NTD: Extreme Non-vintage Bling Content

[codedog]

What's the weight of the guitar?

Oh wow... straight to business, eh? Ok, it's about 3.5 kg.

[Candeevr4]

Other than being a bit too much gold for me, it looks pretty good! Pity all their other teles have strat trems on them...

You might need one of these for it:
https://obsidianwire.co.nz/products/cus ... tele%C2%AE
Great for hs on a tele!

Really? Pretty sure I saw teles without strat trems on their website a while back, just the regular 3 saddle ashtray bridges. I'm just waiting for the gold to wear out a bit over time, it's extremely shiny at the moment. Also, it came with stark white pickguard. That was the second biggest atrocity for me. Ended up cutting a new one from a bit of blank I had laying around because... here's the biggest atrocity... the pickguard is just different enough from standard tele ones to be frustrating! Anyway, there's creamy goodness in its place now.

Re: ObsidianWire, I'm aiming to not spend too much (if any) money on this. Let's see how far I can take it first.

I dont do ashtray bridges and IF i get another tele its with a hb in the bridge, with a strat pick up in the neck...

Re the sound, thats why you might need to check what pots etc are in there, because I find that single coils really prefer 250k pots, hence why I had the obsidian wire in the TM, it was a much better sound.

[PragmaticVibes]

Thanks everyone for the comments.

Right... it's had frets polished and ends rounded, bumped up to my regular 10-46, action and intonation sorted. My initial impression on the neck still stands, but it's very nicely playable. The pickups... it's not what I expected. The neck pickup is nice and dynamic, albeit a tad dark. That bridge pickup is rather raunchy! I guess that was to be expected. I may fiddle about with pickup height first before considering anything else.

I've been looking at getting one of their Strats through Sounds Nation. Did you end up keeping your tele? Are you happy with it? Main thing for me is neck and frets. Pickups are changeable.

[codedog]

Thanks everyone for the comments.

Right... it's had frets polished and ends rounded, bumped up to my regular 10-46, action and intonation sorted. My initial impression on the neck still stands, but it's very nicely playable. The pickups... it's not what I expected. The neck pickup is nice and dynamic, albeit a tad dark. That bridge pickup is rather raunchy! I guess that was to be expected. I may fiddle about with pickup height first before considering anything else.

I've been looking at getting one of their Strats through Sounds Nation. Did you end up keeping your tele? Are you happy with it? Main thing for me is neck and frets. Pickups are changeable.

Yup, still here. The neck is nice around the lower frets but could be a bit thicker further up. Frets are great, very nicely dressed!

The pickups are pretty hot, so this first currently fills a spot I don't usually keep. I'll keep it for now while I'm building a Tele.

[Molly]

That's double-posh. Congrats.

[codedog]

Other than being a bit too much gold for me, it looks pretty good! Pity all their other teles have strat trems on them...

You might need one of these for it:
https://obsidianwire.co.nz/products/cus ... tele%C2%AE
Great for hs on a tele!

Really? Pretty sure I saw teles without strat trems on their website a while back, just the regular 3 saddle ashtray bridges. I'm just waiting for the gold to wear out a bit over time, it's extremely shiny at the moment. Also, it came with stark white pickguard. That was the second biggest atrocity for me. Ended up cutting a new one from a bit of blank I had laying around because... here's the biggest atrocity... the pickguard is just different enough from standard tele ones to be frustrating! Anyway, there's creamy goodness in its place now.

Re: ObsidianWire, I'm aiming to not spend too much (if any) money on this. Let's see how far I can take it first.

I dont do ashtray bridges and IF i get another tele its with a hb in the bridge, with a strat pick up in the neck...

Re the sound, thats why you might need to check what pots etc are in there, because I find that single coils really prefer 250k pots, hence why I had the obsidian wire in the TM, it was a much better sound.

I relented and installed an ObsidianWire harness. Yup, hugely better. I think the treble bleed contributed hugely as I always play with the volume rolled off a bit.

[FuzzMonkey]

Shiny.

[MikeC]

Shiny.

Just how we start! Anyone know someone that self relic'd?

[Danger Mouse]

Shiny.

Just how we start! Anyone know someone that self relic'd?

Yes, but I prefer to think that I've aged well for a man in his 50's, rather than looking like a relic.

[MikeC]

Shiny.

Just how we start! Anyone know someone that self relic'd?

Yes, but I prefer to think that I've aged well for a man in his 50's, rather than looking like a relic.

A life (well) lived is natural wear & tear - good for you DM! Clothes, tattoos & piercings are bling! Filing your elbows, cutting your thighs & deliberately falling over is relicing

[hamo]

I prefer to think that I've aged well for a man in his 50's

Me too. Shame I'm still in my 40's.

[jeremyb]

Age is a gift, just wish the wrapping paper could be re-applied with new some days

[codedog]

Shiny.

Just how we start! Anyone know someone that self relic'd?

Self relic'd? Did you mean relic'ing one's own body or a DIY relic job on a guitar?

[MikeC]

Shiny.

Just how we start! Anyone know someone that self relic'd?

Self relic'd? Did you mean relic'ing one's own body or a DIY relic job on a guitar?

I was drawing a comparison

[Danger Mouse]

Just how we start! Anyone know someone that self relic'd?

Yes, but I prefer to think that I've aged well for a man in his 50's, rather than looking like a relic.

A life (well) lived is natural wear & tear - good for you DM! Clothes, tattoos & piercings are bling! Filing your elbows, cutting your thighs & deliberately falling over is relicing

Weeeell, my big grey beard doesn't exactly make me look younger.