I'm sorely sorely tempted....
http://www.reidys.com/index.pl?submit=View_PLU&PLU=1000
I don't like ordering without playing first, but I'm really tempted. Blackburn isn't that far from Liverpool, I guess. :roll:
As the prophet Tom Yorke once said, "You do it to yourself, you do...."
well, i'm not going to be much help here, as I LOVE tele's, so my advice to you is BUY IT! BUY IT NOW! :twisted:
"We all have always shared a common belief that music is meant to be played as loud as possible, really raw and raunchy, and I'll punch out anyone who doesn't like it the way I do." -Bon Scott
I've been gassing for a Tele myself. http://www.sweetwater.com/guitargallery/electric/all/sMZ7127920/
My excuse is tax season is coming up. Not sure if you can use the same one, if not, I can make one for you. I'm good at that.
"In what, twisted universe does mastering Eddie Van Halen's two handed arpeggio technique count as ABSOLUTELY NOTHING?!" - Dr Gregory House
well, i'm not going to be much help here, as I LOVE tele's, so my advice to you is BUY IT! BUY IT NOW! :twisted:
What he said!
Decent price - forty quid less than I paid for my MIM Tele. Looking at some other guitars, too, I'd say their prices seem quite reasonable across the board. Hell, you could fork out about a tenner for rail fare and still pay less than I did!
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
well, i'm not going to be much help here, as I LOVE tele's, so my advice to you is BUY IT! BUY IT NOW! :twisted:
Do it! Do it now!! :twisted:
This is the Tele I'm GASsin' for:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-Classic-Player-Baja-Telecaster?sku=512765
Dan
"The only way I know that guarantees no mistakes is not to play and that's simply not an option". David Hodge
lol, my list of things to do tomorrow am includes: "double check budget and see if Tele-purchase is in any way feasible given strat-upgrade expenditure"
it looks soooooo purty! and I have been after a maple-necked tele, so..........
watch this space.
and thanks to everyone who encouraged me. I couldn't do it without you all. Well, I probably could, but it helps me delude myself into thinking that serious-GAS is not abnormal, lol.
it would be abnormal NOT to want it!
"We all have always shared a common belief that music is meant to be played as loud as possible, really raw and raunchy, and I'll punch out anyone who doesn't like it the way I do." -Bon Scott
Sounds like a must-have to me!
Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin
Well, I can't imagine it being of any less quality than the one I just forced myself to put down and come to work. (Got mine Sat. you may have noticed.)
As Alison says "I have a new favorite"
lol, its really starting to look that way, just gotta make sure I can finance it.
and today, I'm waiting on, and looking forward to, a phone call. not just any phone call. its a phone call that should hopefully consist of a guy going, "yes, we have your Martin, Spear Tomcat, and Fender Blues Jr in the store awaiting pickup whenever you want it...." I've even arranged with a friend to collect first thing tomorrow if said phone call comes. :mrgreen: The young Scrybe bounces with excitement :mrgreen:
I've been gassing for a Tele myself. http://www.sweetwater.com/guitargallery/electric/all/sMZ7127920/
Hi GS :D
I recently played a 72 Deluxe RI Tele at GC.
They had 2; A black one, and a walnut finished one.
Of the 2, the translucent walnut one had a beautifully scared alder wood beneath it, and was weightier than the solid black one...
Making me think that it had a solid wood body.
I played the walnut one straight thru a Vox AC15....
Nice sound, though the amp was part of the reason.
I wasn't overly impressed with the HB pups it had.... The guitar was nice overall though.
Especially for the money.
The pups might not be a huge issue if you plan on running it through a pedal or two.
If you plan on getting one, I would look at the translucent/transparent colored ones and compare those with a solid colored one, as I'm thinking that they may use better wood for the see-thru colors.
(Unless black is your priority :wink: )
Ken
"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway
"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles
Is it just me, or does the 72 Tele just look plain WRONG with a Strat headstock? Then again, I thought the Squier '51 was a plug-ugly guitar, and it seems like virtually everyone on this forum's got at least two! That's more like a Strat body with a Tele headstock - again, it just looks WRONG to me! At least Squier got it right with the Tele Custom II - Tele body, Tele 'stock - although I still think the pickguard should go all the way around the bottom horn.
Still haven't seen anything to match that wrong-way-round flying V, though!!!
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
I agree, Vic, those particular Fenders do look like assembly line errors by hung-over workers on Monday morning.
That reverse V is just too wrong for words.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
It has been some time that I have Gassed.
However a word of experience - "In the end, Gassing is not helpful. Just buy the freakin' thing !"
That reverse V is just too wrong for words.
Unbelievable - on the link GrungeSunset posted above, there are no less than 24 of those....those....things. You'd have thought someone with a bit of sense and authority would have taken a look at the prototype or blueprints and said, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
When he'd stopped laughing, that is............
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
