TelePaul
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Are these things MIM or made in the US? Heres a model number, dunno if thats the same as serial number
013-5300-(Color#)
Any ideas?
013-5300-(Color#)
Any ideas?
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AGCurry
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Made in Mexico. And they're very nice guitars.
TelePaul
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AGCurry said:
Thanks bud! I am quite taken by them, do ya play one? Theres a 'power' version, which has piexo tranducers in the bridge, have ya tried that one? I think it'll probably be my next guitar, that or a tele with a humbucker.
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AGCurry
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I had one for a couple of years and sold it to buy a G&L ASAT, whose neck was too narrow for my fat fingers. Shoulda kept the Tele. Worst thing about it was some single-coil 60-cycle buzz, but I'm too lazy to do stuff like install shielding or shop for new pickups. Great value for the $. And it was a beautiful piece, black with tortoise-shell pickguard.
TelePaul
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AGCurry said:
Single coil hum is one thing i wa shoping to avoid; i assumed you could put the pick-ups out of sync with each other? Like on a strat. Hrmm I really ahve to re-think this whole single coild v.s humbuckers thing.
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Bondo
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A good friend of mine has had one for like 8 or nine years, and it is a very nice guitar. It is MIM as stated, but plays well. It is about the only tele I have been able to get anything really cool out of and that I have liked to have played. Don't know if this is any help, but hopefully.
Anfontan
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TelePaul said:
Paul, you need to check out the Dimarzio Chopper T for your bridge pickup replacement. I have them in a couple of my Teles and I use a coil tap push pull tone pot to activate it. In humbucking mode there is no hum and when switched into single coil mode its got great twang as well.
See DiMarzio pickup here!
TelePaul
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Anfontan said:
Man thats awesome and all but I should say I'm not nearly comfortable enough with guitars to try fit somehting like that myself. And I should also explain; guitar shops here aren't like the ones in the states...they're just one big clusterfuck after another. Unless you're gonna blow a grand there and then on a guitar they won't gve you the steam off their piss. It's really annoying because it puts a limit as to what you can do with a guitar.
Also, as of now, I have the one electric, the Highway One, and I love it to bits. It's my first 'proper' guitar and would be kinda duboous about modifications to it...however, I have plans to get at least one other tele next year, and I might think about beefing that up. Right now, I'm just letting the single coil hum get to me
JCH
El Nacho
Anfontan said:
What are you using for a neck pu? I'm building a tele, and I'm not sure how I'll rig it. The Chopper looks cool.
I went to the Dimarzio site, and was happy to see the dragonforce guys on their homepage. Herman Li is an awesome player. I wish they'd come play Vegas.
Sorry for the hijack Paul.
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32-20-Blues
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TelePaul said:Man thats awesome and all but I should say I'm not nearly comfortable enough with guitars to try fit somehting like that myself. And I should also explain; guitar shops here aren't like the ones in the states...they're just one big clusterfuck after another. Unless you're gonna blow a grand there and then on a guitar they won't gve you the steam off their piss. It's really annoying because it puts a limit as to what you can do with a guitar.
Also, as of now, I have the one electric, the Highway One, and I love it to bits. It's my first 'proper' guitar and would be kinda duboous about modifications to it...however, I have plans to get at least one other tele next year, and I might think about beefing that up. Right now, I'm just letting the single coil hum get to me
Some solutions:
Let me fit the replacement pick-up.
Buy a Strat.
Anfontan
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JCH said:
I'm still using the stock lipstick rhythm pickup in the neck position, I wanted the DiMarzio for a Rockin' lead sound and it does deliver that. It has a output of 260 mVolts that is equivalent to the older PAF humbuckers. Tele kit guitars are great and you can mod them to whatever suits you for the most part. Mine looks pretty much stock from a distance, just the DiMarzio is a dual blade instead of 6 pole pieces.
