NHTom Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Ok..this might be a sin around here, but it had to be done......lol. Been gassing for a Tele for a while now. This one came up at my local shop recently and I just couldn't pass it up for the price. I honestly couldn't find a mark on it to tell me it was used. On top of it all it came with the original hard case with all the case candy, etc. They even threw in a set of Schaller strap locks, so all is well! I hope my Gibsons don't get upset.....lol. NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 No reason for being sorry, Tom. HNGD, very nice catch, looks beautiful from here. What makes you think your Gibsons would be jealous? Never experienced that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyK Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Looks v-e-r-y similar to what I'm waiting for! Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 had to get a better photo NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Congrats! Teles are great guitars and fun to play. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 had to get a better photo NHTom Indeed, translates her better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Congrats! Teles are great guitars and fun to play. Enjoy. Thanks, I'm finding that. I've always been a Humbucker guy and in recent times into P90's, so I wasn't sure how I'd get along with a tele. So far I really like it. While I tend to NOT be a clean tone player, I'm finding the tele fits right in. Great punch with a little grit......very classic rock sound. Bad example but think of the intro of Summer of 69. Definitely opens up a bank of sounds that I didn't have with my others. Not for super high gain, but that dirty crunch tone out of it is really sweet. It's weird for me to look at the headstock and see it straight in line with the neck.....lol.....between gibbys, and my others, they all have some degree of set back.....and with the bright color of the maple neck, when I catch a glimpse of it, it looks a mile long....lol. NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Indeed, translates her better! Yes, She's pretty. I was originally gassing for a blond or solid color, but this one was too good of a deal (by several hundred) to pass up. NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Indeed, translates her better! Yes, She's pretty. I was originally gassing for a blond or solid color, but this one was too good of a deal (by several hundred) to pass up. NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Definitely opens up a bank of sounds that I didn't have with my others. Not for super high gain, but that dirty crunch tone out of it is really sweet. NHTom Very well put. Got to have a Tele. Congrats and enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Nice one! They are a bit of a one trick pony, but it's a he!!uva trick! Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Nice one! They are a bit of a one trick pony, but it's a he!!uva trick! Enjoy. Very good point. Would not be my first choice to go practice with a broad range of musical style type of band, but if I was bringing two or more guitars, it would be nice to have for certain song styles. NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Bill Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 NHTom... congratulations on your purchase of a fine looking Telecaster. I'm sure the Gibsons won't mind at all. Single coils vs Humbuckers... totally different sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PingPongBob Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Nice one! They are a bit of a one trick pony, but it's a he!!uva trick! Enjoy. I respectfully disagree with the "one trick pony" comment. I find with Texas Specials a Telecaster can get besides the Telecaster sound, a nice Strat or an almost Les Paul sound when using both pickups. But I play my Warmoth Tele now more than my Fenders, and my Warmoth really is a one trick pony. WTF was I saying? Oh yeah, great looking Telecaster NHTom!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 Ok, when I went after this tele, I was kind of looking for a bit of a project.......something I could mod, etc without messing it up. Well, this tele ended up being nicer than I thought, so I won't be doing any finish mods or anything, but they are quite nice for reversible "bolt on" mods. First one I wanted to do was try a P90 in a tele. Before: After: Ordered the pickguard from warmoth and got a Seymour Duncan Hot P90 Sounds very good......had to play with pickup heights to get them to balance, but I like how it came out......the pickguard doesn't show much different on film, but went from more of a white color on the stock one to a cream on the new one. I blame surfpup for the inspiration....lol. NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I blame surfpup for the inspiration....lol. I make no apologies! Looks great... bet it sounds great too. If I didn't like the Firebird mini-hum in mine, a P90 was my next step - but so far so good. How's the balance between the P90 and the Tele bridge? I know those P90s can be hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 I make no apologies! Looks great... bet it sounds great too. If I didn't like the Firebird mini-hum in mine, a P90 was my next step - but so far so good. How's the balance between the P90 and the Tele bridge? I know those P90s can be hot. quite hot actually. I love the punch of it, but it is s difficult balance.....I'm thinking of swapping the p100's in one of my LP Specials to P90's and if I do, this may get paired with a bridge"HotP90" and swapped to that guitar and more of a "normal" p90put in this one. For clean lead tones, it is awesome......super warm with just enough to spank the clean amp a little. and on the Both switch setting, it's very unique....the tele twang with an underlying honk from the P90 And by the way Surfpup, I had it easy...........mine has the bigger body routes, so it was about a ten minute install with out even so much as a drill bit used.........I wouldn't have had the patience to do what you did on yours. NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Oh,sorry...my apologies, I thought you said 'no grubby content', my mistake...sorry. I'll just leave quietly shall I?. Through this door over here is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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