the pawn shop 72 is a sweet guitar. i have a prototype of one and its a personal favorite for sure:https://i.imgur.com/newmWfW.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/6aHp5IG.jpgmine has binding around the front of the body and is only rounded in the back and mine has two wide range humbuckers and a 4 bolt neck.
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, 7 May 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
that's nice, looks cooler in your pictures than the craigslist one
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
Spottie that kills the production model. And Sufjan the meaty-neck standard seems to be the Baja Tele, there are a few models which vary in colour and 50s-vs-60s setup. Getting harder to find at a good price tho.
― assert (MatthewK), Friday, 7 May 2021 20:28 (three years ago) link
at a certain point you could think about a replacement neck too
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 May 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link
thanks, matthew. but yeah, I might need to just find a tele I like first and swap necks. no bajas nearby on craigslist.
― If you value Vox, we have an axe (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 7 May 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
warmouth has a ton of options, however you do lose the fender logo on the headstock obv
https://www.warmoth.com/guitar/necks/backcontours.aspx
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 May 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
this is an odd one
https://reverb.com/item/38884514-g-l-espada-clf-research-sonic-blue-with-case
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 21:19 (three years ago) link
https://media.rainpos.com/9068/1_espada_org.jpg
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
huh, basically a Sabre II in Tele cosplay
― assert (MatthewK), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 22:49 (three years ago) link
the P-Bass style split pickups really take it over the top
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:26 (three years ago) link
Yeah, but G&L has had a similar thing on the Comanche and ASAT Z-3 for some time.
https://✧✧✧.shop✧✧✧.com/s/files/1/0916/0836/products/33098__1_3✧✧✧@3✧.progress✧✧✧.j✧✧?v=1571458285
https://media.rainpos.com/9068/1_z3_hnb_copy.jpg
― peace, man, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:30 (three years ago) link
https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--m1nn8TJe--/a_exif,c_limit,e_unsharp_mask:80,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_south,h_1600,q_80,w_1600/v1508194888/wjtit2dp9avmjd1oseux.jpg
― peace, man, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
always liked the look of those staggered pickups
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link
i kinda love how G&L became Leo's 2.0 versions of Fender models
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:33 (three years ago) link
yeah some of them really work, some are super ugly to me tho
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:34 (three years ago) link
G&L lots of times look a bit "off"but it's cool just from his thought process point of view, like what he perceived was wrong or could be improved on all these iconic guitars he made
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:36 (three years ago) link
i almost pulled the trigger on this a few months back... turns out my friend ended up buying it lol.https://reverb.com/item/33527574-g-l-skyhawk-1984-natural-finish?show_sold=true
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:43 (three years ago) link
a few months = over a year ago
That's awesome, never seen that model before
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:52 (three years ago) link
all these iconic guitars he made
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 13 May 2021 00:01 (three years ago) link
... not to take anything from the genius of CLF who turned a musical instrument into an engineering challenge, and ended up with the best of both!
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 13 May 2021 00:03 (three years ago) link
it really is perfect that the guy who revolutionized how we make music was an engineer who couldn't play and whose favorite style of music was dead by 1955
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 May 2021 00:33 (three years ago) link
that G&L espada is dope btw
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 13 May 2021 00:36 (three years ago) link
I've thought about/wanted to get a cheapo Squier Tele for a long time, but something else always came along instead. Now I'm thinking I want to set a few bucks back for a while and pick up the Isbell Mexican Tele that just dropped. Hope it's not a super limited run and they're still around in 2022, because that's the one!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 13 May 2021 03:40 (three years ago) link
xxp yeah he was really just building radios and speakers which happened to pick up string vibrations instead of AM waves
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 13 May 2021 06:17 (three years ago) link
and Johnny you'll always be able to pick up a used sunburst Fender Japan TL62B and put a black pickguard on it, those guitars are awesome.
