clear ash and a little over 9lbs. I don’t actually use it much but I’m glad I have it. Sentimental reasons I guess. I do recall being pleased with how it cut through the mix on stage back then.
crunchee Posted July 22, 2020 Author Posted July 22, 2020 Nearly four months later, and it's at DGS again, if you missed it the first time. Still no affiliation. Same DGS item code as before, so it's apparently the same one: https://davesguitar.com/products/fender/tele-70/ Edited to add: The measurements in the description (weight and neck size) are slightly different than before, but that might be within the margin of error? At least they checked (again) to be sure.
BadgerDave Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 Looks like you'd need to add the cost of a re-fret to the price. For less money, I'd prefer a current Custom Shop '51 NoCaster. No disrespect to Dave, he's among the elite in the business.
kizanski Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 12 hours ago, BadgerDave said: For less money, I'd prefer a current Custom Shop '51 NoCaster. Funny you should mention that...
velorush Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 34 minutes ago, kizanski said: Funny you should mention that... Again!
kizanski Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, velorush said: Again! LOL! Don't think I could pull off a bowler.
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