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- bender
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New Tele Day!
Danny alerted this to me within about 20mins of it being listed, so I did a quick bit of research and pounced on the quite reasonable buy now.
2010 USA Fender Highway 1 Tele
Couple of odd quirks on an otherwise excellent guitar:
1) The guitar is in really good nick, other than the bridge saddles, which were completely fucked:
Saddle screws were so corroded that they had fused in place and the slots in the top just snapped off or crumbled when I tried to adjust them.
Nothing a brand new set of compensated saddles can't solve:
2) The guitar had been thoroughly shielded with copper tape... and I really do mean thoroughly:
I gently removed all the tape (which was reeeeeeally thick- seemed like several layers but was so brittle that it just came off in chunks) and tested it to make sure I hadn't rooted it in the process. The result was... eye opening:
I've never seen a single-coil that hot before!
Anyhoo, the end result is an exceptional tele. Now that I can adjust the action and intonation, it's a beast. It's one of those guitars that brings a different edge or attitude to your playing. Not sold on the pickups (bridge is great for rocky stuff, but lacks the bite that I like in a tele pickup and both sound more compressed than my usual tastes), and the jumbo frets will take a bit of getting used to, but I'm pretty cuffed with it.
Danny alerted this to me within about 20mins of it being listed, so I did a quick bit of research and pounced on the quite reasonable buy now.
2010 USA Fender Highway 1 Tele
Couple of odd quirks on an otherwise excellent guitar:
1) The guitar is in really good nick, other than the bridge saddles, which were completely fucked:
Saddle screws were so corroded that they had fused in place and the slots in the top just snapped off or crumbled when I tried to adjust them.
Nothing a brand new set of compensated saddles can't solve:
2) The guitar had been thoroughly shielded with copper tape... and I really do mean thoroughly:
I gently removed all the tape (which was reeeeeeally thick- seemed like several layers but was so brittle that it just came off in chunks) and tested it to make sure I hadn't rooted it in the process. The result was... eye opening:
I've never seen a single-coil that hot before!
Anyhoo, the end result is an exceptional tele. Now that I can adjust the action and intonation, it's a beast. It's one of those guitars that brings a different edge or attitude to your playing. Not sold on the pickups (bridge is great for rocky stuff, but lacks the bite that I like in a tele pickup and both sound more compressed than my usual tastes), and the jumbo frets will take a bit of getting used to, but I'm pretty cuffed with it.
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Re: NTD
When I bought my relic Nocaster the relic work included similarly fusing the height adjustment screws so that they too snapped when you tried to adjust them.
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Re: NTD
Nice one, thats a nice piece.
Looks shiny (Except for the wees saddles)
throw it at a vox or something equally brutal.
Looks shiny (Except for the wees saddles)
throw it at a vox or something equally brutal.
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Re: NTD
Fuckin single coil duncan jb at the bridge or what?
Dimarzio area hot t - whether they’re still made or not I’m unsure - had loads of bite. May be worth a hoon.
Dimarzio area hot t - whether they’re still made or not I’m unsure - had loads of bite. May be worth a hoon.
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Re: NTD
Nope. If it's not worth getting in amongst the fig leaves, it's not worth keeping!StratMatt wrote:Is it even NGD if you don’t get it out to the yard for a shoot?
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Re: NTD
So aroused right now!!
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Re: NTD
He's been polishing it as fast as he can...StrummersOfThunder wrote:Is it still shiny? Beat it.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: NTD
Definitely... you even removed the Fender lettering in the ash tray!
When faced with quality, I recognise it every time.