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 13 May 2021 06:19 (three years ago) link
I have a Squier thinline tele (70s vibe)
It is lovely and I like it
― cardio free europe (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 14 May 2021 03:13 (three years ago) link
Now a part of the Telecaster* club
Refinished 1974https://i.imgur.com/V4P65f6.jpg
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Friday, 21 May 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
oh wow that's gorgeous
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 21 May 2021 17:11 (three years ago) link
I'm really wanting a tele bad lately. I'm getting my old strat back so I can finally sell it, at which point I will buy one.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 21 May 2021 17:14 (three years ago) link
that thing is sweet btw milo
thats a dream guitar right there milo
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, 21 May 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
Damn, milo. Congrats!
― peace, man, Friday, 21 May 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
how long ago was it refinished?
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, 21 May 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
Just a few years, the refinisher reliced it. Apparently someone along the way had taken out the wide ranges in favor of EMGs (kept the originals luckily). The guy I got it from fixed the metal mistakes, had it refinished and refretted.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Friday, 21 May 2021 19:03 (three years ago) link
thats cool. looks great.
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, 21 May 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
So cool, Milo. I always dug the look of those big-headstocked ‘70s Teles.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 21 May 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
Some day I'd like to build a big-headstock Strat in Olympic White like Michael Karoli's.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Friday, 21 May 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
Milo is that Inca Silver? Beautiful Deluxe. Would love to try those pickups.
― assert (MatthewK), Friday, 21 May 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
Really like the color on that guitar, milo.
― Deicide at Chuck E. Cheese (PBKR), Friday, 21 May 2021 20:10 (three years ago) link
Cool guitar Milo
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 21 May 2021 20:48 (three years ago) link
Yeah it's cool to see an old one that isn't natural/black/mocha. I looked at a bunch of those when I was looking to buy a guitar from 1974 (when I was born).
― joygoat, Friday, 21 May 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
I feel like you don't see that style pickguard in white a lot - it's kind of an interesting look with the chrome screws and chrome pickups, something a little bit industrial or DIY about it in a cool way
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 21 May 2021 21:23 (three years ago) link
Just a couple of cool clips I came across recently:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnQYoRYedF0
And this one I posted somewhere else, but don't want it to get lost in the shuffle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DpIUdFFr3w
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 May 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
so this is the 1985 Fender Japan Tele from upthread - what colour do you think it is?https://i.imgur.com/vYmbFn0.jpg
― assert (MatthewK), Sunday, 23 May 2021 00:41 (three years ago) link
that's right, it's Sonic Blue
https://i.imgur.com/LDdzmRA.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/iccTSDL.jpg
― assert (MatthewK), Sunday, 23 May 2021 00:42 (three years ago) link
That Jerry Donahue is sick
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Sunday, 23 May 2021 01:46 (three years ago) link
I had a GE Smith Tele, those are some nice guitars. Held value too, sold it for more than I paid to some dude in France.
I think once you know what you like and if you got someone local that you can trust to not shaft you in the deal, parts guitars are the way to go. The modularity of Leo Fender's designs is really the most powerful part of what he did. I'm close to building another one and have been getting the parts together. It is going to be another Gibson/Fender hybrid with a Strat mahogany body and I have a Duncan '78 and a couple of P90s, all Alnico II. Output wise, they should hang together pretty well (fingers crossed).
Hopefully ending up looking like this...
http://www.ysw-tct.com/temp/img/20210522221547_2495138204_2197_1.png
― earlnash, Sunday, 23 May 2021 03:17 (three years ago) link
I'm pretty spoiled, I got a friend that I have known for like 20+ years that has lived working as a luthier/guitar tech and has worked on a bunch of pro's and old vintage gear doing restoration and building stuff. RS Guitarworks is local to me and they have done work for boodles of people and do some amazing work, they are cutting the mahogany strat body for me.
― earlnash, Sunday, 23 May 2021 03:21 (three years ago) link