I've never played a Tele. Now I have FOMO (fear of missing out).
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Makes sense to me. Why get the inside of the chicken bucket all soggy via exhalation when it's only practice?
Likewise, why bother putting on your pants -- or anything else - if you're not leaving the house?
For that matter, why ever leave the house? Cept for more chicken buckets, maybe. But hey KFC drive-thru = NO PANTS. Win!
I play a little bit of guitar, mainly for song writing and recording ideas.
Whilst I have a few cheapies, my main electric is a US Fender Tele Special and main acoustic is an Epiphone J200. I also have a lovely MIJ Terada acoustic from the 70s, the first instrument I touched.
Whilst I have a few cheapies, my main electric is a US Fender Tele Special and main acoustic is an Epiphone J200. I also have a lovely MIJ Terada acoustic from the 70s, the first instrument I touched.
Have you ever played a Jaguar/Jazzmaster?Yeah, you're missing out on the worst-ever bridge assembly on a guitar.
(btw, I've upgraded the bridges on mt Teles, Jags and Jazzmasters.)
I haven't play those, actually. And of course The tele is a great guitar. If I had one, though, I'd definitely follow
your lead and replace the hand-chopper bridge with something more player-friendly.
1970 Rickenbacker 360 SF
The SF denotes it as a "slanted fret" model where all the frets, pickups and bridge are installed at an 11 degree angle. It was a custom option that never took off. A rickenbacker history book I have stated that they started offering that option in "about 1971" and stopped a few years later. The serial number dates this to 1970 so it must have been one of the first production models with it. I need to take it down to Gruhn's guitars and get it properly appraised. There is almost zero information on the internet about it.
I think this is the first stab at making instruments more ergonomic similar to the Novax fanned fret system.
I don't really play guitar, I just picked it up to collect as it was horribly underpriced at $275 in a pawn shop.
If I did play guitar I would probably play a Squire '51 and give it a few mods.
The SF denotes it as a "slanted fret" model where all the frets, pickups and bridge are installed at an 11 degree angle. It was a custom option that never took off. A rickenbacker history book I have stated that they started offering that option in "about 1971" and stopped a few years later. The serial number dates this to 1970 so it must have been one of the first production models with it. I need to take it down to Gruhn's guitars and get it properly appraised. There is almost zero information on the internet about it.
I think this is the first stab at making instruments more ergonomic similar to the Novax fanned fret system.
I don't really play guitar, I just picked it up to collect as it was horribly underpriced at $275 in a pawn shop.
If I did play guitar I would probably play a Squire '51 and give it a few mods.
HH carved top Tele.
Though I wouldn't buy it again if I had the choice. I love the sound and the looks, but the Tele shape makes it neck dive terribly. If I had the choice again, I'd try to find something with a Strat body and fixed bridge rather than this one.
Though I wouldn't buy it again if I had the choice. I love the sound and the looks, but the Tele shape makes it neck dive terribly. If I had the choice again, I'd try to find something with a Strat body and fixed bridge rather than this one.
My main electric is an SG. I also have a flying V I assembled. I'm mostly partial to gibson style guitars because of the bigger neck.
For acoustic I have a Guild GAD-25, and for electric I play a Partscaster Tele I built. I run it through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe.
My acoustic is a solid Mahogany dreadnaught, so it is loud and warm sounding. I got a great deal on it used in great condition, so I couldn't resist it. I play mostly Americana, alt.country, and so forth, so a super twangy electric was what I was looking for. Can't get much twangier than a Tele.
My acoustic is a solid Mahogany dreadnaught, so it is loud and warm sounding. I got a great deal on it used in great condition, so I couldn't resist it. I play mostly Americana, alt.country, and so forth, so a super twangy electric was what I was looking for. Can't get much twangier than a Tele.
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I play different guitars, depending on what I'm doing. I have a McInturff double-cut, a Carvin super-strat style guitar, a regular Strat, and a Guild acoustic. I had an LP in the past, but it was an anchor. I'd like to pick up a Jazzmaster, and a hollow body of some sort, and maybe another LP-Style guitar, but I can't really justify it at this point, since I just haven't had the time to play that much.
I just play what feels good, and what gets me the sound I need (or close to it).
I just play what feels good, and what gets me the sound I need (or close to it).
Hopkins
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I play a Tele and Strat of my own brand, Hopkins Guitar Co., and a Breedlove acoustic.
Well, I just sold my Tele because a friend of mine fell in love with it, but this is a temporary situation.
Well, I just sold my Tele because a friend of mine fell in love with it, but this is a temporary situation.
Alvarez Classic Custom - super strat style
my dream guitar is a G&L Comanche though
my dream guitar is a G&L Comanche though
I've been on the prowl for an inexpensive Comanche for years. Very high on the GAS list
Three American Standard Stratocasters, one MIM Strat, One Fender Showmaster Scorpion, One A&L acoustic, and one Martin HPD-41.
From my profile:
"I am not currently in a band. I go to a lot of jam sessions and play bass with as many musicians as I can.
In my one man band I play a Stratocaster (yes a guitar as a bass) through a Radial Bones A/B pedal. "A" goes to a Fulltone OCD, a Fulltone Fulldrive, a BBE Ben Wah, a Fulltone Fat Boost 3, and a Sansamp Blonde. "B" (the bass side) goes to a Carl Martin Compressor into a Boss OC-3 Octave pedal (drops notes one octave down so my lower strings work as a bass guitar also) into a Sansamp Programmable Bass Driver. The second out of the Octave pedal drives a second Fulltone Fat Boost 3, into an Electro Harmonix B9 Organ Machine, into an MXR Carbon Copy delay, then to a Sansamp Liverpool. All three Sansamps go to the board without any amps and to Bose L1 1s and a B2 subwoofer. I am a one-man-band. I run an Alesis SR18 drum machine, but no backing tracks. I am a bassist and a guitar player so it is kinda fun and challenging. I truly love playing both. In my current situation I don't play lead guitar. I am too busy playing bass and rhythm guitar; they are way more important for the dancing. I am also a fill-in bass player for local bands.
Update: I find myself playing bass a lot more these days. My guitars are getting jealous."
Tonight I am going to a jam session. Not taking a guitar at all. Taking my bass.
From my profile:
"I am not currently in a band. I go to a lot of jam sessions and play bass with as many musicians as I can.
In my one man band I play a Stratocaster (yes a guitar as a bass) through a Radial Bones A/B pedal. "A" goes to a Fulltone OCD, a Fulltone Fulldrive, a BBE Ben Wah, a Fulltone Fat Boost 3, and a Sansamp Blonde. "B" (the bass side) goes to a Carl Martin Compressor into a Boss OC-3 Octave pedal (drops notes one octave down so my lower strings work as a bass guitar also) into a Sansamp Programmable Bass Driver. The second out of the Octave pedal drives a second Fulltone Fat Boost 3, into an Electro Harmonix B9 Organ Machine, into an MXR Carbon Copy delay, then to a Sansamp Liverpool. All three Sansamps go to the board without any amps and to Bose L1 1s and a B2 subwoofer. I am a one-man-band. I run an Alesis SR18 drum machine, but no backing tracks. I am a bassist and a guitar player so it is kinda fun and challenging. I truly love playing both. In my current situation I don't play lead guitar. I am too busy playing bass and rhythm guitar; they are way more important for the dancing. I am also a fill-in bass player for local bands.
Update: I find myself playing bass a lot more these days. My guitars are getting jealous."
Tonight I am going to a jam session. Not taking a guitar at all. Taking my bass.
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I had to learn guitar years ago.
Someone had to teach the guitar player his parts