Anfontan
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Hey True, whats up? You have strayed from the home base-Rep thread~
true-eurt
Maneater
Hey Tony !Anfontan said:
Believe it or not, I come in the Guitar/Basses forum a lot....along with a lot of the other forums. I don't participate much, because I am such a rookie, but I do pay attention. 
nOw...could you please lead me back home?
gibson59neck
Villiage Idiot Keeper
TelePaul said:
Hey - just traded a Mexican Thinline Tele ( two humbuckers, f-hole) for an 80's Carvin. I thought I'd never do it, because my Tele was really nice, but ooo that Carvin. I also had a Nashville Tele ( no piezo) and it was really really sweet. It has the 5 pos. switch and center pickup of a Strat, which allows you to get those sweet chimey sounds at the 2nd and 4th positions. It's a great idea, especially for me. I love the sounds and playability of a Strat, but HATE that the volume knob is right there next to the bridge. I hit it when I play and turn myself down, which sucks...I had to trade it for my bass player to get a G&L bass he really wanted, because he has gifted a few guitars to me ( including the Thinline!)
My first great guitar was a 62 re-issue Tele made in Japan. I loved that thing. And one of the best ever I've played was a real 62 Tele - it was mint, all original, and this guy's dad I knew left it to him when he died. He approached me for a lesson or two when I was just 14, walking around my neighborhood playing 6 hours a day. That lucky jerk also got a 69 335 that was equally mint and played/sounded unbelievable.
Yeah, man - the Nashville is great, so was the Thinline. A bit of advice tho - shop around and try many - mine was set up really good, but many that I played felt cheap and played lousy. Set up is key...You might also consider the 72 Deluxe Tele with humbuckers and a Strat headstock.
cephus
Slow Children Playing
I really liked that nashville tele when I was looking a month ago. One thing, though. The variation in the shape of the neck pocket shoulders surprised me. The most expensive tele I looked at (whatever historic reproduction 50s american model) had what i thought to be excessive clearance all the way along the bass string side. The edges were rounded off, too. The cheapie Squier version had the same deal. The mexican ones seemed to have the sharpest route and the best fit.
It may be based on the 6 or 8 that I looked at in GC that day. I was gonna walk out with the nashville tele (that's the one with the strat PU, right?) for right around $500 is I remember correctly. The main reason I didn't is because I started to get this little pang like I was betraying my other stratty guitars. I could really get into the tele thing and then I'd have a closet full of these strats that I hate.
I ended up getting a hollowbody epi because it's like a totally different instrument than a strat. Like a strat is what I have come to know as a guitar and this epi hollowbody is like a viola or bassoon or something. I play completely differently on that thing. I'm way better! Who knew?
It may be based on the 6 or 8 that I looked at in GC that day. I was gonna walk out with the nashville tele (that's the one with the strat PU, right?) for right around $500 is I remember correctly. The main reason I didn't is because I started to get this little pang like I was betraying my other stratty guitars. I could really get into the tele thing and then I'd have a closet full of these strats that I hate.
I ended up getting a hollowbody epi because it's like a totally different instrument than a strat. Like a strat is what I have come to know as a guitar and this epi hollowbody is like a viola or bassoon or something. I play completely differently on that thing. I'm way better! Who knew?
jdier
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TelePaul said:Man thats awesome and all but I should say I'm not nearly comfortable enough with guitars to try fit somehting like that myself. And I should also explain; guitar shops here aren't like the ones in the states...they're just one big clusterfuck after another. Unless you're gonna blow a grand there and then on a guitar they won't gve you the steam off their piss. It's really annoying because it puts a limit as to what you can do with a guitar.
Also, as of now, I have the one electric, the Highway One, and I love it to bits. It's my first 'proper' guitar and would be kinda duboous about modifications to it...however, I have plans to get at least one other tele next year, and I might think about beefing that up. Right now, I'm just letting the single coil hum get to me
Hey, Tele Paul. I would strongly suggest you DO get into and familiar with some simple guitar wiring. I was like you and did not do any of it. Then at the Seymour-Duncan site I met a bunch of guys who encouraged me to do it and then walked me through how to do it. I started on some very cheap chinese guitars, but the results have been so good and I have gotten so comfortable that I recently swapped all of the electronics in my Mexican Fender Toronado.
The change you can make with new pick ups or a new wiring scheme is incredible. I have been really happy with my choices. Head on over to the forums at Seymourduncan.com and read up on tele pick up choices. You will be blown away by the number of knowledgable people there.
Good luck.
BTW, Fender does also make a US version of the nashville tele.
TelePaul
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jdier said:
Yeah I know its an entirely unused resource I should be availing of. I think you're right, I'll buy a cheap strat-style and work from there. The US version, is that the 'B-Bender'? Or do they a more standard Nashville?
lesterpaul
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Yeah there should be a std version also the b bender just came back into production over the last year ...TelePaul said:
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